Client showcase

How we recruited an Applications Engineer

About the client

Our client is a global designer, developer and manufacturer of mechanic power transmission systems and motor control electronics.

  • Location - Western Australia
  • Industry - engineering
  • Size - 150 employees

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

About the client

Video job advertisement

Social media algorithms prioritise video content over still images, so we produce video advertisements for all vacancies to enhance our candidate sourcing efforts.

By leveraging this unique and highly effective approach, we aim to connect with the right candidates at the right time.

We share our videos on LinkedIn, and Facebook, posting them 10-20 times based on relevance. Typically, our videos receive over 1,000 views within the first 24 hours.



Job advertisement

We continually refresh, rewrite, and reformat our job advertisements to ensure we receive high-quality applications. Our strategy is proactive, with approximately 20 advertisements posted for each permanent job. These advertisements are shared across:

  • Job boards - Seek, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Indeed and Jora
  • Social media - LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
  • 11 Recruitment's website

On average, our advertisements receive over 100 applications and significantly outperform the market benchmark for Seek, shown in this graph.


Applications Engineer

  • Work as part of the engineering team and report directly to the State Manager
  • Globally recognised organisation - power transmissions, speed drives and geared motors
  • Provide technical solutions and promote products to all market sectors
  • Graduate position - mechanical engineering degree or equivalent is essential

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client designs and produces powerful industrial gear units. They are a high-tech European manufacturing company - a world leader in power transmission, specialising in variable speed drives and geared motors. They design, manufacture and service of power transmissions, drivers and gears, while working on the philosophy of "movement, innovation and quality."

They are regarded as one of the world’s leading specialists in their field and is located just South of the river, Perth. They employ approximately 15 staff in WA with the Australian head office in the Eastern States. This prestigious company is seeking an experienced Applications Engineer for their South of the River branch.


ABOUT THE ROLE

The duties for this role will include:

  • Providing full assistance to the Industrial Gears Products Manager WA 
  • Managing sales of industrial gears and geared motor products, as required
  • Supplying necessary documents / drawings to customers and suppliers
  • Delivering product, service and technical information to existing and potential customers
  • Processing phone orders and monitoring progress
  • Revising order documentation
  • Recording and referring opportunities for sales of electronic products to engineers
  • Supplying appropriate data to sales / finance for account opening and approval
  • Accepting, recording and processing credit / return requests
  • Identifying, isolating and stopping products / services that are non-conforming or do not meet the quality expectations
  • Ensuring non-conforming products / services are brought to the attention of the quality team

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will have:

  • A mechanical engineering qualification, or an equivalent technical qualification
  • Sales experience - ideally in an engineering / projects-driven environment

Assessment Matrix design

Our custom-designed, in-house software generates an Assessment Matrix, serving as the blueprint for our recruitment process. This process includes screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling, and reference checks.

The Assessment Matrix marks the stage at which each criterion is addressed, with the most critical criteria being checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.


Selection criteria

Screen

Interview

Docs.

Profiling

Refs.

Education






Mechanical engineering / equivalent




Experience






Technical information interpretation



Technical information communication



Proposal / quotation development



Sales - advantage



Other






Microsoft Word - advanced





Microsoft Excel - advanced





Microsoft PowerPoint - advanced





Spelling and grammar - excellent





Strong analytical skills




Verify LinkedIn vs CV



Accept expected salary ($90k)



Previous warning of termination?



Will you pass a drug test?



Behaviour






Dominance - 60%




Influence - 55%




Steadiness - 27%




Compliance - 51%




Forms signed






Health / police check





Signed document - tell the truth





Docs verified






Driver’s licence




Citizen AU / NZ or PR





DISC profiling

Just like people, jobs have their own behavioral profiles based on duties, environment, and communication. For every job vacancy, we create a profile that allows us to match an applicant's behavior to the specific role.

We utilise the DISC assessment, which examines the following attributes:

  • Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
  • Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
  • Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
  • Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - Applications Engineer

Applications Engineer

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C


Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.


Video views

1,049


Applications received

58


Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

21


Shortlisted

9


Interviewed by client

7


Hired

1


Christian Madsen | Managing Director

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