Sales Engineer

Fecha de publicación del trabajo: 2025-12-16
Location:
Des Moines, IA, US
Ziegler CAT has an opening for an EPG Sales Engineer <400. This position will develop sales opportunities with new and existing customers. This position will support Electric Power customers through the following job responsibilities: working through customer account commercial issues, providing technical documentation support, supporting other sales engineers, and assisting with project management as needed.

Responsibilities:

  • Seeks out prospective customers and provides proposals for Electric Power Generation equipment.

  • Responds to current customer requests for Electric Power Generation equipment

  • Analyzes engineering specifications to quote equipment that will meet the project requirements

  • Analyzes Electric Power Generation sales opportunities in the territory and systematically targets business opportunities

  • Documents the project and component specifications required by individual customers

  • Documents sales quotations for customers using standard Ziegler formatting

  • Supports other Sales Engineers as well as customers by providing technical information, literature, schematics and wiring diagrams

  • Learns about Cat and competitive products in order to offer the best solutions based on customer interests and concerns

  • Quotes and closes sales transactions within assigned authority parameters, completing all required sales documentation

  • Coordinates the activities of support divisions within Ziegler and Caterpillar to manage product field service and product quality issues

  • Documents quotation, win, loss and data along with other business activities.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required

  • 3+ years of technical sales experience

  • Personal Attributes: Customer Focus, Problem Solving, Attention to Detail, Sociability, Achievement Orientation

  • Strong mechanical aptitude

  • Clean driving record

  • Working knowledge of internal combustion engine installations and drive trains

  • Analytical skills

  • Electric Power, Electrician, Generator, or Reciprocating Engine experience desired

Travel:

  • Up to 25% travel