Sales Specification Engineer, Residential Electrical Protection Products

Eaton Electrical; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary plus bonus

Company car

Hybrid/remote work model

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Sales Specification Engineer for Residential Electrical Protection Products in Madrid. The role focuses on expanding and maintaining a network of specifying entities, engaging early in project planning, and ensuring project visibility in Salesforce.

You will coordinate with Project Sales Engineers, back office, and project management to move opportunities forward, while leveraging internal assets to maximize Eaton Solutions in projects. Remote local work arrangement offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or master in electrical engineering or equivalent education
• 5+ years of experience in Residential Electrical Protection Products projects
• Experience in electrical design or project management for large Residential projects (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Qualifying leads, prospecting & territory planning
• Building relationships with priority specifying entities
• Planning account actions, calls & opportunities
• Conducting discovery & drafting initial concepts
• Transferring descriptive concepts to backend teams
• Making bid/no-bid decisions
• Communicating with internal stakeholders & handling administration
• Regular customer check-ins & business reviews
• Managing pipeline (opportunities & quotes)
• Continuous improvement & reaching beyond
• Optimizing and standardizing specification processes
• Participating in industry events & networking

Skills

Accountability

Adaptability

Analytical skills

Communication

Relationship building

Proactivity

Time management

Strategic mindset

Ethical conduct

Research skills

Microsoft 365

CRM/PRM systems

Bid Manager

CPQ

Copilot

Education

Bachelor or Master in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft 365

CRM/PRM Systems

BidManager

CPQ

Copilot

Job description

Sales Specification Engineer (Residential Electrical Protection Products)

Location: Madrid, ESP, 28009

Department: Sales

Work Location: remote local

Eaton Corporation is a diversified energy management company that achieved a revenues of nearly $27.4 billion in 2025. With energy efficient solutions, we support our customers in more effective, safer, more efficient, and more sustainable management of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical energy. Eaton is committed to improving quality of life and protecting the environment using our energy management technologies and services. The company employs approximately 92,000 people and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.

For our sales team in Spain, Eaton Product & Services Business is looking for a Sales Specification Engineer (Residential Electrical Protection Products) with the following responsibilities:

What you'll do:

The Sales Specification Engineer is responsible within their assigned region for the efficient expansion and maintenance of the network of customers who can be described as specifying entities for Residential Electrical Protection Products related projects. These typically include engineering offices, consultants, end-users with serialized business or large projects, and more. Their primary focus is to ensure that we have knowledge of projects in the early stages and are actively involved in the planning process to tailor the specifications to Eaton. Other important aspects of the role include tracking and identifying the sources of projects not specified by Eaton. For the aforementioned projects, ensuring communication and capturing them in Salesforce is a crucial responsibility, as is ensuring that interface functions such as Project Sales Engineers, the back office, and project management are aware of the project and can follow up and execute the business. Specification Sales Engineers are fundamentally oriented towards maximizing opportunities in quantity and probability. They ensure to leverage internal assets optimally to move quickly from project to project. Also Specification Sales Engineers leverage internal resources best possible to maximize the Eaton Solution Spaces being applied in projects.

• Qualifying leads, prospecting & territory planning
• Building relationships with priority specifying entities
• Planning account actions, calls & opportunities
• Conducting discovery & drafting initial concepts
• Transferring descriptive concepts to backend teams
• Making bid / no-bid decisions
• Communicating with internal stakeholders & handling administration
• Regular customer check-ins & conducting business reviews
• Managing pipeline (opportunities & quotes)
• Continuous improvement & reaching beyond
• Optimizing and standardizing specification processes
• Participating in industry events & networking

Qualifications:

• Professional Technician, bachelor or master in electrical engineering OR justifiable equivalent education
• 5 years - Experience in Residential Electrical Protection Products Projects, preferably in electrical design or project management for large Residential Electrical Protection Products projects, or justifiable equivalent experience.

Skills:

• Accountability & Results Orientation
• Adaptability & Resilience
• Analytical & Numerical Skills
• Communication, Presentation & Active Listening
• Relationship Building
• Proactivity & Self-discipline (remote work)
• Efficiency, Time Management & Organization
• Strategic & Digital Mindset
• Ethical & Transparent Conduct
• Research Skills
• Complaint & Objection Handling
• Microsoft 365
• CRM / PRM Systems
• BidManager, CPQ, Copilot

What we offer

• Being part of a company that has been in business for more than 100 years, is well known in the industry, and has a major impact on the energy industry.
• Work in a company with commitment to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability (Foster an inclusive culture with a strategic goal to increase a female representation including in Leadership)
• Annual mentoring program, Eaton University, a reward, and recognition system
• Ongoing Learning and Career Development Opportunities in a global company. Build your career and apply internally for our open positions worldwide.
• Strong, agile, and diverse team locally and globally
• Strong processes and state-of-the-art systems and tools
• Structured employee development processes, open feedback culture with development plans
• Detailed induction support and well-structured onboarding
• Balance your work and life with a hybrid/remote worktime model.
• For this position, we offer a base salary, plus a bonus, a company car, and other local benefits.

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