Senior Applications Engineer-Automation Estimating

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An applicions engineer is responsible for assessing the costs and resources required for a project or service. They analyze project specificions, review drawings and da sheets, and collabore with various stakeholders to determine merial, labor, and equipment needs. Estimors also research market prices, obtain quotes from suppliers and subcontractors, and prepare detailed cost estimes and proposals. Their role is crucial in ensuring accure budgeting and pricing for projects in construction, manufacturing, engineering, and other industries.

Reports to

Technical Sales Manager of PAD

AS A PAD SENIOR AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS ENGINEER YOU WILL: 

Core Responsibilities

• Become proficient in PAD solutions and offerings.
• Responsible for the technical review and understanding of the customers’ requirements in their requests for proposals including system designs, single line drawings, site layouts, containerizion, performance guarantees, availability guarantees, etc.
• Interact with other Powell divisions to develop cross-business solutions.
• Analyze and utilize da for in-depth evaluion of current market conditions and trends to help drive the current and future automion solution offerings.
• Contribute to new and existing product specificions.
• Drive the growth of automion by helping to build and maintain long lasting relionships, inspire trust, enhancing client experience, and being a thorough leader with innovive automion solutions to meet customer needs.   
• Assist in developing formal internal proposals including technical budget estimes and cost justificion models for product line enhancements and/or cost out projects.
• Become a SME in the automion space by understanding and developing solutions utilizing products from various manufactures such as SEL, Rockwell, Siemens, and GE.
• Ensure th the company’s Health, Safety & Environmental policies and procedures are constantly adhered to all aspects of Site Services.
• Independently review customer supplied specificions to assess feasibility of Powell manufacture or supply.
• Read and interpret electrical drawings to include single-lines, three-lines, elevions, control schemics, site plans and electrical enclosure layouts.
• Read and interpret network topology drawings.
• Genere accure proposals based on the review and interpretion of customer-supplied documention.
• Recognize and effectively communice applicion concerns prior to development of proposal.
• Transle conceptual customer designs into a meaningful proposal.
• Optimize the proposed solution to best benefit of Powell and our customers.
• Write effective comments to help define Powell’s offering.
• Act as technical resource for Powell Sales
• Assist Powell Sales with internal and external technical discussions and solutions.
• Perform competitive evaluion of sub vendor proposals used to complete the overall Powell offering.
• Assess risk associed with sub-vendor offering.
• Requires minimal supervision.
• May be selected to lead a project requiring contribution from multiple Applicion Engineers 
• Support genering new sales opportunities by providing technical support/guidance to PAD and other organizional sales teams for customer meetings and company automion initiives. It will also be necessary to participe in (some instances lead) presentions, networking activities, and events to promote automion.

Secondary Responsibilities (performed but not regularly):

• Participe in sales and marketing activities to include client meetings and conferences.
• Participe in executing cost out initiives in conjunction with Engineering and Operions.
• Perform analytical or competitive market studies as required.
• Contribute to new and existing product specificions.

Key Functions 

• Prepare detailed, accure and cost competitive proposals - 90%
• Participe in external customer facing activities – 10%

 Minimum Qualificions 

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline
• 4+ years of experience in electrical equipment estiming, or reled field.

 Skills, Abilities & Other Requirements 

• Able to review and interpret client provided documents such as specificions, drawings and da sheets. Strong analytical skills is required
• Basic understanding in least two of the following is preferred:
  • Networking and Cybersecurity 
  • RTUs, HMIs, and SCADA Systems for Automion and Control systems 
  • Protective Relay programming and commissioning
  • PLC applicions for Switchgear
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite required.
• Experience with ERP system Oracle; previous experience utilizing Projects-reled software (i.e. - Primavera, Microsoft Projects, Excel and Oracle) is plus. Will consider candides th are open to learn these and other software programs.
• Previous experience developing, executing, integring, troubleshooting, and/or commissioning projects reled to relay, PLC, HMI, RTU, or control systems for power applicions is preferred.
• Experience with common industrial protocols such as Modbus (RTU and TCP/IP), IEC61850, DNP3, Profibus, etc. and networking is a plus.
• Knowledge of 3 phase power is preferred.
• Excellent customer relion, verbal, and written communicion skills
• Ability to communice clearly and professionally with all levels of an organizion.
• Desire to stay up to de on current industry trends and technology to improve PAD solutions/offerings.

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