Sales Engineer- Flat Sales

SMS group

$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with combustion equipment and controls
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Engineering Technician certification
  • Solid understanding of NFPA safety codes
  • Strong interpersonal communication abilities
  • Familiarity with CRM software is advantageous
  • Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary contact for customers during the proposal and services sales phase
  • Develop detailed service scopes and compile accurate quotes for clients
  • Gain familiarity with furnace equipment to address maintenance needs
  • Identify opportunities for retrofitting and new equipment within customer facilities
  • Assist in commissioning new equipment on-site
  • Travel extensively to customer sites and vendor workshops

Benefits

  • Comprehensive maintenance and spare part services for metal production
  • Opportunity to work with leading technology in metals
  • Exposure to various sectors within the metals industry
  • Potential for professional growth in a specialized field
  • Work in diverse environments including steel plants
Full Job Description
Sales Engineer- Flat Sales

Summary

The Sales and Service Engineer is responsible for the development of SMS's service business including compiling the scope of work, estimating associated costs, and developing project schedules. Additional responsibilities include on site services to tune combustion systems and furnace mechanical components.

What you'll do

  • Works as a point of contact with the customer in the proposal / quoting / services sales phase of the project to identify customer needs.
  • Develops the service scope of work. Compiles quotes from man-hour estimates and tools costs and transfers this into a final quotation format as presented to the customer.
  • Develop a familiarity with furnace equipment so as to respond to customer maintenance needs. Perform service on equipment such as reheat furnaces, annealing furnaces, burners, fans, heat exchangers, and convective coolers.
  • Act as first line of contact within the customer facility to identify retrofit and new equipment opportunities.
  • Assist in commissioning of new equipment.
  • Extensive Travel is required.


What you'll need

  • Hand-on aptitude with combustion equipment and controls.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to work both independently and within a group.
  • Engineering Technician or Bachelor of Science in Engineering
  • Understanding of NFPA safety code is required.
  • Familiarity with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is a plus.
  • Business travel to customers' sites and vendor workshops will be required. Physical Demands
  • Work on feet for long periods
  • Work around hot equipment.
  • Trouble-shoot problems. Work Environment
  • Steel Plant hot and cold mills.


What we do

SMS group is the leading partner in the world of metals. We are an original equipment supplier offering comprehensive maintenance and spare part services for metals production, continuous casting and rolling (flat and long products), tubes, welded pipes, forging, non-ferrous technology, and heat treatment plants - all from a single source.

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