Sr Application Engineer Machine Tool Industry

  About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Sr Application Engineer Machine Tool Industry

Location - Remote within US or Mexico

Job Summary

This position supports the team or district with technical tooling and all product application solutions. A Senior Application Engineer serves as a valuable resource and a leader within the sales territory. This position is more mature in experience and expertise, as well as thoroughly knowledgeable in the metal cutting industry; as such, the incumbent is expected to carry customer accounts, take on large strategic projects, act as a trainer/mentor for a less experienced team members, and step up as interim leader when needed.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Support the Machine Tool Industry business and technically support key accounts and projects


• Lead and manage customer projects (turnkey, tooling, process improvements)


• Define & support project management scope, objectives, timelines, and deliverables


• Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, sales, etc) for project management


• Understand customers' business, technology, and product requirements and appropriately match Kennametal tooling solutions, products and services to meet customer needs


• Exceed customer expectations relative to Kennametal service levels and technical know-how and value-added services


• Perform sales forecasting, account planning and other administrative tasks that will profitably grow the business


• Understand and utilize company resources


• Show continuous improvements in technical, product and selling skills Maintain high impact customer relationships with current accounts to expand market share

Education, Work Experience, Skills, Certificates

• Bachelors degree in mechanical or manufacturing engineering or equivalent working experience in industry


• 5 to 7 plus years of successful field or manufacturing experience in the metal cutting industry;


• Experience working with OEM machine tool builders preferred


• Experience working in an extensive technical manufacturing environment


• Proficient in identifying and assessing customer needs


• Competent in understanding and communicating all products and technical information


• Able to understand and communicate complex contract conditions


• Able to work independently with little supervision


• Well developed interpersonal skills enabling teamwork and clear communication 


• Valid driver's license

 Kennametal Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.