Project Application Engineer

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets.

The primary responsibility of the Project Applications Engineer is to support efforts to profitably grow project sales as a member of the Projects team. Primary areas of focus will be project bill of material creation with a focus on Airport Lighting Products such as runway lighting and signs, electrical vaults, and controls systems. Inside technical sales support responsibilities will include developing project bill of materials, project specification, project take-offs, bid preparation, documentation development, documentation management, and other back-office support required.    

Acts as the lead project take off support for ALP airfield lighting projects leveraging technical and project management skills to coordinate all activities during the project life cycleWork with internal and external sales and engineering resources to develop project plansSearch aggregator websites / open-source information for new opportunities and log opportunities and qualify them together with region RSMPerform project design tasks, including but not limited to; material and engineering services take-off, quotation, calculations development of scope documents, drawing layouts, submittal creation, release schedules, and post order documentation creationWorks with outside sales to develop cost-effective solutions to meet the customer and project needs.Identifies potential/actual problems requiring attention and provides alternative solutions when identified for project completion.Customer and Site visits as necessary to perform installation inspections, problem resolution, etc.Acts as the primary representative for internal project technical assistanceProviding support to ALP, developing project bill of materialsProviding Support answering issues about the products via phone calls, Teams, virtual meetings, etc.Drawings in AutoCAD.Other duties as necessary.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a technical discipline, or equivalent experience in electrical quantity surveying1+ year of technical project experience1+ year of experience working in an ERP environment1+ year of experience drafting in AutoCAD1+ year of experience working with SAP

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with project lighting design and tools such as Dialux or similar softwareExperience conducting material take-offs, preferably for addressable systems (e.g., central battery or fire alarm systems)Experience preparing project bids and cost estimates

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