Vice President of Technology (Application Engineering)

Vice President Of Technology

Jonell Systems is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Jonell Systems markets and sells filtration, separation and coalescing products into the refining, oil & gas, LNG and other sub-markets. A key element to growth is the successful promotion of Jonell products in each of these verticals.

Jonell Systems is part of Filtration Group. Filtration Group is a global market-leading provider of filtration consumables that drives innovation and delivers solutions across a broad spectrum of applications and end-markets.

The Vice President of Technology will lead Jonell's global Applications Engineering team while driving the company's engineering and innovation strategy. This role combines strong technical expertise with commercial acumen to ensure Jonell delivers customer-focused, competitive, and innovative filtration solutions. Reporting to the President of Jonell, the VP of Technology will manage applications engineering activities worldwide, guide new product development, and represent Jonell as a thought leader in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Leadership of Applications Engineering
• Manage and develop the global Applications Engineering team, fostering technical excellence, collaboration, and a customer-first culture.
• Ensure best-in-class process design, proposal development, and technical integration of Jonell solutions into customer systems.
• Provide commercial and technical leadership on front-end project design, ensuring Jonell is positioned aggressively and competitively in the market.
• Oversee proposal reviews, project execution, and compliance with relevant industry standards.
• Innovation & New Product Development
• Partner with strategic customers to understand evolving requirements and translate them into innovative product offerings.
• Provide technical insight to product management and R&D teams, guiding solution design and product enhancements.
• Support lab commercialization initiatives and oversee the introduction of a field service testing program to complement IntegraLabs' capabilities.
• Drive aftermarket application engineering efforts, including new media sourcing and product development.
• Thought Leadership & Market Positioning
• Represent Jonell globally by authoring and presenting technical thought leadership in industry forums and strategic customer engagements.
• Strengthen the Jonell Systems brand through participation on technical committees and by leveraging a dedicated marketing budget for sponsorships.
• Foster strong relationships with customers, positioning Jonell as a trusted technical advisor.
• Exercise discretion over industry sponsorship budgets and ensure resources are directed toward initiatives that maximize market impact.

Qualifications

More About Filtration Group

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company's revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer's products or processes.

With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.