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Applications Specialist (Brisbane, Queensland)

The Portec Rail Group is a provider of advanced solutions to the global rail industry, and includes the following family of companies:
· Portec Rail Products (www.portecrail.com)
· Kelsan Technologies (www.kelsan.com)
· Coronet Rail (www.coronetrail.co.uk)
· Salient Systems (www.salientsystems.com)

Our solutions include stationary (trackside) and mobile (train mounted) wheel / rail friction control technologies, as well as track components and fault detection systems. Used by transit and freight rail companies around the world, these technologies extend rail and wheel life, improve energy efficiency, reduce operating costs and improve system performance. The Portec Rail Group invites applications for the position of Applications Specialist in support of the Australian market with an emphasis on wheel / rail friction management, as well as track components. It is anticipated that this remote consulting position will be based in or near Brisbane, Queensland with a start date of early 2010, and will be primarily directed by the Portec Rail Group / Kelsan Technologies office in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The successful candidate will have responsibilities in the following areas:
· Working closely with the Portec Rail Group’s Australian commercial agents, providing active support for the current Portec Rail client base.
· Supporting existing and new business for all Friction Management and Track Components products (and, where appropriate, other product groups).
· Engaging in business development activities to expand the Portec Rail Group’s presence in the Australian market.
· Providing high level technical presentations, materials and project proposals to existing and prospective clients.
· Applications design / configuration, including system specification, preparation of quotes (in conjunction with the commercial agents), coordination of product supply with the global Portec Rail manufacturing divisions and support of delivery, installation, start-up and performance monitoring. Providing technical support including on-track installation / maintenance activities, as well as data collection, analysis and reporting as needed for test programs and full-scale rollouts.
· Direct customer relationship management and customer support / service visits.

Organizational skills and a self-starting attitude are paramount to success in this position. The ability to manage multiple projects in a demanding and fast paced environment is critical, as is the ability to communicate complex concepts to a technical customer base in both written reports and verbal presentations. The successful candidate must have extremely good communications skills, and be capable of providing clear, detailed updates to a remote management structure as well as receiving and acting on feedback and direction with urgency and dedication. Qualified candidates will have an engineering degree and applicable experience in the following areas:
o Project management
o Hands-on practical engineering experience with mechanical, electrical and electronic systems.
o Design and execution of industrial experiments, including instrumentation, data collection and statistical analysis
o Preparation and delivery of high level technical presentations, reports, specifications and proposals.
o Customer relationship management / sales and technical support experience.
o Working and productive knowledge of common software tools such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).

Previous experience in one or more of the following areas would also be desirable:
Railway systems and hardware / track components, wheel / rail interface contact mechanics, lubrication, wear of materials, noise mitigation. This is a full time permanent position and salary is commensurate with experience. Up
to 35% travel can be expected. Please submit a resume and cover letter. Due to time constraints, only applicants with suitable backgrounds will be contacted.

Further Portec Rail Background Information:
Portec Rail Products, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, manufactures, supplies and distributes a broad range of railroad products, including rail joints, rail anchors and spikes, railway friction management products, railway wayside data collection and data management systems and load securement systems. The Company's largest business unit, the Railway Maintenance Products Division, operates a manufacturing and assembly plant in Huntington, West Virginia, an engineering and assembly facility in Dublin, Ohio (Salient Systems), and is also headquartered in Pittsburgh. The Company also has two Canadian subsidiaries, one of which is headquartered near Montreal with a manufacturing operation in St. Jean, Quebec and the other headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia that is a technology and manufacturing facility (Kelsan Technologies). In addition, the Company sells load securement systems to the railroad freight car market through its Shipping Systems Division located near Chicago, Illinois. The Company also manufactures railway products and material handling equipment in the United Kingdom with operations in Leicester, England and Sheffield, England. Portec Rail Products, Inc.'s web site address is http://www.portecrail.com.

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