Inside Sales & Quotation Specialist (Electrical Engineering) - New Graduate, 12 Month Contract

  • Calgary
  • Siemens Canada Limited
Kick start your career journey! Why you’ll love working for Siemens Freedom and a healthy work- life balance– Embrace our flexible work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces.Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects.Engaging, challenging, and fast evolving, cutting edge technological environment.Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale.Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community.Opportunities to contribute your innovative ideas and get paid for them!Diversity and inclusivity focused. Siemens is proud to be an eight-time award winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers 2022, Canada’s Top Employers for Young People 2023 and Greater Toronto's Top Employers 2022.What will you do? As an Inside Sales and Quotation Specialist, with a focus on water and wastewater, you will be responsible for preparing quotations for Engineered Factory Automation Solutions. Reporting functionally to the Application Engineering Lead, you will play an instrumental role in supporting both pre- and post-sales activities for our Industrial Automation and VFD business in Canada. Reviewing RFQ’s and Preparing Automation and VFD panel solution proposal meeting customer requirements.Working closely with Siemens Sales Organization and Siemens Solution Partners, to demonstrate the Siemens value proposition and benefits of Siemens Industrial Automation and Drives portfolio to the potential customers.Your understanding of our value-added service offerings is paramount in partnering with customers to further understand their needs in order to provide them with a technical Consultative solutionDevelop specifications and prepare detailed quotations that meet client requirements.Provide technical support throughout the sales process, enhancing customer satisfaction and ensuring prompt service.Collaborate closely with team members to drive the success of sales initiatives.Your passion for exceeding customer expectations and your sense of urgency in responding to client needs will be crucial in this role. The Product Line for Factory Automation includes SIMATIC Programmable Logic Controllers, Distributed I/O, HMI, SCADA, Industrial PCs, Power Supply and Variable frequency drives Specialty Modules required for automation and motion applications.Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Understand customer’s technical requirements and develop Bill of Material of products such as VFD’s. PLC and HMI and pricing that meets customer spec by work with local solution partners and Siemens factories to develop the final customer quotation including technical and commercial.Ability to assess technical and commercial risks and knowledge of methodology mitigating the identified risks.Answer Customer’s Technical questions and provide necessary Technical and commercial clarifications.Ability to handle multiplier projects at the same time and co-ordinate with vendors, internal and external customersAbility to understand Electrical and Electronics Engineering Terminology/specifications and translate this to the quote preparationTechnically represent and interface with Siemens HQ and Competence center on complex customer projectsEngage with our target market segments and continually work to improve technical skills and knowledge.Prepare project hand over documentation and support order managements during project execution.Comply to all the process and procedures related to the job. What will you need to succeed? Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering preferred.The ideal candidate will have technical experience/knowledge in Industrial automation and strong knowledge of SCADA HMI Networks and PLC systemsKnowledge of Factory Automation and Variable Frequency drive product and applications.Strong knowledge in Electrical and Electronics theoryKnowledge on Quotation preparation experience with Industrial Automation and Drives panels will be an asset.Familiar with other Industrial Automation Platforms and IndustrialExcellent written and verbal skillsAbility to prioritize and balance multiple tasksResourceful and detail orientedEmbodies the skills of being a strategic thinker and a good listener and applies them to learning quickly.Able to quickly grasp new concepts.Growth mindset and ability to take challenges outside once comfort zone. About us.We share our ideas and champion the people behind them.For over 110 years, Siemens Canada has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality and reliability. Active across Canada, the company focuses on intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems and on automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Siemens brings together the digital and physical worlds to benefit customers and society. Through Mobility, a leading supplier of intelligent mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is helping to shape Canada’s passenger rail services. Via its majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, Siemens is also a leading supplier of medical technology and digital health services. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.Making a difference together we raised $757,000 towards charitable contributions, support over 23 non-profit organizations and planted 1,100 trees in our local communities. Siemens Canada has 2,500 employees from coast-to-coast and 24 office and production facilities across Canada. Join our team of approximately 293,000 talented professionals in more than 190 countries/regions and help us tackle the most exciting challenges to build a successful future together. While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.