Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions Division is currently seeking a Strategic Accounts Project Engineer to join our team. This position is based in the Northeast region of the US including but not limited to the greater Raleigh, NC, Richmond, VA; Baltimore, MD; Manasass, VA; or surrounding areas East coast territories.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
This position will be strategically based across the continental United States and supporting customers and field service engineers. This position supports positive customer experience through a proactive approach to project support and issue resolution. This position leverages centralized resources to manage documentation and resolve issues and builds relationships across customers and Eaton facilities to deliver a successful project. This position works independently on daily tasks and collaborates with the onsite field team. This position will also work closely with the project managers within our strategic accounts function
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Why Eaton?
• Be a key member of a world-class service organization that recently celebrated 12 consecutive years of growth.
• Join an organization where your health & safety are the number-one priority. Eaton provides our technicians with the training, tools, and PPE to keep you safe on the job.
• Opportunities for career advancement through a defined technical track as well as broader Eaton career opportunities in various business functions.
• Have the support of a robust internal infrastructure including 24-hour Customer, Technical and Factory Support.
• Continuous hands-on learning opportunities at a world-class training facility as well as field-based mentoring.
• Competitive salary and benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, vacation.
• Tools including a company vehicle, laptop, hand tools, meters and smartphone.
• Award winning efforts to recruit and support military veterans and their families.
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Required (Basic) Qualifications:
• Associate degree from an accredited institution or in lieu of degree at least two (2) years of Field Service experience
• Minimum of two (2) years of customer facing project coordination experience
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• Must reside within the East Coast of the United States
Preferred Qualifications:
• Associates degree in Engineering or other technical field
• Minimum of two (2) years of Power Systems, Battery technologies and/or Electronics experience (coursework and internship experience apply).
• Electrical industry expertise and product knowledge
• Prior experience working with contractors and project coordination
• Proficiency in applications required for job function (Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam, SAP, Salesforce, and Microsoft O365)
• Experience with Uniterruptable Power Supply (UPS)
Position Success Criteria :
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers for assigned projects
• Initiate escalation calls with technical support to ensure timeline resolution
• Leverage centralized resources to manage projects
• Initiate work orders for projects in collaboration with the dispatch team to get orders assigned to technicians
• Manage work orders to completion and collaborate with finance for invoicing
• Act as the technical liaison between customers, and field service engineers to efficiently carry out daily tasks (documentations, energization permits, LOTO, customers, project portals)
• Serve as the customer’s advocate by relaying the appropriate level of urgency to projects managers and escalating issues as required
• Pursue continuous learning of products and applications related to CPS UPS’s, and Data Center Product Distribution (DCPD) products
• Provide daily updates to project managers on the status of the projects
• Manage meetings with on site general contractors to ensure timeline milestones
All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.
Skills Required
- Associate degree from an accredited institution, or at least two years of Field Service experience in lieu of a degree
- Minimum of two years of customer-facing project coordination experience
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
- Must reside within the East Coast of the United States
- Associate degree in Engineering or another technical field
- Minimum of two years of Power Systems, battery technologies, and/or electronics experience
- Electrical industry expertise and product knowledge
- Prior experience working with contractors and project coordination
- Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat, Bluebeam, SAP, Salesforce, and Microsoft O365
- Experience with Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and company‑paid disability, with HSAs/HRAs and wellness programs enhancing access and support.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents, childbirth leave via short‑term disability for birth mothers, adoption benefits, and subsidized backup care signal strong family‑focused support.
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Planes. Hospitals. Factories. Data centers. Vehicles. The electrical grid. These are things people depend on every day. And the companies behind them depend on Eaton to solve some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet. Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 92,000 employees.
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