Sales Application Engineer

Stewart And Stevenson Power Products - Dallas, TX

Full-time

Dallas, TX

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

Stewart & Stevenson is seeking a Sales Application Engineer to join our team in Dallas, TX. This role is crucial for the sales and project management team, providing essential technical support both internally and to the Electrical Engineering community. The Sales Application Engineer will promote the use of MTU Onsite Energy products and Stewart Stevenson services, ensuring that our offerings are well-represented and understood by consulting engineering firms. In this position, the Sales Application Engineer will conduct face-to-face visits with consulting engineering firms within a defined territory, promoting the specification of MTU Onsite Energy generators and accessories. The role involves assisting the engineering community with technical support related to generators and associated equipment, from the design phase through to budget proposals. The engineer will also help engineering firms with written specifications, aiming to influence these specifications to align with MTU Onsite Energy designs. Additionally, the Sales Application Engineer will provide load sizing studies using proprietary MTU software tools, assist with site layout drawings utilizing the MTU Onsite Energy drawing library, and create custom electrical interconnect drawings between MTU generators and vendor-supplied switchgear. Collaboration with the sales team is essential to communicate new projects in the design stage, and the engineer will work closely with the internal project management team to review engineering submittals and provide technical product assistance. The role also includes performing Lunch & Learn presentations to educate engineering firms about MTU Onsite Energy products, acting as a liaison between customers, vendors, and relevant company departments to resolve inquiries and issues, and representing Stewart Stevenson at industry events such as EGSA, IEEE, and 7 by 24. Miscellaneous sales functions may also be required as directed by the supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Perform face to face visits with consulting engineering firms within a defined territory to promote the specification of MTU Onsite Energy generators and accessories.
• Assist the engineering community with technical support relating to generator and associated equipment from design to budget proposals.
• Assist engineering firms with written specifications and influence the written specification around the MTU Onsite Energy design.
• Provide load sizing studies utilizing a proprietary MTU software tool as requested by the engineering customer.
• Support consulting engineers with site layout drawings of the generator equipment using the pre-engineered MTU Onsite Energy drawing library.
• Provide custom electrical interconnect drawings between MTU generators and vendor supplied switchgear.
• Work with the sales team to communicate new projects in the design stage.
• Assist the internal Project Management team with engineering submittal review comments and technical product assistance.
• Perform Lunch & Learn presentations with engineering firms to educate them on MTU Onsite Energy products.
• Act as a liaison between customers and vendors and the appropriate company departments to resolve questions and problems.
• Represent Stewart Stevenson at EGSA, IEEE, and 7 by 24.
• Perform miscellaneous sales functions as requested by Supervisor.

Requirements

• 7 years of direct power generation experience or a minimum of a 4-year college/university engineering degree.
• Capability of performing end user site visits and a working knowledge of building electrical equipment including distribution breakers, transformers, UPS systems, transfer switches, and paralleling switchgear.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical riser diagrams and perform electrical formula calculations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an influential nature.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient PC skills and experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• AutoCAD experience is a plus.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with AutoCAD.