Field Application Engineer - nVent Eriflex

nVent; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global reach

Community investment

Strong culture

Employee benefits

Job summary

nVent is seeking a Field Application Engineer for the Eriflex brand to drive technical solutions and commercial offers within our Central Cluster: DACH, Benelux, Poland. You will work as a brand expert and collaborate across engineering and sales teams to define customized solutions and compelling proposals.

You bring higher education in electrical engineering or industrial automation, strong communication, and a track record operating in international environments.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Experience working in international environments.
• Strong negotiation and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Excellent communication

International experience

Persuasion & diplomacy

Proactive & results-oriented

Valid driving license

Education

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

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

• 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.