Solutions engineer

The Opportunity

Our Buildings business creates integrated, multi-layered solutions that specialise in combining building services & intelligent automated systems. Our solutions enable owners, end users and custodians (such as Commercial buildings, Hospitals and Data Centers), to intelligently monitor, meter and control the attributes of their assets in real time, reducing consumption and improving reliability and quality.

The Sales Estimator is responsible for the translation of project documentation and drawings to create consistently accurate documents required to build, quantify and price competitive solutions. As the Sales Estimator, you will report into the National Estimating Manager and could be based in any of our Australian Schneider locations.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Creating consistent and accurate pricing estimates utilizing the standard company tools
• Ability to read and analyze tender documentation and produce a BOQ together with inclusions, exclusions, demarcation, subcontractor RFQ, RFI's
• Provide accurate estimates of labor requirements to conduct various project activities across PM, engineering, installation and commissioning
• Creativity to produce value-added solution engineered designs
• Ability to create clarity where there is ambiguity
• Strong attention to detail
• Alignment with the CPP to manage opportunity risk
• Provide well written and relevant technical documents as part of the design assist process
• Conduct consistent and accurate take off, points list & equipment lists
• Continuously develop your technical capability with the full width of knowledge of SE solutions
• Create working topologies of the specific solutions
• Support the Sales team to create synergy & a focused solution to the client
• Network and collaborate with other team members and engineering resources to enhance SE solutions and share best practice
• Engage with internal Subject Matter Experts (SME's) throughout bid process

Why you?

You are focused, collaborative and passionate about the work that you do. In addition, you have the following skills:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven experience in a previous estimating role in the engineering sector is desirable but not essential
• Technical experience in mechanical & electrical goods is desirable however not essential
• Excellent organisational skills
• A love of learning and a passion for developing new solutions and using new technologies
• Engineering college diploma/trade certification
• Excellent problem‐solving capabilities
• Self‐directed, autonomous with an ability to manage time effectively, working to deadlines
• Self‐motivated and confident, with a finesse at building relationships quickly

As our preferred candidate, you have a sound understanding of standard disciplines across IT, BMS, Security, Electrical, Mechanical and SMART services, responsible to create consistent pricing solutions in line with benchmarking, approval and authority levels.

You are motivated, love delivering for your clients, and enjoy a busy work environment, filled with variety. You thrive in collaborative environments and possess the tools to deliver outstanding tendering documents. You enjoy working autonomously and are self‐motivated, working well under pressure and in time constraints. You are open‐minded, continually learning and innovating.

If you are a passionate and motivated professional, interested in partnering with customers to deliver workable solutions driving sustainability, we want to hear from you.

All applicants must have working rights in Australia at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for interview.

Schneider Electric does not accept unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles from external agencies or suppliers via any method. If any candidates are submitted in an unsolicited manner, we will consider this as a direct candidate application to Schneider Electric and no fee will be payable.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.