Application Engineer – Personal Safety Division

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🔥 12 hours ago

🇳🇿 New Zealand – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💻 Application Engineer

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3M

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1902

🏭 Manufacturing

🏥 Healthcare

🚘 Automotive

Manufacturing • Healthcare • Automotive

3M is a global innovation company that operates in a multitude of sectors, offering a diverse range of products such as abrasives, adhesives, advanced materials, automotive parts, dental products, electrical components, medical supplies, personal protective equipment, and much more. Known for its commitment to science and innovation, 3M is constantly working on developing solutions that address global challenges, including sustainability efforts aimed at achieving carbon neutrality and reducing water usage. With a focus on solving both big and small problems, 3M leverages its vast portfolio of over 100,000 patents to deliver practical solutions across various industries, from healthcare and electronics to transportation and safety.

📋 Description

• Drive growth through customer collaboration, new application development, and new product commercialization • Develop value propositions for effective commercialization • Coordinate and lead customer field trials and evaluate local competition and marketing practices • Develop and replicate product/market applications using e-tools • Provide customer-facing technical and application engineering support across the Personal Safety Division portfolio in New Zealand • Conduct customer visits, workplace assessments, application evaluations, product demonstrations, field trials, and performance evaluations • Provide product selection, application, and technical recommendations • Troubleshoot technical issues and support product implementation • Partner with Sales and Marketing on strategic customer opportunities, major account conversions, specifications, and channel partner development • Capture customer insights, market intelligence, unmet needs, and application feedback • Support product evaluations, validation, NPI, commercialization, product transitions, changes, and launch readiness • Deliver customer, distributor, and internal sales training, seminars, and workshops • Support technical complaint investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and customer communication • Support product certification, compliance activities, and applicable standards and requirements • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Portfolio Management, R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, and Asia Application Engineering

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science or a related technical discipline • Relevant experience in Application Engineering, Technical Service, Industrial Safety, PPE or a related technical field • Experience in customer-facing technical roles and working with distributors/channel partners • Exposure to product evaluations, NPI, technical training and complaint resolution • Knowledge of relevant PPE standards and regulatory requirements is desirable • Strong application engineering and technical problem-solving capability • Customer-centric approach with strong communication and presentation skills • Ability to understand workplace hazards and recommend appropriate technical solutions • Broad understanding of PPE and Personal Safety applications • Ability to influence and collaborate across Sales, Marketing, R&D, Quality and Regulatory teams • Strong project management and organizational skills • Ability to work independently across a geographically diverse customer base

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Permanent employment • Training and development through technical seminars and application workshops • Opportunity to contribute to innovation and new product commercialization