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Industrial Applications Engineer

WR EngineeringOpenshaw, Manchester🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 20 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Industrial Applications Engineer is required with strong technical background in industrial pumps or process environments. The role is working for a global manufacturer and while it is office based, has an international remit.

The purpose is to ensure that every industrial offer submitted is technically sound and commercially compelling.

The Role

  • Working closely with regional sales teams and holds responsibility for the end-to-end creation of technical offers for industrial customers
  • Own the end-to-end creation of technical offers for industrial customers
  • Ensure every offer is technically accurate, application-appropriate
  • Select and specify the right solution architecture across Heating, Cooling, Water Transfer, and High-Pressure Applications based on customer process requirements
  • Build energy savings calculations, ROI models, and lifecycle cost cases
  • Engage directly with plant engineers, process managers, and energy managers
  • Conduct site assessments and process audits to map system architectures
  • Analyse P&IDs

38 Hours - Monday-Friday, flexible working hours. Primarily office based in Manchester.

20% UK travel

Requirements

  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
  • 8-12 years of experience in in industrial pumps, heavy industrial or process environments - metals, mining, cement, food & beverage, or other power and water-intensive industries
  • Demonstrated experience in application engineering, technical offer creation, or process engineering roles
  • Experience working with or alongside industrial sales teams
  • Ability to read, interpret, and commercially analyse P&IDs and process schematics
  • Competency in parallel operations - boilers, pumps, chillers, cooling towers
  • Solution architecture capability for process applications - able to design system-level solutions, not just select individual components
  • Ability to build energy savings calculations, ROI models, and carbon reduction cases from first principles
  • Familiarity with industrial protection classes, IP ratings, and hazardous area compliance requirements

Package

  • 45K - 55K
  • 25 days holiday
  • 9% Company pension

WR Engineering are the recruitment partner for engineering, manufacturing & technical sales jobs. We recruit for permanent jobs UK wide.

WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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