Project Engineer

$80,250 - $117,700/Yr

Eaton Corporation - Las Vegas, NV

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Las Vegas, NV

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Project Engineer role at Eaton's North American Sales division is a hybrid position focused on supporting customers across the Western United States. This role emphasizes technical ownership of orders, ensuring a positive customer experience through proactive project support and issue resolution. The engineer will collaborate with various teams and leverage centralized resources to manage documentation and resolve issues effectively.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Collaborate with the Project Management Team including Project Managers, Sales Engineers, Project Coordinators, other Project Engineers, and the Documentation Team Lead
• Provide verbal or written communication with internal and external stakeholders to address technical scope and design concerns
• Provide guidance to less senior engineers with respect to technical and commercial execution of job duties

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in sales, sales support, technical role or applicable field
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without requiring company sponsorship

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other technical field
• Electrical industry expertise and product knowledge
• Prior contractor, sales, and/or sales support experience with focus on wastewater treatment, government, utility, commercial construction, data center, etc.
• Proficiency in applications required for job function (Eaton Bid Manager, AutoCAD, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam, customer quality management tools, ERP systems, and Microsoft O365)

Benefits

• Health and Welfare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid and unpaid time away from work