Senior Project Engineer

$80,250 - $117,700/Yr

Eaton Corporation - Nashville, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

Nashville, TN

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Project Engineer role at Eaton's North American Sales Organization is a hybrid position based in Nashville, TN, focused on supporting order management through technical ownership and enhancing customer experience. The role involves collaboration with project and sales teams, managing documentation, and resolving issues to ensure successful project delivery.

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 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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in sales, sales support, technical role or applicable field
• Sponsorship is not available. Candidates must be 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