Project Engineer

Dallas, TX, United States

Eaton’s North American Sales division is currently seeking a Project Engineer. This is a hybrid role that will be based in our Dallas, Texas facility. If living outside of a 50-mile radius relocation assistance will be available within the United States..

What you’ll do:

Eaton’s North American Sales Organization is currently seeking a senior Project Engineer. This position will be strategically based across the Gulf region of the United States and supporting customers in Eaton's Electrical Team. This position supports order management through technical ownership of the order and creates a positive customer experience through a proactive approach to project support and issue resolution. This position leverages centralized resources to manage documentation and resolve issues and builds relationships across customers and Eaton facilities to deliver a successful project. This position works independently on daily tasks and collaborates with the project and sales teams.

In this function you will:

Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers for assigned projects

Review and interpret contract drawings and specifications ensuring technical accuracy

Manage technical changes to the bill of material

Coordinate and interpret engineered-to-order drawings

Leverage centralized resources to create and manage project documentation

Provide technical support and follow through to drive all warranty issues to closure

Act as the technical liaison between customers, sales, and factories to efficiently carry out technical order configuration, documentation, and warranty resolutions.

Serve as the customer’s advocate by relaying the appropriate level of urgency to peer contacts in Eaton’s manufacturing facilities and escalating issues as required to management

Pursue continuous learning of products and applications related to engineered products

Collaborates with the Project Management Team including Project Managers, Sales Engineers, Project Coordinators, other Project Engineers, and the Documentation Team

Lead verbal or written communication with internal and external stakeholders to address technical scope and design concerns

Provide guidance to less senior engineers with relationship to technical and commercial execution of job duties

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree from an accredited institution

• Minimum 2 years of work experience within the electrical industry

• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree in Engineering or another technical field

• Possess or working toward a bachelor’s degree

• Electrical industry expertise and product knowledge

• Prior sales and/or sales support experience

Skills:

Position Criteria:

• Possess technical sales aptitude, market channel knowledge and power distribution expertise

• Capable of working in a team environment, using strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to establish customer relationships within the market area while maintaining and growing existing customer relationships

• Knowledgeable of Eaton product and service capabilities and can assemble standard offerings to meet customer needs with occasional internal oversight

• Possess necessary computer skills including: Adobe Acrobat, AutoCAD, Internet applications, Microsoft Office applications, and other product configuration tools

• Possess organizational, presentation, training, and planning skills

• Knowledgeable of market and industry issues, key trends, and surround competitors

• Ability to travel 10% of the time

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Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here (https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/careers/US%20Benefits%20updated%2010.24.22.pdf) for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $65250.0 - $95700.0 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.

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