Regional Application Engineer
Work Arrangement: Home office when not traveling
Territory: Baton Rouge, Louisiana; New Orleans, Louisiana; or Lafayette, Louisiana
Travel Requirement: 50%
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Required: Minimum 5 years of electrical sales experience
Candidates must currently reside in or be willing to relocate to one of the following locations:
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Regional Application Engineer to provide technical sales leadership and consultative application support for its Crouse-Hinds and B-Line series products.
This position works closely with electrical consultants, designers, specifying engineers, contractors, end users, channel partners, and outside sales representatives across commercial, institutional, industrial, and government/municipal markets.
The Regional Application Engineer combines technical expertise in electrical power distribution and related support systems with strong commercial and customer-facing skills. The primary objective is to increase product acceptance and specification of Eaton solutions while helping customers select, design, and apply the appropriate products for their projects.
The successful candidate will also mentor sales engineers and representative agencies, conduct product training, support project pursuits, review designs and specifications, and provide customer insights to Eaton product teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of five years of electrical sales experience.
- Minimum of one year of experience with electrical products.
- Strong technical and commercial skills relevant to electrical product applications.
- Ability to support electrical consultants, contractors, designers, and specifying engineers.
- Ability to communicate technical product information clearly to customers and sales teams.
- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50%.
- Must currently reside in or be willing to relocate to Baton Rouge, New Orleans, or Lafayette, Louisiana.
- Must be able to work from a home office when not traveling.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ten years of related sales experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
- Knowledge of electrical products, services, and competing offerings.
- Strong technical knowledge of electrical infrastructure applications.
- Strategic understanding of the U.S. power distribution market.
- Experience providing technical sales support to commercial, institutional, industrial, or government/municipal markets.
Priority should be given to candidates who demonstrate:
- At least five years of electrical sales experience.
- At least one year of electrical product experience.
- Knowledge of electrical power distribution and infrastructure solutions.
- Experience supporting consultants, contractors, engineers, and end users.
- Confidence delivering product seminars and technical presentations.
- Ability to travel 50% and support a Louisiana-based territory.
Flexible work from home options available.