Sales/Service Engineer

Albany International Corporation, a leading manufacturer of paper industry machine clothing has an immediate opening for a North Central U.S. Sales/Service Engineer to support our operations.  The successful candidate will have 5-10 years of manufacturing experience, new machine or rebuild experience, or equivalent professional industry experience to be able to manage, maintain, and grow machine clothing accounts.  The individual needs to be self-motivated with a desire to sell, service, and manage Albany’s business with the customer mills. Candidate is also required to have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team. 

The position will require the individual to work in a team environment selling and servicing paper machine fabrics.  The preferred candidate will demonstrate PMC sales and service ability, will support the paper mill manufacturing process, and demonstrate the ability to participate in the leadership of the Albany team.

The representative will utilize paper industry experience, analytical tools, and fabric evaluation tools such as a FiberScan Gauge, Press Tuner, Thermography, PI-data analysis and related dryer equipment to evaluate and support PMC and paper machine problems. 

The individual’s primary focus will be sales / service support of mills in packaging papers and publication papers market segments. 

 The nights required to travel will be determined by what is necessary to support the position.  Location of the individual will influence the amount of travel.  Estimated travel:  4-10 nights per month.   

• Manufacturing experience or Sales/Service experience.
• Ability to evaluate and support the paper manufacturing process.
• The position will require use of some or all of Fiber Scan Gauge, Press Tuner, Perm Tester, Thermography, and related dryer equipment to support PMC and evaluate paper machine problems.
• Knowledge of paper machine clothing-Forming, Pressing, Drying
• Service / Sales skills
• Understanding of mill operations
• Strong computer skills, Excel, experience with or ability to learn MiniTab statistical analysis software
• Value Documentation skills-the ability to document the impact of PMC to the mill process
• Travel will be determined by location of the individual to support the primary mills and accounts. Travel is estimated at 4-10 nights per month. 
• Leadership skills and desire to lead a team or a product category

Non-Essential Skills:

• Bachelors in Engineering or Bachelors in Paper Science (preferred)
• Knowledge of pulp/paper manufacturing (preferred)