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Sales Applications Engineer - Data Centre

North America

Sales Engineering

Smardt Chiller Group

Pre-sales technical lead on 2 to 4 major data-centre chiller projects a year, some over $10M, for Smardt's Data Centre team, working with hyperscalers and large commercial clients. $130,000 + 10% bonus.

Salary: $130,000 + 10% bonus

The Role

Our Chiller Data Centre team is growing, and we are looking to add a new Sales Applications Engineer, reporting to the Vertical Market Director. We are looking for a technical, detail-oriented person who can work under pressure on complex projects for a broad range of customers, from hyperscalers such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta to large commercial, institutional and industrial organizations. Projects can exceed $10M in size. This is an opportunity to rise quickly if you perform well, with direct input into product and customer success.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide technical expertise and support throughout the sales process. You will work on 2 to 4 major projects per year. The role is mainly pre-sales, with some post-sales responsibilities. There is no outbound sales requirement.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project success.

  • Review and develop sales collateral, purchase orders and engineering documents.

  • Present product advantages at customer sites, industry meetings and trade shows.

  • Analyze product pricing and provide market insight.

  • Respond to RFPs accurately and on time.

  • Compare Smardt pricing against competitive products in the marketplace and provide market insight to Smardt and its sales channels.

Requirements

  • Able to manage complex technical projects from beginning to end.

  • Detail-oriented, accurate and extremely responsive.

  • Strong communication, organization and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently.

  • Strong PC skills, including MS Office, email and internet.

  • Engineering degree or a related field.

  • Experience and/or extensive knowledge of commercial HVAC products, customers, competitors and market.

  • Experience within the data-centre industry is an asset.