Lead Applications Engineer - Service

Essential Responsibilities

• Core Responsibilities:
• Independently review customer supplied specifications to assess feasibility of Powell manufacture or supply
• Read and interpret complex electrical drawings to include single-lines, three-lines, elevations, control schematics, site plans, and custom electrical enclosure layouts
• Generate accurate proposals and develop practical technical solutions for custom customer applications based on the review and interpretation of customer-supplied documentation
• Proactively anticipate and effectively communicate application and technical concerns to Sales and clients prior to development of a proposal
• Provide value engineering at the proposal stage to optimize the proposed solution for both Powell and our customer
• Translate conceptual customer designs into a meaningful proposal and functional engineering concept
• Generate Preliminary Drawings and single-line schematics for proposed solutions to remove this workload from the production engineering team’s responsibility
• Write effective comments and clarifications to help define Powell’s technical offering
• Act as a dedicated technical resource for Powell Sales to accelerate response times for new opportunities
• Act as a dedicated technical resource for clients, leading customer-facing technical discussions and solution reviews
• Assist Powell Sales with internal and external technical discussions, solutions, and client engagement
• Assist Estimating in determining the appropriate equipment configuration, component selections, and material scope
• Facilitate clean, efficient project turnover to the Project Management (PM) and Engineer-to-Order (ETO) Engineering teams
• Complete visits to customer’s sites as required for technical solution review and development
• Mentor within the Application Engineering group, supporting continuity and integration with the existing workflow
• Perform competitive evaluation of sub-vendor proposals used to complete the overall Powell offering and assess associated technical risks
• Interact with other Powell divisions to develop cross-business solutions