Company Overview

Friesen's Inc designs and manufactures innovative automated processing system solutions for the top Fortune 500 consumer-producing companies worldwide. With a rich history dating back to 1939, Friesen’s Inc is dedicated to delivering top-quality design, fabrication, parts, and service solutions to the food processing, packaging, and manufacturing industries. When you join Friesen’s, you join a fun, vibrant culture of talented and inspired individuals dedicated to providing outstanding equipment that meets our clients' needs.

Overview
The Application Engineer supplies the initial design concept, layout, and quote estimates to our Sales Team to provide the best possible processing, conveying, and packaging equipment solutions for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Work with Executive management, Operations, Project management, Sales, and Controls on client projects, expectations, and deliveries.
• Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies to improve Applications design and quoting time
• Maintaining quoting schedules to meet delivery deadlines
• · Follow RFQ processes
• · Assist in developing RFQ standards and procedures
• · Provide estimated cost of build for concept layouts
• · Work directly with Customers and Sales Team to gather project information
• · Designs initial concept layouts of new equipment and systems.
• · Review concept layouts and designs with Customer and Sales team
• · Design 2D conceptual layouts to integrate with customer’s equipment using AutoCAD
• · Read through customer specifications to provide Sales with accurate solution and scope on projects
• · Assist in calculations to determine labor hours, material and outside services necessary to produce customers request for quote.
• · Create complete project documentation for engineering to include: drawings related to layout plans, elevation, data sheets and project specifications
• · Manages kick-off meetings with Engineering & Controls once a project is approved
• · Assist Sales on technical sales visits and project reviews
• · Ability to travel to client sites to evaluate project scopes with or without your team when necessary

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: Understanding manufacturing processes and job costing and/or estimating experience. Must have mechanical aptitude and/or technical inclination. Knowledge of AutoCAD and MS Excel a plus.

Desired Skills

• · To prioritize, organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• · Read and interpret engineered plans and specifications.
• · Flexibility to work overtime/weekends, as required to meet established deadlines
• · Attention to detail and strong project management skills
• Ability to follow through on tasks with minimal supervision
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to multitask
• Professional attitude

Full-Time Benefits Package

· Insurance

· Dental Insurance

· Vision Insurance

· Short-Term Disability Insurance

· Company-paid Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability

· 401K Matching

· Profit Sharing

· Paid Time Off

· Supplemental Benefits – Accident, Cancer, Indemnity, Illness, and Legal Plan

· Employee Assistance Program

Pay: $52,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Detroit Lakes, MN 56501: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person