Electrical Pre‑Sales Application Engineer in Slough

Join us as an Application Engineer in Medium Voltage and become a driving force in a rapidly growing business focused on Data Centre and Utilities - your expertise will help shape the future, and you’ll be part of our exciting growth journey!

What you’ll do:

• As a Front End Application Engineer, you provide design assistance, value engineering, product and segment specific application support to the Eaton MVPD (Medium Voltage Power Distribution), Projects, Orders and Quotation (POQ) department, Sales Country Organizations (SCO), Key Account Managers (KAMs), EPCs, Consulting engineers and Channel partners in the territory/market for electro-technical installations.
• Provide necessary safety precautions and calculations during FEED, quotation and pre-order stage, in accordance with company guidelines and procedures, to reach an acceptable solution for complex technical issues.
• The Application Engineer can act as lead engineer for larger and complex projects.
• Understand the overall Data centre value chain and translate the requirements into solutions based on Eaton Medium Voltage switchgear product portfolio.
• Work on detailed designs focused on mentioned products and collaborate across different business units to stay in line with complete DC solutions.
• Determine, instruct and drive the technical quality and content of the quotation process.
• Read, interpret and agree on customer specifications in order to create a competitive Eaton solution including mechanical, electrical, safety and control systems, SCADA and PLC software/automation.
• Understand the MV switchgear Design requirements such as IEC 62271-1 and support during tendering stage the different customer requirements.
• Work proactively with teams to establish relationships with lead electrical consulting engineers, end users and design build contractors to promote the use of Eaton switchgear products and solutions.
• Develop pipeline through demand creation at influencers engaging on early designs on strategic DC accounts and framework agreements.
• Participate & understand current market requirements from customers to drive product technical features leading to future New Product Development.
• Lead technical evaluation, feasibility, clarification and execution of multiple projects in parallel while meeting requested return dates.
• Analyse electrical and/or mechanical faults by performing calculations and advise customers about possible technical solutions.
• Advise on 3rd party or special equipment materials to provide technical competitive solutions.
• Write technical RFQs for non-Eaton items that are part of a project and drive SCM for technical compliant bids.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• Minimum 3-5 Years of experience in medium voltage switchgear products.

Skills:

• Architecture & Technical knowledge regarding MV switchgear as key focus.
• Experience in MV switchgear equipment installation & commissioning.
• Insights on Commercial aspects of Project.
• Strong skills to clearly present and convince the customer around technical solutions.
• Ability to work within an international, culturally diverse and matrix based environment.
• Strong communication skills managing multiple resources with a result-oriented mindset.
• Multitasking and ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Challenging projects in a dynamic collaborative team.
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible.
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term.
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees.