Dear Candidate,

Greetings from Sanmar Group!

We have an opportunity for Application Engineering role at a senior level for our plant located at Viralimalai, Trichy.

Looking for candidates with 15 - 20 years of experience in valve background are preferred.

Head – Application Engineering

Location: Viralimalai, Tamil Nadu

Experience: 15–20 Years

Qualification: BE/B.Tech – Mechanical / Instrumentation Engineering

Industry: Industrial Valves / Flow Control / Process Equipment

Relocation: Candidate should be willing to relocate to Viralimalai

Position Summary

We are looking for an experienced Head – Application Engineering to lead the Application Engineering function for our valve business. The position will be responsible for providing technical leadership in valve selection, sizing, application engineering, techno-commercial proposals and customer technical support.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in the industrial/control valve industry, excellent technical depth, and proven capability in leading and developing an application engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and manage the Application Engineering team, providing technical direction, coaching and performance management.
- Review and approve valve selection, sizing, configuration and application suitability for customer requirements.
- Lead technical evaluation of customer specifications, RFQs, datasheets, P&IDs; and project requirements.
- Ensure preparation of technically compliant and commercially viable technical/techno-commercial proposals.
- Handle complex technical queries, deviations, clarifications and customer specifications.
- Interface with EPCs, consultants, OEMs, end users and sales teams for technical discussions and solution development.
- Provide technical support to Sales and Business Development teams during pre-bid, bidding and post-order stages.
- Ensure compliance with applicable international standards, customer specifications and engineering practices.
- Support special and critical applications involving high pressure, high temperature, corrosive,



severe-service or other demanding process conditions.
- Coordinate with Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Projects, Procurement and Sales teams for successful execution of orders.
- Review technical risks, feasibility, costing inputs and delivery requirements before proposal submission.
- Develop standard application engineering practices, templates, technical guidelines and approval processes.
- Drive reduction in quotation turnaround time, technical errors, rework and proposal deviations.
- Provide technical inputs for new product development, product improvement and application-specific solutions.
- Develop technical competency within the team through training, mentoring and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Monitor team KPIs related to quotation TAT, technical accuracy, proposal conversion, customer response and engineering productivity.
- Participate in customer visits, technical presentations, product discussions and resolution of critical technical issues.
- Support the organization in developing application engineering capabilities for domestic and international markets.

Required Technical Expertise

- Strong knowledge of industrial valves and flow-control products.
- Good understanding of valve selection, sizing, configuration and application.
- Experience in interpreting valve datasheets, P&IDs;, specifications and enquiry documents.
- Strong understanding of materials, pressure classes, temperature ratings, actuators and valve accessories.
- Knowledge of relevant API / ASME / ISO / IEC and customer-specific standards.
- Experience in preparing and reviewing technical proposals and deviation/clarification statements.




- Exposure to process industries such as Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Power, Refinery and General Industrial applications will be preferred.
- Experience in handling technically complex and engineered-to-order valve applications will be an advantage.

Leadership & Team Management

- Proven experience in leading and managing an Application Engineering team.
- Ability to allocate work, set priorities and monitor deliverables.
- Strong people-management skills with the ability to develop and retain technical talent.
- Ability to build a high-performance team culture and drive accountability.
- Solid decision-making and problem-solving capability.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing and senior management.
- Should be a strong technical mentor and capable of independently resolving critical application issues.

Education & Experience

- BE/B.Tech in Mechanical / Instrumentation Engineering.
- 15–20 years of relevant experience in valve / flow-control / process equipment industry.
- Significant experience in Application Engineering, Proposal Engineering or Technical Engineering.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in a team leadership/managerial role is preferred.
- Experience with reputed valve manufacturers, EPCs or process-industry solution providers is preferred.

Key Competencies

- Technical leadership
- Valve application expertise
- Team handling & people development
- Customer orientation
- Commercial awareness
- Analytical & problem-solving skills
- Decision-making
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Communication & presentation skills
- Strong ownership and execution orientation

Other Requirement

Candidate should be willing to relocate and work from Viralimalai, Tamil Nadu.

The role requires a strong hands-on technical leader who can build the application engineering capability, independently handle complex customer requirements and develop a strong, accountable engineering team.

If you are interested kindly share your resume to [email protected]

📌 Senior Application Engineer (Tiruchirappalli)
🏢 SANMAR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES
📍 Tiruchirappalli