Sales/Application Engineering Manager
Job Description
Department: Business Development
Job Status: Full-Time
FLSA Status: Salary, Exempt
Reports To: VP of Business Development
Location: Houston, TX
Amount of Travel Required: 10-30%
Work Schedule: Varies
Positions Supervised: 2-5
AIP Level: 5
POSITION SUMMARY:
This role is responsible for leading and developing the Sales/Applications Engineering Team. This includes the development of standard documentation and processes to support the business development team.
This team will be responsible for delivering technical solutions that meet customer requirements and align with company standards throughout the pre-sale process. The team will be defining and optimizing product scope, schedule, industrial schemes, and cost estimates while ensuring compliance with contractual and internal policies. The incumbent will have experience completing and leading detailed calculations for plant, system, and equipment performance, prepare technical specifications and costing documentation, and customize products to address specific customer needs.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the ADA, except for those that begin with the word "May.")
- Lead and grow a team of engineers to support the business development efforts of Dynamis and AMP.
- Develop processes and specifications to standardize offering around our standard products
- Be accountable for the team's quality and timeliness of engineering deliverables, including but not limited to mechanical F&IDs, manufacturing, installation drawings and documentation, electrical one- and three-line diagrams, worksheets, schematics and loop diagrams, interconnect drawings and cable schedules, I/O list, cause and effect, and turbine control layouts
- Provide technical leadership and engineering support to applications engineers pre-sale with deliverables related to request for proposals (RFQs) and cost/engineering budget estimation.
- Lead the team to provide engineering manpower and schedule estimates in support of sales
- Lead a team to develop technical solutions (configuration, performance estimation, economics) as part of the pre-sale process and interface with the commercial team
- Support commercial operations with risk assessments
- Define and optimize the products, scope (description), schedule, industrial scheme, cost, and consider contract and internal policies and procedures.
- Lead and perform calculations of plant, system, and equipment performance and efficiency.
- Develop and document the technical specifications and costing elements for further contract execution phases.
- Customize the products and implement them for specific customer needs
- Develop and manage handover meetings pending successful sale of the opportunity to the project management team
- Performs other related duties as assigned to assist with successful operations and business continuity.