Application Specialist

Elliott Tool Technologies, a client of Brixey and Meyer, is seeking an Applications Specialist to join their team!

Full-Time | Onsite in Dayton, OH | Salary + Pay-for-Performance Incentive

Elliott Tool Technologies is looking for a hands-on technical professional to become the go-to application expert for our tube tool product line. In this customer-facing role, you'll help manufacturers solve complex challenges, support equipment installations, train users, and serve as a trusted resource for both customers and internal teams. If you enjoy troubleshooting industrial equipment, sharing your knowledge, and making a measurable impact, this is an opportunity to build a rewarding career with a stable and growing industry leader.

• Solve Customer Challenges: Provide advanced product, application, and technical support by phone, Teams, email, and onsite visits to help customers improve performance and resolve operational issues.
• Commission Equipment in the Field: Travel to customer locations to install, commission, and validate equipment performance while ensuring successful startup and adoption.
• Deliver Hands-On Training: Teach customers and employees how to safely and effectively operate, maintain, and troubleshoot tube tooling equipment.
• Own Voice of the Customer Cases: Lead customer issue resolution efforts, identify root causes, and partner with internal teams to drive continuous improvement.
• Serve as the Tube Tool Expert: Act as the Tier II technical resource for product applications, equipment selection, and best practices across the organization.
• Support Product Development: Collaborate with Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to evaluate new products, gather field feedback, and improve customer outcomes.
• Manage Customer Trial Programs: Coordinate beta sites, support product evaluations, and document results to accelerate successful product launches.
• Enable Sales Success: Partner with the sales team to recommend solutions, support customer demonstrations, and provide application expertise throughout the sales process.

• Education: Associate degree, technical certification, skilled trades training, military technical training, or equivalent hands-on experience preferred.
• Certifications: Relevant mechanical, manufacturing, machining, maintenance, or technical certifications are a plus.
• Experience: Proven hands-on experience with industrial tooling or equipment in applications engineering, field service, commissioning, machining, maintenance, or technical customer support.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience with tube expanding, heat exchangers, boilers, condensers, CNC machining, or related industrial equipment is highly preferred.
• Technical Expertise: Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to diagnose issues, understand equipment applications, and recommend practical solutions.
• Training Ability: Demonstrated success teaching customers, technicians, or coworkers how to operate and apply technical products.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to explain technical concepts clearly, build credibility with customers, and collaborate across departments.
• Results Orientation: Self-motivated, accountable, and driven to achieve goals while continuously learning and improving.
• Location Requirement: Must be located within a reasonable commuting distance of Dayton, Ohio.
• Travel Requirement: Ability to travel approximately 30-35%, including occasional international travel, based on customer needs and project schedules.

• Meaningful Impact: Become the go-to technical expert for a specialized product line, helping customers solve complex industrial challenges while directly influencing customer success, product improvements, and business growth.
• Training & Development: Expand your expertise through hands-on training, mentorship, and continuous development. If you have experience with the Sandler Sales System, you'll have opportunities to leverage and further develop those skills while partnering closely with our commercial teams.
• Trusted Culture: Join a company built on integrity, accountability, and mutual respect. We value collaboration, practical problem-solving, and people who are willing to share knowledge and help others succeed.
• Stable Growth: Build your career with a profitable manufacturer that has been innovating for more than 135 years and continues to invest in its…