Product Engineer Job in Leuven, Belgium

Gentis is a Belgian recruitment company headquartered in Brussels and providing permanent staffing as well as project sourcing solutions worldwide in multiple sectors. Each of our sectors is serviced by a dedicated team of specialist recruiters, with accumulated experience of decades in recruitment.
Thanks to close collaboration with the major players in each industry and our high profile among experienced professionals in our target sectors, Gentis has grown rapidly and is now capable of meeting the multiple needs in IT, Engineering, as well as the Oil & Gas and Pharmaceutical Sectors.

Whether you are seeking a new opportunity or whether you need to recruit the best person to fill a need within your company, at Gentis our daily practice is to carry out all activities to provide you the highest quality solution in the fastest timescale.
To assure this successful solution for our clients and candidates, we deploy a wide range of candidate-acquisition tools : headhunting, job boards, databases - including our own -, social network search tools, as well as dedicated researchers specialized by sector and profession.

In addition, through the many years of practice of our recruiters and headhunters, Gentis has developed a constantly expanding worldwide network of sector professionals and client companies which we use to match requirements of our candidates and clients.

Product Engineer Job Description

The main responsibilities of a Product Engineer are:

• Develop to be the specialist for the IAF filter element product range and manufacturing
• Provide an effective product engineering support to sales and project teams, for the IAF dust & oil mist filter elements within Europe, Middle-East and North Africa
• Main focus on expanding the filter range for my client and competitor units through NPP (New Product Proposal). Coordinate the whole process from NPP till NPR (New Product Release):
• Have a clear understanding of the product request
• Consolidate enquiries to map the total sales opportunity in close collaboration with Aftermarket Manager
• Provide a technical proposal (together with manufacturing plants and strategic suppliers) in order to have a cost effective and efficient design to gain market share (design around patents, upgrade competitor product, …)
• Provide cost calculations in close collaboration with my clients plant staff and purchasing
• Define the needs for new investment projects (tooling and equipment)
• Validate designs and benchmark against competitor product (lab tests)
• Provide all technical details to the CAD designer for creation of drawing package
• Make sure all documentation for datasheets, leaflets, brochures, announcements, the website and the price list is available and follow up implementation
• Take ownership of the complete product release to ensure quick availability of the new product for sales
• Clear communication with sales to update on release status
• Evaluate, approve and implement product change requests through ECP (Engineering Change Proposal) related to non filter elements of my client in order to ensure that these are acceptable and implemented in a cost effective way.
• Evaluate customer complaints (CCR) and find solutions through the 8D process

Product Engineer Job Requirements

What does Gentis require from a Product Engineer:

• You have a Technical or Commercial background with a strong technical interest in manufacturing techniques
• Ideally you have experience in project coordination
• Good communication and organizational skills are important
• You like taking initiatives
• You speak fluent English. Any other European language is an asset

Product Engineer Application Information

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