Responsibilities
Are you ready to shape your future?
Parker LORD is a growing global company headquartered in the USA and a worldwide market and technology leader in adhesives and coatings, vibration and motion control, as well as thermally conductive technologies. For more than 100 years, Parker LORD has been providing innovative solutions in collaboration with our customers for automotive and industrial sectors, oil and gas, aerospace, and defense. Parker LORD is part of Parker Hannifin, a Fortune 250 company and a global leader in motion and control technologies.
Within Elastomer Process Materials (EPM) division in EMEA, based in Hilden, Germany, we are looking for an
Application Engineer (w/m/d)
As an EPM Application Engineer, you will provide technical support to EPM Parker LORD customers in Central and Eastern Europe, utilizing Parker LORD Rubber-to-Substrate bonding agents (Chemosil, Chemlok), Weatherstrip and Glass Coatings (Flocksil, Parflock, Sipiol, Cuvertin).
Your responsibilities:
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Technical Support: Provide expert technical services to customers, leveraging extensive knowledge to differentiate from competitors.
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Product Support: Address inquiries related to Product and Application Engineering in Eastern and Central Europe.
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Project Documentation: Track project progress and complete follow-up activities.
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Sales Assistance: Support the sales team through targeted customer visits, lab tests, and training sessions.
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Trial Management: Plan and document field trials and lab experiments to meet customer needs
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Technology Presentation: Showcase and promote new technologies and solutions to clients.
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Customer Training: Conduct training seminars and demonstrations for internal and external customers, including distributor training.
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Product Development Input: Contribute to the New Product Development (NPD) process based on customer feedback.
What you should bring:
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Technical Degree: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, or Polymer science. Additional Certification and/or experience in Rubber Technologies is preferred.
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Relevant Experience: Minimum 5 years+ proven experience in adhesives, coatings, rubber and application methods within general industry and/or automotive sectors. Former experience in Central & Eastern Europe is a plus.
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Proactive and Self-Organized: Highly self-motivated with strong organizational skills.
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Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, with high competency in customer interactions.
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Team Player: Motivated to collaborate and contribute positively within a team environment.
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Willingness to Travel: Availability to travel approximately 35% of the time (e.g., customer visits to Central & Eastern Europe, trade shows).
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Language Proficiency: Business-level German and English is required; proficiency in additional European languages is an asset.
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MS Office Proficiency: Strong proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
What we offer you:
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Internationality – We are proud of our international corporate culture. The personality and mindset of our employees define who we are.
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Our way of working – We work in cross-departmental and international project teams. 80% of our employees contribute to high-performance teams.
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Flexible working – Family-friendliness and flexible working hours for a good work-life balance are important to us.
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Fair, market-based compensation – We offer an attractive, market-appropriate salary, including profit-sharing.
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Company pension scheme – We want our employees to be well taken care of even in retirement, which is why we offer an employer-funded company pension plan.
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Development opportunities – We place great value on the development of each individual. Our employees are supported and further developed according to their potential.
If you don’t identify with every single point, apply anyway—because nobody is perfect, and you can learn a lot with us.
Have we sparked your interest?
Then take your future into your own hands as soon as possible—we look forward to getting to know you. Apply now directly online with your complete application documents, incl. Salary Expectation.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.
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