PLC Sales Engineer III

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $100k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💸 Sales Engineer

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Shermco Industries

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1974

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Shermco Industries is a digital marketing agency based in Hiawatha, Iowa, specializing in a wide array of services including digital advertising, website design, e-commerce development, social media marketing, and media production. They focus on creating effective marketing strategies tailored to the unique needs of their clients across various industries, with a commitment to enhancing brand visibility and driving growth. Their expertise also extends to graphic design, event production, and content creation, making them a versatile partner for businesses seeking comprehensive marketing solutions.

📋 Description

• Consult with industrial clients to gather operational requirements and determine appropriate control system architecture from limited information • Develop estimates for turnkey integration solutions covering engineering, control panel fabrication, desktop HMI setup, PLC programming, field installation, and commissioning • Review proposal specifications and drawings to estimate industrial electrical projects • Estimate new construction and retrofit upgrades • Identify opportunities to modernize aging industrial infrastructure, including migrating legacy Allen-Bradley PLC-5 platforms • Attend pre-bid meetings and tour job sites to confirm take-offs • Prepare project takeoffs, submittals, and proposals • Request vendor quotes for equipment and materials, including PLC and HMI hardware/software • Complete client-required documents on time • Draft scope inclusions, exclusions, and estimate clarifications • Identify and meet customer needs, expectations, and requirements • Interact with employees, vendors, clients, and other stakeholders • Maintain supporting estimate files and supplier pricing documentation • Support other department personnel, including estimates in other disciplines • Perform additional assignments as directed by the supervisor

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the industrial electrical industry • Minimum 2 years’ experience in construction estimating • Journeyman Electrician license preferred • In-depth knowledge of electrical systems, codes, and standards • Strong functional understanding of various PLC platforms and industrial networks • Ability to conceptualize and specify complete PLC/HMI hardware and software solutions from limited customer inputs • Background in automation and controls, including PLCs, instrumentation, valves, mechanical control panels, and electrical control panels is a plus • Familiarity with NECA rates, structures, and shortcomings • Familiarity with NEC/NFPA-70E • Understanding of material quoting, RFQs, and vendor interactions • Ability to address or escalate specification conflicts, drawing inaccuracies, and questions from drawing packages • Familiarity with estimating/installing electrical raceway, including cable tray, EMT, rigid, IMC, and plastibond, plus associated fittings and appurtenances • Ability to read and interpret electrical and automation construction drawings, wiring details, installation details, P&IDs, layout drawings, panel drawings, and BOMs • Ability to interpret complex construction specifications related to electrical, automation, and control-related mechanical means and methods • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Teams, AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT, Adobe Acrobat/Bluebeam • Advanced/expert experience in Accubid, including databases, projects, custom assemblies, labor rates, difficulty modifiers, and LiveCount • Must speak, read, and write English fluently • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills • Ability to communicate with customers, contractors, owners, and specialty equipment suppliers to determine scopes of work and required materials/equipment • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and changing priorities • Ability to be self-motivated, proactive, and an effective team player in a remote position