Custom Application Engineer

Trane Italia • Fort Smith, AR

2d • $60,000 - $86,170 • Onsite

About The Position

As an Air Handling Unit (AHU) Application Engineer, you will act as a product expert to direct and review selections, specifications, and drawings. Additionally, you will be providing design pricing and drawings, which may involve working directly with both the internal product engineering team and external vendors. You will also be responsible for reporting issues and assisting in the improvement of our proprietary equipment selection software. This position is based out of our Fort Smith AR or Lexington, KY location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or engineering, with 0-2 years’ experience or 5-years equivalent experience working in the HVAC industry.
• Strong communication and analytical skills required.
• Excellent organizational skills required.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to manage complex projects and multi-task.
• Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning/refrigeration (HVAC/R) fundamentals preferred.
• Lean or continuous improvement experience preferred.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide application, budget, layout, competitive review, takeoff, selection, and pricing support for field sales organization.
• Design custom air handling units, which includes component engineering selections, air-handling equipment layouts, and specification development.
• Advise project leaders on competitive advantages/disadvantages necessary in setting the most effective strategy for bids or design work.
• Generate detailed proposals based on product selections and variations to the plan and specs.
• Reviews budgets and price quotations with the Sales Enablement Manager prior to sending to the customer.
• Provide a complete package of information to the submittal team on new orders.
• Participate in formal hand-off meeting with the submittal team on new orders received.
• Be a technical liaison with field order entry personnel.
• Testing of selection and pricing tools.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Holistic wellness programs with generous incentives
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• 15 vacation days
• 9 paid holidays
• 3 floating holidays
• Sick leave
• Additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs
• Tuition assistance
• Student debt support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level