Commercial Application Engineer

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. The Commercial Application Engineer (CAE) will provide techno-commercial leadership on assigned deals, supporting sales activities and driving customer engagement for industrial control system solutions.

Responsibilities:

• We are seeking a dynamic and technically proficient Commercial Application Engineer (CAE) to support sales activities, drive customer engagement, and provide techno-commercial tailored offers for industrial control system solutions
• This position offers those with a strong controls technical background with a passion to learn or enhance your skills in the technical and commercial skills and work with the sales, engineering, services, risk, and product teams to translate customer requirements into competitive and technically sound proposals that align with our global business objectives
• Review and influence customer specification, drawings, RFP, RFQ. Develop table of compliance (TOC)
• Act as the deal focal point of contact, and provide application engineering guidance to customers, channel partners, and internal stakeholders
• Lead the quoting process of Core and Complex Controls offerings
• Utilize available quoting tools, models, leverage existing technical libraries & materials, system configurations/hardware, design standards, etc... to develop tailored control system solutions
• Ensure accurate cost estimation including project risk management: (i) technical, (ii) execution, and (iii) commercial risks within the Inquiry to Order (ITO) process
• Coordinate with supply chain and third-party providers to obtain quotations for extended project scope
• Work with sales and pricing team to develop the competitive deal winning pricing & strategy
• Consolidate deal financials
• Present deals for commercial review board (CRB) for approvals and ensure ITO process compliance, including review of terms and conditions & risk management assessment
• Manage the tender schedule, and ensure timely internal approvals, bid submission and readiness for order booking
• Lead the techno-commercial proposal generation
• Participate in customer meetings, negotiation or presentations
• Manage the advance release and short cycle process
• Own project handover from ITO (inquiry-to-order) phase to OTR (order-to-remittance) phase to execution team upon receipt of PO or contract signature
• Attend technical and commercial trainings
• Contribute to continuous improvement of commercial process, proposal templates, application guides, and best practices in area of expertise
• Meet/Exceed Commercial KPI’s such as: Quality, Proposal Cycle Time, On Time Delivery, etc

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in application/design/ Field commissioning services
• Strong Experience in Industrial Control Systems
• Up to 30% travel required for short customer meetings and opportunity development
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Effective use of Personal Computer Technologies
• Commercial and contractual expertise
• Experience in Unit Control (Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Aero, Hydro, Nuclear), DCS, Generator (Excitation/Static Starters), Human Machine Interface (HMI), Cyber Products
• Field service or Application Engineering experience of more than 5 years
• Experience in developing and writing specifications and/or proposals
• Creative solution and problem-solving skills
• Person with high energy and with high passion
• Engineering degree, mechanical, electrical, electronic, power preferred