Applications Engineer

ABB; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology firm in Birmingham seeks an Applications Engineer for its tendering team. The role involves technical expertise delivery, customer interaction, and collaboration with various teams to produce competitive tenders. The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical and mechanical foundation and a commitment to innovative solutions. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible benefits scheme

Internal mobility opportunities

Generous bonus scheme

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a related field or role.
• Electrical and mechanical background preferred.
• Installation knowledge is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing solutions and software applications.
• Understanding customer needs and communicating ABB's solutions effectively.
• Coordinating product demonstrations to showcase ABB's solutions.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to innovate

Mindset to drive improvement

Education

Degree or relevant experience

Minimum HNC qualification

Job description

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we'll give you what you need to make it happen. It won't always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you'll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This Position reports to :

Product Marketing Director - ELSB

We are recruiting an Applications Engineer to join our tendering team, providing essential technical expertise across our electrical distribution portfolio. You will create customer approval layouts, conduct engineering reviews, support production, and work closely with the Tendering Manager to deliver estimating and cost guidance. You will also join sales teams on customer visits to provide technical solutions.

In this role, you will drive product improvement and development initiatives with the product management team, while supporting process improvement, quality control, and innovative customer‑focused solutions. Your technical expertise will be central to producing accurate, competitive tenders and ensuring our proposals are both commercially viable and technically robust. You will act as the technical link between sales, production, and customers.

The ideal candidate will have an electrical and mechanical background with a minimum HNC qualification. Installation knowledge is highly desirable. Close collaboration with the estimating and production teams is essential, along with the ability to translate complex technical requirements into practical, cost‑effective solutions.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What's in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work-your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you'll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

• Developing and implementing solutions, product packages, and software applications with your team.
• Understanding customer needs and requirements, and effectively communicating the ability of ABB's solutions to address those needs.
• Coordinating the product demonstrations and presentations to showcase the value and benefits of ABB's solutions.
• Supporting in preparing sales proposals and negotiating contracts to secure new businesses.

Qualifications for the Role

• Degree or relevant experience in this field
• 3-5 years of experience in a related field or role
• Mindset to innovate, take ownership, drive improvement
• Strong communication skills
• Be ambitious and always carry out best practice

Benefits

ABB offers a full range of benefits to help you thrive at work and beyond.

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy / sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme
• Hybrid working
• Generous bonus scheme

For the 5th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation's dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

More about us

Electrification provides leading electrical distribution and management technologies, solutions and services to electrify the world in a safe, smart and sustainable way. The portfolio includes medium- and low‑voltage electrical components, switchgear, digital devices, enclosures, and circuit breakers, among others. With our products, solutions and services, we collaborate with customers to improve power delivery and security, enhance energy management, efficiency and operational reliability, as we seek to achieve a low carbon society. go.abb / electrification Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world.

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We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.