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Who Are We?    

Exmark, located in Beatrice, Nebraska is a division of The Toro Company. Exmark is the leading manufacturer of commercial mowers and equipment for the landscape professional. Exmark mowers are trusted 2-to-1 over the next best-selling brand of zero-turn mowers by landscape professionals. All Exmark products are designed to help customers increase productivity, while delivering unmatched quality.

It’s an exciting time to work at The Toro Company, Exmark Division. Why? If you are a person that likes solving problems for customers, having variety in your work, using your current or learning new manufacturing skills and knowledge, playing an integral part of designing new products or improving existing products, have a natural curiosity about how things work and a desire to learn and grow, this may be the job for you. On top of it, you get to work with a team that has fun working together and learning from one another as you solve problems together.

Job Summary:

The Automation Engineering Specialist will support product development teams by providing advanced computer-aided tools, processes, and systems. This role involves developing and maintaining product development process technology using cutting-edge tools, ensuring system administrative tasks are completed, and maintaining critical application software such as Creo Parametric and Windchill PDMLink .

​Sponsorship:

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA at this time.

What Will You Do? 

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for: 

• System Administration:

• Ensure daily system administrative tasks are completed, including backups, storage space management, software bug resolution, monthly archiving, off-site backups, and annual file housekeeping.

• Collaborate with vendors and service suppliers to maximize resource uptime, diagnose system failures, and initiate appropriate service procedures.

  Software Maintenance:

• Maintain operating systems and application software, including installation of new and updated software releases and reloading software due to hardware failures.

• Develop and maintain software tools to assist with periodic system administration duties, enhance user productivity, and provide new functionality using languages such as "C," Perl, and SQL.

  Capacity and Performance Management:

• Regularly review system capacity , reliability, and performance, and propose hardware and software solutions to meet strategic and operational requirements of product development teams.

• Provide input on the strategic direction of the Computer -Aided Engineering and Product Systems (CAEPS) group and investigate new technologies for their applicability to The Toro Company (TTC) Engineering departments.

  Training and Support:

• Facilitate the training of new users on new technology applications, such as Creo Parametric and Windchill PDMLink .

• Participate in and contribute to the CAEPS support team by developing and presenting internal workshops and evaluating external training resources to recommend appropriate alternatives .

  Liaison and Collaboration:

• Serve as a liaison between Engineering Technical Services (ETS) and TTC Engineering departments and the TTC IT department.

• Engage with computer user groups of companies using similar hardware and software to stay current with industry best practices.

• Collaborate with customers of engineering data, including publications, plants, purchasing, service, and advance planning, to improve productivity in information transfer.

  Engineering Support:

• Work closely with product development teams to provide engineering expertise , including analysis, problem-solving techniques, and prior experiences.

• Conduct field visits as needed to understand customer needs and provide solutions.

  Fiscal Responsibility:

• Exercise fiscal responsibility in purchasing equipment and supplies and provide recommendations for future spending to department leadership.

What Do You Need?

• Associates Degree --OR -- 5 + years of relevant CAD/CAM experience required (Engineering Specialist III) 7+ years experience (Engineering Specialist IV) .

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; e.g., ability to develop clear, concise business correspondence and relay accurate information to management.

• Proficient MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access) skills. 

• Demonstrated competency in presentation creation, database management, information storage, and retrieval.

  Other Job-Related Components:

• Dedication to the productivity of users and serving our customer needs.

• After normal hours work may be required to assure maximum up-time during prime working hours.

• Some travel is required to remote sites, plants, customers, and user group meetings.

  What Can We Give You?    

  At Exmark, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits – Exmark offers employees at our Beatrice, NE location a variety of perks , including:  

• Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, office-plant blended environment.

• Location – We just opened our newly remodeled division headquarters in December 2019

• Wellness - In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health, financial health, and other types of resources to every full-time employee.

• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

• Growth Opportunities – TTC prides itself on giving our employees the chance to grow their careers. Tuition reimbursement, opportunities to move into new areas of interest, and promotion opportunities are a few examples.

• *Flexible Work Arrangements – typically prefer individuals to be onsite with some exceptions; dependent upon the role/position; division does utilize summer hours when possible

• Competitive Salary – Salary will be determined by experience and qualifications . If you need to, you can access your pay early with One@Work formerly the Even app.

  At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.

  We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related needs and conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non- merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.