Sr Applications Eng

Sr Applications Eng

Group: Filtration Group N. America

Division: Industrial Gas Filtration & Generation Division (IGFG)

Location : USA_Slater, MO IGFG

Job Family : Sales

Job Type : Regular

Posted : Oct 8, 2026

Job ID : 69355

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About Our Team

Join Parker’s Industrial Gas Filtration & Generation (IGFG) Division!

At Parker IGFG, we deliver industry-leading solutions in compressed air and gas treatment, gas generation, and pollution control across diverse applications. Many of our trusted brands and expertise have been established for over 50 years, reflecting our deep industry knowledge and commitment to quality.

Our portfolio includes:

• Compressed Air & Gas Filtration: Finite, Balston, Domnick Hunter

• Compressed Air & Gas Capital Equipment: Domnick Hunter, Airtek

• Analytical Gas Systems: Domnick Hunter, Balston

• Air Pollution Control: UAS, BHA

Driven by our mission to build a safer, more sustainable, and more productive world, we invite passionate professionals to join us and contribute to shaping the future of industrial gas solutions.

Position Summary

Provides technical, commercial, and application support for pollution control and filtration systems. Partners with customers, distributors, and Parker sales teams to design effective solutions, resolve system issues, deliver product training, and support successful installation. Contributes to Division growth through sales support, market intelligence, product development input, and key account management.

Scope, Supervision, and Interaction

Builds and maintains relationships with key customer technical, operations, and environmental personnel, including maintenance teams, supervisors, plant managers, and environmental managers. Collaborates across Division functions, including Sales, Engineering, Design, Manufacturing, Operations, and Marketing.

Works independently with minimal day-to-day supervision while providing regular project updates to team leaders and management. May require travel, site visits, and support outside normal business hours.

Essential Functions

Customer and Technical Support

• Serve as a trusted technical resource for key customers, distributors, and the Parker sales team.

• Evaluate customer applications and recommend appropriate filtration and pollution control solutions.

• Troubleshoot operational issues in customer dust collection and filtration systems through on-site, phone, and electronic support.

• Provide engineering and application support to help ensure products meet customer performance requirements.

• Deliver technical product training for customers and distributors.

• Support final sales closure by communicating product value, performance capabilities, and application fit.

Key Account and Installation Support

• Manage assigned key accounts by developing strong relationships with technical and operations stakeholders.

• Assist with quotations and coordinate technical oversight of filtration product installation contractors.

• Monitor project progress and communicate status, findings, risks, and recommendations to customers and internal stakeholders.

• Prepare timely reports related to product performance, customer projects, territories, and market activity.

Product, Market, and Competitive Intelligence

• Partner with Design Engineering and Manufacturing to develop new or improved products based on customer requirements and market needs.

• Maintain current knowledge of competitive products, industry activity, and market trends.

• Provide regular competitive and market intelligence reports to management.

• Identify changes that may affect the competitiveness of Parker products and recommend appropriate response strategies.

• Investigate opportunities for innovative products through customer engagement, trade associations, online research, and Corporate resources; communicate opportunities to Engineering for evaluation and development.

Operational Excellence

• Maintain the highest standards of customer service, responsiveness, quality, and operational throughput.

• Participate in Division Lean initiatives and support continuous-improvement activities.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or a related technical discipline.

• Five to seven years of relevant experience in sales, field service, manufacturing, engineering, or a comparable technical-commercial role.

• Strong mechanical aptitude and the ability to analyze, explain, and discuss complex technical issues.

• Demonstrated technical writing skills, including the ability to prepare clear, accurate reports and documentation.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Working knowledge of financial statements and basic financial analysis.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; familiarity with Lotus Notes is preferred.

• Ability and willingness to travel a minimum of 50%.

Preferred

• Experience working in industrial plant operations or manufacturing environments.

• Technical knowledge of industrial ventilation, air filtration, and dust collection systems.

• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish.

Additional Comments

The functions and responsibilities described are representative of the work performed in this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties. Parker-Hannifin reserves the right to modify work assignments and provide reasonable accommodations to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions of the role.

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Benefit & Retirement Plans

• Parker offers competitive benefit programs, including:

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.

• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay

• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay

• Career development and tuition reimbursement

• Additional benefits including paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.

• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.

• Paid Time Off and 13 Company-Paid Holidays.

Additional Comments:

The essential functions have been provided as example of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (https://www.eeoc.gov/employees-job-applicants)

Drug-Free Workplace

In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.