Technical Sales and Field Service Engineer

About the Role

Seeking a driven and motivated engineer to join our sales team, focusing on growing business with existing customers and developing new business. This position involves applications engineering, sales support, and field service work. Sales Engineers should be comfortable working in a result-driven, fast-paced environment. Position will involve extensive formalized training plus work under a mentor, developing skills and gaining an understanding of CaptiveAire products, how we go to market, application engineering processes, and business development and sales strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide integrated application engineering and design support for a wide range of ventilation applications with the goal of providing sustainable products and the latest technologies best designed to meet customers’ needs.
• Work directly with Engineers, Contractors, End Users, and Food Service Dealers.
• Daily tasks include inside sales support, application engineering, and outside sales.
• Responsibilities may include presentations, quotes, submittals, technical product support, job site visits, and hands-on troubleshooting as needed.
• Educate and promote CaptiveAire products to users in your market. This includes conference calls, meetings, organizing presentations, and product demos.
• Research and develop new business opportunities with new and existing users.
• Provide top-notch customer service and willingness to go above and beyond.
• Prioritize quick turnaround times.
• Continuously evaluate and improve processes as well as the customer experience.

A Day in the Life

• Outside sales meetings and calls to build relationships with existing and new customers.
• Application engineering to apply our products using sound engineering principles.
• Project management of installations in progress, managing schedules/plans to guarantee equipment is on site when needed.
• Service and technical support of existing equipment.
• Supporting end users to maintain high levels of customer service, from assisting contractors with wiring on site to remote troubleshooting for staff in the kitchen.
• Work typically includes two to three full days per week in the office on bids, one to two days on job sites, and dedicating another day to territory development (presentations to the engineering community, visiting new customers, or expanding contacts with existing accounts).

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 4 year technical degree in a mechanical, electrical, construction or science-oriented curriculum preferred.
• Excellent computer, organizational, and communication/presentation skills.
• Problem solving with a passion for continuous learning.
• Strong desire to interface with the customer.
• Embrace new technologies and business savvy.
• Passion for work with an aggressive nature to succeed.
• Willing to travel for various training opportunities.
• If not already completed, expectation of FE Exam completion in area of study for engineering graduates within 6 months of employment.
• MUST BE A “GO GETTER”!

Qualifications

• 0-5 years experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Disability & life insurance (based upon election of medical insurance).
• 401k with employer match.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) based upon tenure.
• Flexible spending account (FSA).
• Tuition reimbursement, including for Professional Engineering (PE) License.
• Relocation assistance.

Salary

$70k-$100k base, negotiable dependent on experience, with additional monthly bonus based on productivity and profits.