Applications Engineer - EDM

Location:Coventry (UK travel required as well as occasionally Ireland and Europe)

Salary:£40,000 - £45,000,Company Car, Pension, Overtime, Healthcare

Working Hours:Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Applications Engineer to join the EDM team at working with industry-leading Makino EDM machines.

Role Overview

This role combines technical engineering support with customer interaction, supporting both the pre-sales and post-sales process. You will work closely with the sales team and customers to demonstrate machining capabilities, develop machining strategies, and deliver customer training.The role is ideal for someone with hands-on EDM machining experience who enjoys problem solving, working with customers, and travelling across the UK.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Sales Team with Technical proposals



• Generation of Time Studies for customer's components



• Development of Test Cuts and Standard Machine Demonstrations within the showroom



• Demonstrations and Presentations at Trade shows and Exhibitions



• Delivery of the Turnkey Engineering package that accompanies the Machine Tool sale.



• Planning of Machining Strategy, CNC programming, attaining Acceptance



• Responsible for Customer Training with respect to Machine Operation, Programming & Preventative daily maintenance



• Selection of tools and work holding, optimising the process parameters for customer parts.
  
  

Must-have requirements

• Experience with at least two EDM processes (Wire, Sink, or Fast Hole Drilling).



• Ability to read and understand enginee