Applications Engineering and Estimating Manager

Role SummaryLead Indelcos centralized applications engineering and estimating function supporting both distribution sales (23 branches 5 brands) and fabrication operations (7 fabrication sites). This is a builder role: the mission is to establish a unified national capability that qualifies opportunities engineers solutions and prices complex work faster and more accurately than any ResponsibilitiesApplications Engineering DistributionLead technical support for customer applications: material selection chemical compatibility equipment selection (i.e. pump sizing valve type) and part selection across corrosion-resistant thermoplastics and metals product setsServe as escalation point for branch sales on complex application questions across core end markets: water/wastewater chemical processing semiconductor/UPW pharma/life sciences and data Engineering FabricationOwn opportunity qualification for complex assembly and spool fabrication the specification review gate at the RFQ stage - no complex quote releases without documented specification design-for-manufacturing input on fabrication opportunities: joint method selection (IR fusion butt fusion socket fusion solvent cement hot air/extrusion welding) machining scope (CNC milling/turning) and tolerance and compliance review (ASME B31.3 SEMI F57/F63 USP <665>).EstimatingBuild and run the centralized estimating function as a national capability serving all fabrication sites with direct management of estimating the RFQ-to-quote pipeline end to end: intake triage technical review estimate development and quote standardized estimating logic for spool fabricationEstablish estimating standards win/loss discipline and cycle-time LeadershipLead develop and grow the applications engineering and estimating team; build the hiring plan as volume AI and software tools to expand team capacityWhat Were Looking ForEngineering degree or equivalent deep technical fluency in fluid handling corrosion-resistant materials or process familiarity with industrial fabrication and value-add operations: thermoplastic fusion joining hot air welding process piping and CNC software competency: Microsoft Office suite workflow and project management tools digital design drawing intelligence and supply chain AI fluency: has personally used AI tools to change how work gets done not just aware they process builder: has designed or rebuilt an operational workflow not just run hungry and change-oriented wants to build something not inherit This Role Is NotThis is not a role for maintaining the status quo. Indelco is entering its next stage of growth and this function is central to it. The right candidate sees a national platform being built and wants to be the one who builds this piece of it.