Technical Engineer (San Jose)

Company Overview

Russell Sigler Inc. is a leading independent distributor in the HVAC industry, specializing in Carrier products for over 50 years. Our mission is to deliver exceptional service and products while fostering a supportive work environment for our employees.

Position Summary :

The Technical Engineer provides design, systems application, and proposal preparation.Works with outside sales engineers, territory managers, and customer contracting and engineering accounts.Responsible for a variety of tasks including equipment selection, job pricing, creation of bid projects, producing submittals, placing orders, and other key job responsibilities including but not limited to the following :

Key Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provide high-level independent ownership of projects of varying size at the different stages of execution, sometimes from start to finish including design, vetting, bidding, submittals, and final release of order
• Read, interpret, and make pricing and technical equipment selections, and decisions based on contract documents, including but not limited to engineering specifications, engineered equipment schedules, and architectural / engineering plans
• Review of engineering design and contractual documents to identify areas of risk and compliance
• Utilize mechanical engineering to verify mechanical equipment is being applied and implemented within the intended and acceptable range of operation
• Estimating and proposal writing of complex commercial engineered equipment and automation projects
• Technical specification writing and review
• Design and application support of external consulting engineering firms for commercial and industrial construction projects
• Project site visits for engineering and application support of commercial equipment and automation.
• Offsite project and opportunity meetings with contractors, engineers, owners, and complementary trades
• Management of multiple time-sensitive deadlines simultaneously
• Coordinate between the contracting sales department and engineering sales department on design changes and strategy
• Interact and work closely on a daily basis with outside sales engineers, territory managers, engineering firms, contractors, owners, project coordinators, central bid desk, credit department, order entry department, customer assurance department, warehouse employees, and manufacturers
• Provide independent high-level direct support for certain contractors, engineers, and outside sales engineers
• Coordination and verification of multiple external vendors and internal departments to create complex single-package equipment and automation solutions
• Work among a team to complete a large array of projects in varying phases, delegating work among each other, and independently completing
• Participate in the development and maintenance of standard operating procedures
• Attend and participate in job meetings, sales meetings, and trainings
• Participate in the training of others within and outside of the department
• Self and group leadership of technical development training and education

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