LA - Application Engineer - Inside Sales Technical Support - Fluid Process Industrial Supply

Ford-Gelatt, a Sun Source company, supplies industrial process equipment to the process industries with a focus on adding value. Our team is technically sound and highly experienced with industry leading brands. We provide technical added-value in equipment sales in Louisiana, Mississippi, and SE Texas. Visit

The position will be responsible for sales and customer support of fluid process equipment and services. The role involves preparing proposals and quotes of pumps and mixers to provide technical solutions for customers, working with outside sales account managers and inside support staff. The objective is to maximize profit margins while maintaining positive relationships with customers and suppliers. This is an onsite position based in our Baton Rouge, LA office.

• Learn the products that we represent, their appropriate applications, their strengths and weaknesses, as well as our competitor's capabilities.
• Prepare proposals and quotes of pumps and mixers to provide technical solutions for customers.
• Learn each supplier's sizing and selection program and procedure.
• Develop quotations for our customers for our equipment and maintain internal files.
• Enter orders in our order handling system after review of customer order to confirm consistency with our proposal.
• Develop working relationships with our suppliers and factory personnel.
• Develop relationships with our customers so that they think of our Company first for their rotating equipment needs.
• Work with our customers to resolve any warranty issues should they occur.
• Work with other inside sales staff to increase productivity and efficiency.

• BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred; equivalent combination of work experience, training, and/or technical education will be considered.
• Some inside sales or technical support experience is a plus.
• Fluid process manufacturing or distribution environment experience is a plus.

We value our Associates' contributions and success in meeting and exceeding our customer's expectations.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. If you are an individual with a disability and require an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact  to request reasonable accommodation. This employer uses E-Verify. For additional information. For Illinois E-Verify information, please refer to the provided resources.