We are a privately-held company with a history that spans 65 years. We operate in a collaborative, hands-on work environment. The decisions you make today can have an impact on our company and our customers tomorrow. Everyone from the CEO to the shipping manager works together with the goal of providing the best equipment and service to our customers.

Our company is part of KMC Global, a group of companies brought together for our similarities and unique differences. Our sister companies, along with our own division, offer room for position and location growth and development. The path can be as unique as the individual.

Available Positions

PRAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

If you are interested in one of the following positions, please contact us at careers@prab.com with your resume.

Technical Sales Representative

Job Description Overview

The position of Technical Sales Representative focuses on closing orders in targeted product groups. The sales territory is comprised primarily of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This position reports to the Director of Sales & Marketing.

Qualifications

• Dedication to excellence and a commitment to quality
• Honest, professional, independently driven and responsible
• Long-term relationship building
• Strong technical aptitude
• Blueprint reading
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Working knowledge of MS Office and CRM software (Goldmine preferred)
• Valid driver’s license and current passport
• Associates degree (or equivalent experience)
• Outside industrial sales experience

Responsibilities

• Promote excellence throughout the organization
• Visit customer and prospect facilities performing plant audits, identifying opportunities, collecting application data and understanding their existing processes
• Develop appropriate sales and closing strategies
• Overnight travel required
• Coordinate with our manufacturer’s representatives and other internal departments
• Learn the competition, their strengths and weaknesses and how to close against them
• Enter customer communication and application data into CRM system (Goldmine)
• Create and submit RFQ documentation
• Create and present proposals, ROI calculations and value maps
• Follow up on marketing qualified leads and submitted proposals
• Other duties as assigned by Director of Sales & Marketing

Administrative Assistant

Job Description Overview

The Administrative Assistant position is responsible for supporting the growth of the Sales team and reports to the Director of Sales & Marketing.

Qualifications

• Dedication to excellence and a quality output
• Professional appearance
• Strong clerical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Work independently, accurately & efficiently
• Organized and able to multi-task
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• CRM software experience (Goldmine preferred)
• Experience in providing customer support
• Previous general administrative background is preferred
• A positive attitude is a must

Responsibilities

The following activities are required in this position:

• Promote excellence throughout the department
• Greet visitors and notify the appropriate party of their arrival
• Effective communication via telephone, text and email between internal and external customers
• Create and/or proofread sales and engineering documents as needed
• Data entry into our customer relationship management system
• Logging in new leads and requests for quotes
• Assigning tasks to the inside sales and engineering staff as required
• Creating electronic folders for customer communications such as engineering specifications, drawings and application photos
• Maintain physical proposal files
• Create opportunities and projects in the CRM system (Goldmine)
• Sending material test requests to customers and representatives
• Order entry (electronic job files) for Purchase Orders received
• Work with marketing to ensure literature is available when needed
• Other duties as assigned by the National Sales Manager

Fabricator

Job Description Overview

The Fabricator position is responsible for the quality of work, productivity, attendance/punctuality, safety, flexibility, working without supervision, and general housekeeping.

Qualifications

• Dedication to excellence and a quality output
• Will have a skill-set that allows the quick, accurate jigging and checking of products manufactured by the company
• The ability to perform high quality welds in all positions (vertical up, down, flat and overhead) typically required in fabricating machinery
• The ability to perform high quality welds on stainless steel and other alloys such as cast iron, nickel and manganese steels is required
• Will have the skill-set to perform the following welds: TIG, MIG and ARC (primary weld is product line specific)
• Will have the skill-set to perform surface finish specifications up to food grade on stainless steel surfaces (including food grade welding and polishing)
• The employee will supply all basic tools required to perform the responsibilities listed

Responsibilities

• Promote excellence throughout the department
• Must be able to conduct themselves in a safe manner
• Maintain a safe and clean work area
• Read, write and interpret complex blueprints and lists of materials
• Fabricate components and assemblies from blueprints and sketches
• Plan various operations required to make assemblies
• Become familiar with and fabricate pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical systems
• Be familiar with construction and operation of shop equipment and maintain it
• Perform routine machine set-up
• Act as a group leader (subject to the individual acceptance)
• Continuous improvement is expected in all critical activities such as overall machine quality, safety, weld strength and appearance, and productivity
• Design, build and install guards and drive assemblies
• Set-up and install drive assemblies
• Final quality checks of products
• Dimensional verification of parts and final product
• Work in other areas of the operation as directed by supervision
• Others as assigned by supervision

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Project Manager

Job Description Overview

The Project Manager is the role within the engineering group which is responsible for directing the activities of the design team and in close cooperation with the company’s entire supporting cast (processing, purchasing, manufacturing, shipping/receiving, accounting, service, etc.) to assure projects are executed in accordance with the defined scope, budget and schedule requirements. From the time an order is received through final start-up and commissioning, the project manager will be the primary customer contact, not only providing immediate response to questions asked but offering unsolicited status updates too, so as to provide exemplary service and a high degree of customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Dedication to excellence and high quality output.
• Minimum of a 2 year engineering degree and 3 years machine design experience.
• Experience in the bulk material handling and processing industry a plus.
• PMP certification a plus.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, communication skills, both written and oral.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and preferably Inventor. Excel, Word, Outlook, Project Management, ERP, and CRM software.
• Ability to work with designers and provide detailed direction as required.
• Must have a confident, professional demeanor and an eagerness to assist all customers (internal as well as external)
• Must be responsible and honest. Ability to motivate and lead others. Must be self-motivated and can work without supervision

Responsibilities/ Core Competencies:

• Exemplify and promote excellence throughout the department.
• Serve as the primary customer contact from the time the order is placed until the equipment is commissioned and customer’s needs have been fully satisfied.
• Review and clarify specifications to verify equipment is able to meet customer’s requirements.
• Produce and or review of detailed engineering and system layout drawings.
• Responsible for design and or review of custom machinery and system of equipment
• Develop project timeline and identify milestones.
• Track all critical path items and provide routine status reports to external and internal customers.
• Ensure that all documentation, required by the customer, is provided as per the required format and schedule.
• Review the equipment before it ships to make sure that all items have been covered and that we are providing the best quality possible.
• Coordinate with the installation contractors as required.
• Coordinate with Customer Service to arrange for any field work required.
• Coordinate with Vendors/Purchasing on any large buyout items to assure quality and conformance to project objectives as well as schedule.
• Keep organized, detailed and current logs of progress being made so that any member of the management team can be updated quickly upon request.
• Follow all KMC Global procedures and seek additional training when needed.
• Coach and mentor team members.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential problems, and devise contingency plans, issue change orders when required.
• Assess and effectively manage risks associated with the project to minimize company’s exposure.
• Know company’s core values and use them as guiding principles in all business decisions.
• Maintain a working knowledge of equipment capabilities and best practices and use them in providing technical guidance to customers, both internal and external; have the ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

Saw, Belt & Sub-Assembly

Job Description Overview

The Saw, Belt and Sub-Assembly position is responsible for producing subassemblies and assemble the belts and chains quickly and accurately, quality evaluations on all products built, resolving questions on drawings and belt sheets with the appropriate departments, plan various operations required to build belts and chains accurately and economically.

Qualifications

• Dedication to excellence and a quality output
• Ability to set-up and run pin cutter, drill fixture and press, milling machine, spot welder, saws and the iron worker
• Ability to make quality MIG welds

Responsibilities

• Promote excellence throughout the department
• Maintain a safe and clean work area
• Read, write and interpret belt/chain sheets and simple blueprints
• Read vendor packing lists and verify proper part number
• Track and requisition consumable and production stock supplies
• Stocking inventory in proper locations on a timely basis
• Work effectively without supervision
• Help in the saw area as required
• Perform other tasks as required by the supervisor

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Technical Sales Representative

Job Description Overview

The position of Technical Sales Representative focuses on closing orders in targeted product groups. The sales territory is comprised primarily of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This position reports to the Director of Sales & Marketing.

Qualifications

• Dedication to excellence and a commitment to quality
• Honest, professional, independently driven and responsible
• Long-term relationship building
• Strong technical aptitude
• Blueprint reading
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Working knowledge of MS Office and CRM software (Goldmine preferred)
• Valid driver’s license and current passport
• Associates degree (or equivalent experience)
• Outside industrial sales experience

Responsibilities

• Promote excellence throughout the organization
• Visit customer and prospect facilities performing plant audits, identifying opportunities, collecting application data and understanding their existing processes
• Develop appropriate sales and closing strategies
• Overnight travel required
• Coordinate with our manufacturer’s representatives and other internal departments
• Learn the competition, their strengths and weaknesses and how to close against them
• Enter customer communication and application data into CRM system (Goldmine)
• Create and submit RFQ documentation
• Create and present proposals, ROI calculations and value maps
• Follow up on marketing qualified leads and submitted proposals
• Other duties as assigned by Director of Sales & Marketing