Careers at ebm‑papst

Account Manager (Georgia)

Location: Georgia 
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This position is responsible for managing the sales activities of a given territory to meet or exceed sales forecasts/goals.

• Customer champion with consistent contact and understanding of how the account makes buying decisions
• Champion the local market and be able to recognize opportunities within all ebm‑papst products and factories utilizing market management and application engineering for technical support
• Meet or exceed sales forecast/goals
• Expand customer base – both direct OEM and distribution
• Travel to customers and distributors to develop, maintain, and improve relationships and business opportunities

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Account Manager (Tennessee & Alabama)

Location: Tennessee & Alabama
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This position is responsible for managing the sales activities of a given territory to meet or exceed sales forecasts/goals.

• Customer champion with consistent contact and understanding of how the account makes buying decisions
• Champion the local market and be able to recognize opportunities within all ebm‑papst products and factories utilizing market management and application engineering for technical support
• Meet or exceed sales forecast/goals
• Expand customer base – both direct OEM and distribution
• Travel to customers and distributors to develop, maintain, and improve relationships and business opportunities. Expected to make 15 calls per week with majority being in person.
• Submit weekly travel itinerary to Area Sales Director/Regional Sales Manager
• Facilitate and participate in distributor training sessions

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Applications Engineer

Department: Applications Engineering
Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for providing technical application assistance and clarification for customers, Sales and Customer Relations personnel. Primary tasks include:

• Product selection for customer applications
• Project management for product modifications or new assemblies
• Testing and trouble shooting customer applications

The essential functions of this job require the person, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform the following:

• Serve as the primary technical communication link with customers to ensure customer needs are met.
• Review customer specifications to assist the customer and Customer Relations in defining the proper air-moving device for specific applications.
• Provide application assistance to Sales personnel and customers.
• Provide technical clarification of communications and documentation for or to our factories and regional sales offices, distributors, Customer Relations and customers.

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Area Sales Director

Location: Farmington, CT

The position is responsible for planning, organizing and controlling the sales function within the assigned area by driving growth in sales and profits while managing expenses.

• Provide leadership and coordination of company sales functions across market segments within the assigned area.
• Monitor and analyze sales activity against goals.
• Manage and direct the execution of sales plans and initiatives.
• Establish, implement and manage a comprehensive sales structure that can meet or exceed corporate revenue and profit expectations in assigned area.
• Develop, implement and exceed the annual sales forecast plan as established.

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Customer Relations Representative

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for communicating with customers regarding the companies’ products and services.

• Enter, maintain, and review sales orders as received from OEM customers and authorized distributors. Verify price and delivery and maintain files for orders.
• Communicate with customers on new and existing orders and any special requests. Answer inquiries on deliveries, lead times, pricing (at assigned level), and order status.
• Back-up for team members who are out of the office or unavailable.
• Review Open Order Report on a weekly basis. Monitor open order status to make sure customers are ordering within lead times and we are shipping as promised.
• Process sample requests for customers.

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Director of Transportation & Agriculture

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for market development and project coordination relating to applications in assigned market(s).

• ssist Sr. Director Strategic Business Fields (SBF) to meet or exceed North American and market sales plans.
• Assist with forecast development for our sales territories and factories.
• Prepare price quotes for Customer Relations and Sales team including value added quotes. Focus on special price/delivery requests for new projects. For significant quotes, review with supervisor for approval. Act as Pricing Manager for assigned market(s) for SalesForce opportunities.
• Monitor changes in assigned market(s) and recommend strategies. Assist in planning and implementation of strategies and monitor progress. Includes tracking of competition in assigned market(s), preparation of competitive analyses, and recommendation of strategy against competition.
• Act as a liaison with the factories and other subsidiaries for special requests and quote coordination for global accounts in assigned market(s).

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Electronics Technician

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for modifying, building, testing and troubleshooting developmental electronics using advanced motor control and communications. Testing of these electronics will require assembly into and out of motor housings up to 20kW in size.

• Hand solder surface mount and thru-hole components in prototyping boards as well as production quality boards.
• Become familiar with the latest board assembly techniques and IC packages.
• Be able to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and mechanical drawings.
• Be able to build cable harnesses with crimp connectors as well as soldered connectors.

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Inventory Control Specialist

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for monitoring warehouse inventory and performing cycle counting duties to ensure all materials are verified and reflective of reported inventory.

• Performing cycle counts each day making adjustments where needed.
• Assist in determining root causes on inventory discrepancies and help in corrective actions to eliminate inaccuracies.
• Submits up to date accurate inventory and rack locations reports.
• Must be able to safely drive turret truck, sit down lifts, and other warehouse equipment.
• Assist in location of parts for Material Handlers, Customer service, and Leads.
• Always maintain a clean and organized work area.

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Manufacturing Supervisor

Location: Farmington, CT

The Manufacturing Supervisor – Sheet Metal is responsible for directing daily operations within the Sheet Metal Department to meet production, quality, cost, and safety targets. This role ensures the right headcount, tooling readiness, and machine uptime are in place to support reliable, efficient manufacturing operations while developing a high performing, engaged team.

• Supervise, coach, develop, and evaluate department personnel to maintain a skilled and engaged workforce.
• Communicate, enforce, and model all company safety policies and OSHA requirements.
• Direct day-to-day execution of Sheet Metal operations to meet schedule commitments and delivery goals.
• Adjust work procedures, staffing, and priorities to meet production schedules.
• Plan and requisition raw materials, tooling, fixtures, and other resources necessary to support the production schedule.

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Materials Manager

Location: Farmington, CT

The Materials Manager – Planning & Execution is responsible for leading and integrating production planning, materials management, and warehouse operations to ensure stable, efficient production flow.

This role oversees the alignment of demand, material availability, and execution readiness to support production schedules and customer commitments. The Materials Manager drives a proactive operating model focused on material availability, schedule adherence, and inventory performance, while eliminating reactive expediting and production disruption.

This position plays a critical role in enabling consistent plant performance through strong leadership, cross-functional coordination, and disciplined execution of material and planning processes.

• Lead master planning and production planning to align demand with plant capacity
• Ensure material availability to support production without disruption
• Maintain optimal inventory levels to support production and customer demand
• Lead warehouse and material handling teams across shifts

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Production Planner

Location: Farmington, CT

The essential functions of this job require the person, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform the following:

• Draw up final assembly schedule to establish sequence and lead-time of each operation to meet customer promised shipping dates according to sales forecasts and/or customer orders. Monitor actual production versus schedule (daily, weekly and year to date).
• Interface with Customer Relations, Engineering, and Production Supervisors to coordinate, monitor, expedite, or defer manufacturing schedules.
• Work with Production Planning Manager, Sr. Production Planner and Production Shift Supervisors to determine capacity and availability of equipment.
• Work with sourcing/material department to ensure all component parts are available to meet start date build schedules and coordinate with production to ensure all finished goods manufacturing orders are completed by the scheduled due dates.
• Review/audit of final MO issues for correct accounting of raw materials going into manufacturing orders and subsequent closing of MO’s.

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Quality / Supplier Development Engineer

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for ebm‑papst’s supplier development program. Specifically focused on supplier management that includes supplier approval, corrective actions, part approvals and auditing.

• Conduct supplier audits for new suppliers and the existing supplier base.
• Collaborate with the purchasing department in selecting, onboarding and developing new suppliers.
• Monitor supplier’s performance to evaluate quality and on time delivery.
• Develop, assign and monitor Key Process Indicators (KPIs) related to delivery performance, quality and capacity.
• Develop and coordinate supplier development programs for improvement and cost reductions.

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Senior Aerodynamics Engineer

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for advanced aerodynamic development and support services, leading aerodynamic projects, and providing expertise to optimize performance and efficiency.

• Lead and conduct Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations using Star CCM+ software on customer applications.
• Provide expert input into the design to optimize airflow, efficiency, and acoustics, generating detailed reports for customer communication.
• Oversee the design and optimization of axial and radial impellers or fans using Star CCM+, empirical design methods, and other ebm‑papst software tools.
• Maintain and apply advanced knowledge of Creo CAD software.
• Coordinate closely with the R&D Americas team on aerodynamic development projects.

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Senior Financial Analyst

Location: Farmington, CT

The Senior Financial Analyst supports the finance organization by providing accurate financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and business insights. This role partners closely with sales and management to support decision‑making, improve financial performance, and ensure compliance with internal controls and financial policies.

• Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Partner with sales, operations, and other departments to analyze cost drivers and profitability.
• Develop price, volume and mix analysis to help support commercial margin execution
• Utilize ERP systems, Excel, and BI tools to extract, analyze, and present financial data.

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Senior Qualification Engineer

Location: Farmington, CT

** This is not an IT or software role **

The Senior Qualification Engineer is responsible for developing, coordinating, and controlling the system-level testing and qualification process for product development projects. This role plans, monitors, and evaluates qualification activities across multiple test domains to ensure product quality & reliability.

In addition to supporting the broader project portfolio, this role will coordinate qualification activities for selected strategic customers, serving as a key technical interface between customers, R&D, Engineering, and test resources. The Senior Qualification Engineer is expected to contribute early in the product development process by identifying risks or gaps in requirements and supporting data-driven decisions related to product readiness and quality.

• Develop, maintain, and coordinate system-level test & qualification plans in collaboration with R&D and Engineering.
• Act as a primary interface between qualification, development teams, project stakeholders, test facilities, and external resources.
• Verify execution of qualification and validation plan during test execution and ensure adherence to test conditions and methods.
• Coordinate qualification planning and execution for assigned strategic customers; this role will support the customer-facing engineering team and some direct customer interaction will be required.
• Support development and improvement of test methods, qualification processes, and internal standards.

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Strategic Inside Sales Representative

Department: Sales
Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for communicating with strategic customers regarding the companies’ products and services.

• Enter, maintain, and review sales orders and forecast reports as received from OEM customers. Verify price and delivery and maintain files for orders.
• Communicate with customers on new and existing orders and any special requests. Answer inquiries on deliveries, lead times, pricing (at assigned level), and order status.
• Provides daily and project support to Strategic Account Managers. Back-up for team members who are out of the office or unavailable.
• Builds and maintain business relationship with SAM and client by providing prompt and accurate service so as to promote customer loyalty.
• Review Open Order Report as needed. Monitor open order status to make sure customers are ordering within lead times and we are shipping as promised.

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Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Location: Farmington, CT

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist accelerates growth by building a scalable, resilient, and cost-competitive supply base capable of supporting growth at an accelerated pace. This role leads market intelligence, supplier development, cost optimization, and risk management initiatives that enable rapid product ramp-up, geographic expansion, and technology adoption—while safeguarding continuity of supply and quality.

• Growth-Aligned Sourcing Strategy: Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned to corporate growth objectives, ensuring capacity, lead-time, and cost structures can scale to support significant increase in demand. Partner with Operations, Planning, and Product teams to forecast strategic materials for new product introductions (NPIs) and market expansions.
• Supplier Development & Global Expansion: Identify, qualify, and onboard diversified global suppliers to increase capacity, reduce risk, and capture competitive advantages in cost, quality, and technology. Lead supplier innovation programs (design-for-cost, value engineering, and co-development) to accelerate speed-to-market.
• Advanced Analytics & Digital Enablement: Use data-driven tools (e.g., spend analytics, price indexing, scenario modeling) to guide sourcing decisions, anticipate market shifts, and validate savings. Build supplier KPI dashboards (OTD, quality, lead-time, TCO, capacity, sustainability) linked to the five-year growth plan.

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Technical Project Manager

Location: Farmington, CT

At ebm‑papst Inc., a leader in innovative fans, motors, and engineering solutions, we are looking for a proactive technical project manager with a strong Electrical Engineering focus, to oversee the technical dimensions of our projects as an R&D Product Owner. This pivotal role involves managing engineering challenges and solutions across projects, ensuring alignment with our high standards and customer expectations. Additionally, this position requires effective cross-department communication of KPIs and progress to general project managers, integrating technical insights with broader project goals. This role is ideal for a project manager/engineer who enjoys owning electronics‑driven development projects and serving as the technical liaison for EC motor technology and electronics hardware & software throughout the product lifecycle.

• Lead all technical aspects of projects from initiation to execution, ensuring they meet specifications, standards, and customer requirements.
• Collaborate closely with multiple project teams, engineering departments, and stakeholders to ensure project milestones are achieved.
• Regularly report on project technical progress, challenges, and outcomes to general project managers.
• Identify potential technical risks and develop mitigation strategies collaboratively with the project team.
• Implement quality control processes to meet the technical excellence expected at ebm‑papst Inc.

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Maintenance Mechatronic Technician - Weekend Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for repairing and maintaining machinery and equipment, primarily the customized assembly machines for Motor Production Lines.

• Receive verbal instructions from supervisor and carry out tasks with minimal oversight.
• Perform basic to advanced machine repair and maintenance.
• Ensures operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines; following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications; troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Owns safety by consistently following EHS procedures, identifying hazards, and taking immediate action to correct unsafe conditions

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Mfg. Engineering Technician - Weekend Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

As a CNC Programmer & ME Tech, you will bridge the gap between engineering and production. You will be responsible for setting up, programming and optimizing CNC blanking and forming operations to produce high-quality components and tooling. This position is responsible for developing and writing final product assembly instructions, entering basic process routings, and supporting the transition of new assigned products from engineering concepts to final production processes.

• Develop and implement complex blanking and forming programs using Trumpf TruTops Boost, TruTops 600, Amada Blank and Dr. Abe software. Determine optimal cutting paths, speeds, and feed rates to maximize productivity.
• Create nesting plans across multiple part families to maximize sheet utilization and minimize material waste.
• Analyze time, motion, and machine data to identify bottlenecks and improve production flow. Assist in the development of PFMEA and Lean methodologies.
• Select correct tooling for blanking/forming and provide hands-on support for machine set-ups. Troubleshoot machining issues directly on the shop floor.

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Material Handler Supervisor - Weekend Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for organizing, supervising and directing the Materials Handling group engaged in receiving, issuing and delivering supplies and equipment.

• Manage, hire, lead, motivate and train the Material Handling Department in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Exhibit confidence in self and staff. Resolve interdepartmental issues, accept feedback and give recognition.
• Schedule and expedite open material requisitions. Follow up on deliveries with the Warehouse, Planning and Purchasing Departments.
• Ensure that receipt and distribution of product occurs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Work with other department personnel, such as Production, Quality and Engineering to rectify defective or unacceptable goods.
• Arrange for disposal of surplus material.

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Production Supervisor - Weekend Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for supervising workers engaged in the production operations.

• Manage, hire, lead, motivate and qualify the workers in our production department in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Exhibit confidence in self and staff. Resolve interdepartmental issues, accept, and give feedback as well as recognition.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment: Ensure the production floor is clean and safe for all staff.
• Ensure production output according to the production schedule while ensuring safety, quality and productivity.
• Work with the production manager and the planning department on defining the weekly production schedule.

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Quality Technician - Weekend Shift

Location: Farmington, CT

This position is responsible for receiving and testing returned material.

• Verify that returned product has a Return Material Authorization number.
• Verify the return statements are correct.
• Interface with Quality and Engineering Departments concerning returned materials.
• Determine if the product is a return to stock or product requiring further evaluation.
• Examine and perform “end of the line” test to identify product malfunction.

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Engineering Technician

Location: Telford, TN

This job is responsible for technical assistance across the plant and to work alongside engineers to review, develop, and implement manufacturing processes.

• Participating in the establishment and deployment of standard processes, policies, and procedures across the plant.
• Understand, adjust, and write work instructions.
• Conducting research, collecting data, and writing daily reports.
• Conducting experiments and investigations under the guidance of Engineers.
• Working alongside engineers to design, build, and test solutions to a variety of technical problems.
• Participate and lead small projects.
• Audit standard processes and use continuous improvement tools to implement improvements.

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Industrial Engineer

Location: Telford, TN

As a Localization Industrial Engineer, you will be at the forefront of optimizing localization processes for new parts, tools, and machines within a global context to meet future growth targets. Your role will focus on leveraging industrial engineering principles and methodologies to enhance the efficiency, quality, and scalability of localization operations content, and other products across diverse linguistic and cultural markets.

• Key department KPIs this role will support and influence in a positive direction: Finished goods localization timing and component localization.
• Manage new part implementation process for the production lines.
• Develop A3 summaries and lend technical expertise to the Sourcing Group to review new parts to get it localized for production.
• Collaborate with localization teams to understand project requirements and define localization strategies.

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Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Telford, TN

This position is responsible for review of existing manufacturing processes and development of new manufacturing processes to support our production lines and ensure our ability to meet current manufacturing schedules and future growth targets.

• Develop and improve new and existing production processes and methods for increasing output and efficiency, as well as reducing costs and preventing defects. Work to increase process stability to meet customer demand with minimum amount of resources.
• Lend technical expertise to the Sourcing Group for the review and selection of new suppliers for the localized production of any new component parts required when a production line is transferred.
• Develop process time standards, process flow, and layout for all new or transferred production lines
• Assist Production Supervisors in solving technical, tooling, quality, process, and maintenance problems affecting the daily operations in manufacturing.

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Material Handler Supervisor

Location: Telford, TN

This position is responsible for organizing, supervising and directing the Materials Handling group engaged in receiving, issuing and delivering supplies and equipment.

• Manage, hire, lead, motivate and train the Material Handling Department in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Exhibit confidence in self and staff. Resolve interdepartmental issues, accept feedback and give recognition.
• Schedule and expedite open material requisitions. Follow up on deliveries with the Warehouse, Planning and Purchasing Departments.
• Ensure that receipt and distribution of product occurs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Work with other department personnel, such as Production, Quality and Engineering to rectify defective or unacceptable goods.
• Arrange for disposal of surplus material.

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Production Supervisor

Location: Telford, TN

This position is responsible for supervising workers engaged in the production operations.

• Manage, hire, lead, motivate and qualify the workers in our production department in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws. Exhibit confidence in self and staff. Resolve interdepartmental issues, accept, and give feedback as well as recognition.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment: Ensure the production floor is clean and safe for all staff.
• Ensure production output according to the production schedule while ensuring safety, quality and productivity.
• Work with the production manager and the planning department on defining the weekly production schedule.
• Understand, apply, and train the principles of LEAN Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Analyst

Location: Telford, TN

ebm‑papst is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Supply Chain Analyst to join our team in Farmington, Connecticut. The ideal candidate will be responsible for analyzing and optimizing our supply chain processes to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. This role requires proficiency in SAP and production planning, with occasional travel once or twice per quarter.

Responsible for strategic allocation planning, supply chain optimization, and inventory management while ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely delivery. Responsibilities include:

Utilizing SAP at an Intermediate or Higher Level to monitor supply chain activities.

• Sketching Current Flow of Production Planning and Material Ordering and identifying opportunities of improvement as well as managing the implementation of improvement.
• Utilizing Data Analytic tools, primarily Excel, Power BI, Power Queries to organize data to make decisions to meet KPI’s
• Work with Cross Functional Teams to Solve Crisis management problems, build Catch Up Plans, manage catch-up plans, analyze root cause system breakdowns and correct.
• Aligning supply and demand through mid- and long-term planning.

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Environmental Health & Safety Specialist (Intern)

Location: Telford, TN

The EHS Intern supports the Environmental, Health & Safety team in promoting a safe, healthy, and compliant workplace. This role provides hands-on experience in regulatory compliance, risk assessment, safety programs, and environmental initiatives while assisting with day-to-day EHS operations.

• Assist in implementing and maintaining EHS policies, procedures, and programs
• Support compliance with local, state, and federal environmental and safety regulations
• Participate in workplace safety inspections and hazard identification activities
• Help track and analyze safety metrics, incident reports, and near-miss data
• Assist in incident investigations and root cause analysis

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