Senior Project Engineer

Eaton; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in electrical and electronics manufacturing seeks a Senior Project Engineer based in Texas. The role supports technical ownership of orders, ensuring customer satisfaction through relationship management and proactive project support. Candidates should possess engineering degrees and relevant experience in project management or sales support. The position is hybrid, contributing to complex projects across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of work experience in project management or technical role.
• Relocation not available; must reside within 50 miles of Austin, Dallas, or Houston.
• Proficiency in various applications required for job function.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers.
• Manage technical changes to the bill of material.
• Coordinate and interpret engineered-to-order drawings.

Skills

Technical sales aptitude

Project management processes

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Electrical industry experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or applicable technical field

Tools

AutoCAD

Adobe Acrobat

Bluebeam

Microsoft O365

ERP systems

Job description

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Eaton’s North American Sales division is currently seeking a Senior Project Engineer. This hybrid role is located at our Houston, Austin, or Dallas, Texas facility.

What You’ll Do

This position supports order management through technical ownership of the order and creates a positive customer experiencethrough a proactive approach to project support and issue resolution. This position leverages available resources to managedocumentation, resolve issues, and successfully builds relationships across customers and Eaton facilities to execute complexprojects and aids the Project Manager in maintaining customer satisfaction and overall, on-time-performance. This position worksindependently on daily tasks and collaborates with the plants, project, and sales teams as needed to maintain orders until the end ofits life cycle.

In This Function You Will

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers for assigned projects
• Review and interpret contract drawings and specifications ensuring technical accuracy
• Manage technical changes to the bill of material
• Coordinate and interpret engineered-to-order drawings
• Leverage centralized resources to create and manage project documentation
• Provide technical support and follow through to drive all warranty issues to closure
• Act as the technical liaison between customers, sales, and factories to efficiently carry out technical order configuration, documentation, and warranty resolutions.
• Serve as the customer’s advocate by relaying the appropriate level of urgency to peer contacts in Eaton’s manufacturing facilities and escalating issues as required to management
• Pursue continuous learning of products and applications related to engineered products
• Collaborates with the Project Management Team including Project Managers, Sales Engineers, Project Coordinators, other
• Project Engineers, and the Documentation Team
• Lead verbal or written communication with internal and external stakeholders to address technical scope and design concerns
• Provide guidance to less senior engineers with relationship to technical and commercial execution of job duties
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in project management, sales, sales support, technical role or applicable field
• Sponsorship is not available. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring company sponsorshipnow and in the future.
• Relocation is not available. Candidates must reside within a 50 mile radius of Austin, TX, Dallas, TX or Houston, TX.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or applicable technical field
• Electrical industry expertise and product knowledge
• Prior contractor, sales, and/or sales support experience with focus on the following customer bases: wastewater treatment,government, utility, commercial construction, data center, etc.
• Proficiency in applications required for job function (Eaton Bid Manager, AutoCAD, Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam, customer qualitymanagement tools, ERP systems, and Microsoft O365
  
  
  

Skills

Position Criteria:

• Possess technical sales aptitude, market knowledge, and electrical industry experience
• Capable of working independently and in a team environment, using strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to establish customer relationships within the market area while maintaining and growing existing customer relationships
• Possess necessary computer skills including: Adobe Acrobat, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, internet and Microsoft Office applications, and other product configuration tools
• Possess organizational, presentation, training, and planning skills
• Understand project management processes for supporting a project and take on a proactive approach in addressing open tasks or issues
• Capable of organizing multiple multi-million-dollar projects simultaneously throughout various phases
• Ability to travel 10% of the time
  
  
  

The expected annual salary range for this role is $82500.03 - $121000.04 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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