Role + Responsibilities

The George E. Booth Co., Inc., a representative of Endress+Hauser, Inc., is a family-owned and operated industrial automation sales company looking to hire their next full-time Controls Proposal Engineer & Estimator in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Controls Proposal Engineer & Estimator will provide bid and estimation of projects to support Service Division proposals and customer demands by interpreting project plans, executing panel builds to specifications and industry standards while maintaining customer relationships by performing the following duties.

• Guide and support the customer in the preparation and delivery of documentation (estimations, proposals, clarifications, and other information) in response to requests and in coordination with the sales and operations teams

• Analyze customer requests and work with sales, operations, and other internal support teams to propose solutions which best fit the technical and commercial requirements

• Guide and expedite all involved parties to ensure that responses and proposals are delivered on time and with the highest regard for quality

• Complete and accurate automation solutions, proposals, requests, responses and supporting documentation that ensure the optimal balance between the technical and commercial requirements

• Final proposal and costing to be delivered to customer, clarifications and other information requested by customer

• Analyze request for quotation and other documents / technical drawings provided by the customer

• Management and development of proposed standard processes, tooling, and structures for enhancement of solutions proposals

• Work with sales, operations, and other internal support teams to define solutions which best fit the customer technical and commercial requirements.

• Identify external content (3rd party/PLC/HMI/SCADA/VFD) and interact with Procurement to obtain technical and commercial offers from external suppliers

• Identify content from other lines of business / functions and interact with other support teams to obtain technical and commercial offers

• Coordinate internal processes such as Kick-off Meeting, Proposal Review Meeting, Risk review, Approval Process, etc.

• Answer post-offer technical questions / clarifications and update the offer if necessary

• Prepare the handover package to operations team when the project is won

• Maintain high level of knowledge of the marketplace, technology, and application trends

• Be a change agent, influence, consult and lead efforts for sharing and standardizing of best practices and processes

• All other duties as assigned by supervision.
  

Qualification + Profile

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3 to 5 years’ relevant experience highly preferred

• Industry experience also highly preferred

• Working knowledge of single phase, three phase and DC circuits required

• Knowledge of electrical theory and terminology is required.

• Attention to detail, organization skills and ability to work independently or with a team

• Results-driven personality a plus

• Strong communication skills whether written, verbal or otherwise required especially using moderately complex terminology and concepts

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice
• All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States
  

Company Info

The George E. Booth Co., Inc. is a major distributor of process instrumentation products and related services to customers in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. Founded in 1963, George E. Booth Sr. recognized that there would be a natural evolution in the development of products for the industrial instrumentation process field.