Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. JEFF SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC. is recruiting for an unnamed client that provides water and wastewater treatment technologies and solutions. The Applications Engineer prepares technical and commercial proposals, develops application solutions, and manages bidding processes in collaboration with Regional Sales Managers.
Responsibilities
- Generating equipment technical scopes and commercial proposals and provides a coherent unitary bid package for customer review
- Responsible for reviewing project/application specifications, equipment requirements, equipment selections, cost estimates and project schedules
- Recommending and assisting Sales on technical application solutions based on specific customers’ requirements and challenges
- Specifying size and selecting engineered systems and/or equipment in accordance with customer supplied specifications and/or performance requirements
- Reviewing customer supplied Terms and Conditions with the legal team to ensure compliance with company’s contractual policies
- Generating detailed cost analysis for custom engineered equipment and systems, including compilation of purchased subcomponent, labor, field service, and manufacturing cost by accessing archived records, outside vendors, and other sources as necessary
- Generating equipment pricing from cost estimate, ensuring proper margins and commissions
- Maintaining compliance with company required monetary level of approvals and signoffs
- Maintaining and controlling the latest equipment price lists and validity including vendors’ price lists
- Defining and supporting regulatory issues with sales or service projects
- Working with Sales, Engineering and Operations in the review of project plans and specifications
- Preparing handover material/documents of awarded projects to Project Management, Engineering and Operations
- Generating equipment technical scopes and commercial proposals and providing a coherent unitary bid package for customer review
- Responsible for the review of project/application specifications, equipment requirements, equipment selections, cost estimates and project schedules
- Recommending and assisting sales on technical application solutions based on specific customers’ requirements and challenges
- Specifies size and selects engineered systems and/or equipment in accordance with customer supplied specifications and/or performance requirements
- Reviewing customer supplied Terms and Conditions with the legal team to ensure compliance to company’s contractual policies
- Generating detailed cost analysis for custom engineered equipment and systems. Including compilation of purchased subcomponent, labor, field service, and manufacturing cost by accessing archived records, outside vendors, and other sources as necessary
- Generating equipment pricing from cost estimate, ensuring proper margins and commissions
- Maintaining compliance with company required monetary level of approvals and signoffs
- Maintaining and controlling latest equipment price lists and validity including vendors’ price lists
- Defining and supporting regulatory issue with sales or service projects
- Working with Sales, Engineering and Operations in the review of project plans and specification
- Preparing handover material/documents of awarded projects to Project Management, Engineering and Operations
- Attending technical meetings with customers during the tendering process
- Understanding and adhering to all company health and safety procedures as they relate to essential job functions
Skills
- BS degree in Engineering and at least 5 - 15 years of experience in a related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- The ability to communicate technically and commercially with management, sales, legal, vendors, client's engineers
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Familiar with SalesForce
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work in a diverse team environment
- Self-motivated and proactive
- EIT or PE a plus
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