Lead Division Sales Engineer

Eaton Corporation•Fayetteville, NC

4d•$97,000 - $143,000•Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s ES AMER ARS PDCAD division is currently seeking a Lead Division Sales Engineer. The position will be based at our facility in Fayetteville, NC. We are offering relocation assistance for candidates who live within the U.S. The expected annual salary range for this role is $97000 - $143000 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Lead Division Sales Engineer will support the MCC Product Line, Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing on Motor Control Center projects, initiatives, design, and manufacturing changes. Responsibility to include interpretation of project plans and specifications, product application, market feedback, configuration of product, technical support, engineering changes, and product expertise and training. Additionally, they will provide technical support to field/sales.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
Minimum 3 years of electrical industry experience
Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
Understanding of Power Distribution and Power Systems
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Product and technical knowledge of electrical motor control center equipment applications

Responsibilities

Provides secondary and escalated pre-and-and-post sales support for MCC products for quotations, installations, and warranty issues.
Provide product application support for the Motor Control Center product lines as a 2nd-tier specialist.
Supports sales engineers as needed by performing product specification reviews and preparing large and more difficult quotations.
Conducts competitive product analysis and writes technical literature for internal and external use.
Research and prepare competitive cross references and application notes for the product lines supported.
Provides technical explanations, demonstration and training of products to customers, field engineering, and marketing support functions.
Provide training seminars. This could include up to 20% travel.
Assists in-house engineering and marketing personnel in developing concepts for new products or modification of existing devices and contribute to product launch requirements.
Assist engineering and marketing with new product development, strategy, design, and project evolution.
Perform a wide variety of marketing and technical tasks, including solving customer problems with the use of technical and marketing publications, development specifications, and divisional peers to innovate problem solutions.
Guide the coordination of special complex design problems with design/standards engineering.
Interpret and define commercial and technical data where customer and/or product planning specifications are of a general or speculative nature involving the solution of new and varied problems.
Give training and informative presentations to customers, distributors, EESS, Eaton Power System Engineers, other Engineers. and sales force concerning Eaton’s electrical products and services,
Be a technical resource for the MCC product lines.
Create and present technical documentation.
Strategize, propose, and create programs, products, and/or projects that will improve overall sales for the MCC product lines.
Support or lead projects that will expand the MCC product lines
Support product manager as a change agent for assigned business initiatives.
Look for high impact opportunities for improvement. Includes gathering/analyzing data, making recommendations, gaining team buy-in, and influencing others.
Assist manufacturing with engineering requests or needed training.
Interface with Eaton sales, independent sales representatives, distributors, Eaton operations and customers to promote sales growth, both commercially and through marketing and technical support.
Manage time appropriately to meet the product line’s objectives and customers’ requirements.
Travel is necessary to effectively interface with customers and other required contacts and to manage or participate in company-related projects, activities, or other job-related assignments.
Assist with engineering designs, providing direction to application engineers and designers, and collaborating with direct customers/field sales.