Technical Solutions Leader

Caelum Research Corporation; New Hampton (IA); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Afinitas, headquartered in St. Louis and part of Barry-Wehmiller, seeks a Technical Solutions Leader to oversee the team and support quotations and technical-commercial projects.

You will drive proposals reflecting customer requirements, scope, costs, pricing, and margins. You will work cross-functionally with Sales, Application Engineering, Engineering, Operations, and Finance to resolve requirements, monitor projects through completion, and ensure a thorough handoff to downstream teams.

Qualifikationen

• Requires leadership experience and ability to develop a team.
• Experience leading technical-commercial quotations and proposals.
• Strong understanding of costing, pricing, margins, and manufacturing principles.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.

Aufgaben

• Lead and develop the Technical Solutions team and drive performance.
• Own the quoting process and ensure proposals reflect requirements, costs, pricing, and margins.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance to resolve requirements.
• Provide clear customer communications and hand off awarded projects to downstream teams.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardization, and cross-training within the organization.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Quoting accuracy

Cross-functional collaboration

Reading engineering drawings

Communication skills

Costing and pricing knowledge

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Business/Technology

Associate degree

Tools

CRM

ERP

Quoting systems

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

About Us

Afinitas, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a global leader in equipment, forming systems, and essential accessory products that support transportation, water, and utility precast concrete infrastructure worldwide. We provide industry-leading production equipment; highly engineered formwork; and a broad portfolio of precast concrete, electrical, and construction accessories, along with structural products and systems designed for bridge, highway, and heavy construction applications. Afinitas is part of BW Forsyth Partners, LLC, the investment group of global manufacturing and engineering consulting firm Barry-Wehmiller, a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members, united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Leads and develops the Technical Solutions team and is accountable for team performance and results. Serves as a player-coach, personally supporting quotations and technical-commercial projects while providing direction to the team. Leads the quoting process and ensures proposals accurately reflect customer requirements, equipment scope, costs, pricing, and margins. Maintains the quoting system to drive consistent use of standard product configurations, costing, and pricing. Escalates non-standard requirements as appropriate. Drives commercial discipline through adherence to established pricing, margin, discount, and approval policies. Reviews completed project costs and margins to improve future costing, pricing, and quoting assumptions. Works cross-functionally with Sales, Application Engineering, Engineering, Operations, and Finance to resolve technical and commercial requirements. Supports customer communication to define requirements, clarify proposals, and address project-related questions. Monitors awarded projects through completion and communicates status, changes, and concerns to customers and appropriate internal teams. Ensures an accurate and complete technical and commercial handoff of awarded projects to downstream functions. Drives continuous improvement, standardization, and cross-training within the global Technical Solutions organization. Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 1–2 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, or a related field with 3–5 years.
• Associate degree with 5–7 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a team.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to understand technical equipment and applications.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Strong understanding of costing, pricing, margins, and basic manufacturing principles.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with customers and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience with CRM, ERP, quoting, and similar business systems.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Works in a plant/manufacturing environment that involves the use of industrial machinery and chemicals. The employee must be able to correctly wear and use any Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required at the location. #LI-CW1

RECRUITMENT NOTE

At Barry-Wehmiller we recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job.

We know that our differences often can bring about innovation, excellence and meaningful work- therefore, people from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply to our positions.

Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodations during the interview process.

EEO / DEI STATEMENT

Barry-Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V

This organization uses E-Verify.

Applicants may be subject to pre-employment screening which may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verifications, background screening and/or skills assessments.

COMPANY

Company: Afinitas Throughout Barry-Wehmiller, we hold ourselves to a unique measure of success: by the way we touch the lives of people. It's that vision that drives us in creating world-class experiences and solutions for our customers and unites us around our common goal—to use the power of our business to build a better world.