Field Application Engineer - nVent Eriflex

nVent; Dortmund; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

nVent is seeking a Field Application Engineer for the Eriflex brand within the sales team. You will act as a brand expert to drive commercial development within the Central Cluster: DACH, Benelux, Poland, defining technical solutions and offers while engaging in projects.

Responsibilities include collaborating with engineering and sales, capturing requirements, building offers, presenting proposals, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in electrical engineering or industrial automation.
• Experience in electrical high power connection systems or busducts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with engineering offices on product specifications.
• Collaborate with sales teams across the cluster.
• Support pre-project teams from the start of the sales cycle.
• Capture technical, quality, and production requirements.
• Work with engineering to define customized solutions.
• Build and present commercial offers.
• Ensure consultative guidance on product use and implementation.
• Follow up projects to ensure satisfaction.
• Organize customer visits and conduct commercial actions.
• Proactively propose ideas for customer projects and offers.

Skills

Electrical engineering knowledge

High power connection systems

Negotiation & diplomacy

English & German proficiency

Education

Higher education in electrical engineering or industrial automation

Job description

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

As a Field Application Engineer

for nVent Eriflex and member of the sales team, you will be acting as a brand expert to drive commercial development within the assigned territory. This includes defining technical solutions and commercial offers while being involved in specific projects or market segments within our defined Central Cluster: DACH, Benelux, Poland.

• Work with engineering offices on the specifications of the brand’s products
• Collaborate closely with all sales teams within the cluster when your expertise is required
• Supporting pre-project teams (e.g., VGL type, mega-project) from the beginning of the sales cycle with clients to understand the environment and constraints
• Capture all technical, quality, and production requirements
• Work closely with the engineering department to define customized solutions when requested
• Build commercial offers based on the defined technical solution
• Present and defend technical and commercial proposals
• Ensure a consultative approach to customers on product use and implementation
• Ensure project follow‑up to guarantee customer satisfaction
• Organize customer visits and conduct commercial actions with prospects and customers
• Proactively propose ideas regarding customer projects, designs, and offers.

You Have

• Higher education in electrical engineering or industrial automation is preferred
• Proven experience in electrical high power connection systems, busduct systems, or similar would be preferred; experience in business with electrical contractors or specifiers will also be valued.
• You are an excellent communicator, both in written and verbal communication!
• Track record in working optimally in an international environment
• You are a strong negotiator, with good ability to collaborate to reach agreements using persuasion, influence, and diplomacy
• You are proactive, results‑oriented, with a strong ability to develop commercial activity!
• A valid driving license is required.
• Proficiency in English & German. Other languages: French, Dutch would be a strong advantage.

We Have

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.
• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money.
• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
  • Innovative & adaptable
  • Dedicated to absolute integrity
  • Focused on the customer first
  • Respectful and team oriented
  • Optimistic and energizing
  • Accountable for performance
  • Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.