Best Search Recruitment Limited - Our Client is a global technology company that specializes in the development and manufacture of power backup systems amongst other technology.
best Search Recruitment Limited is recruiting for the position below:
Job Title: Data Centre Solutions Engineer
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
Supporting Bid Management team and customers technically with customer offers and bids.
Assist in the order handling from a technical perspective.
Stay abreast of market developments and transfer basic product knowledge and market trends to KAM's peers in Solutions Engineering team and Customer Service Provides services and in-depth support to bid teams, including analysis of client requirements obtained from Accounts Managers, customers and or site visits, to produce potential solutions.
Designs and leads initiatives that have a strategic impact on the long-term business relationship with customers.
Responsive to industry developments and may work as industry specialist in the identification of new opportunities, shaping these into specific projects to develop offerings.
Functions of the Job
Provides services and in-depth support to bid teams, including analysis of client requirements obtained from Accounts Managers, customers and or site visits, to produce potential solutions
Designs and leads initiatives that have a strategic impact on the long-term business relationship with customers
Responsive to industry developments and may work as industry specialist in the identification of new opportunities, shaping these into specific projects to develop offerings
Analysis and identify customer requirements for complete energy solution
Develop complete Network solutions based on existing products + 3rd party products
Compile all necessary information regarding technical specifications, production & quality capability
Perform product selection, configuration and dimensioning to provide best optimized solution, including when required customized product modification
Determine installation material requirements and do cable sizing.
Preparation of Statement of Compliance of the technical section of bids
Interfacing with, Product Management, Customs & Specials, Engineering and supports the Bid Qualification process
Create complete bill of material with List price and proposed price based on EMEA Pricing strategy
Provide time estimates for new product development and complete solution delivery
Preparation of technical product and solution descriptions that forms part of the final bid package
Create solution drawings and site documents including K modules
Handover new product designs to Engineering and project management
Works closely with sales to promote complete Network solutions in both existing and new markets
Provide complex technical sales support by attending customer meetings and perform site visits and preparing site reports
Support product owners and sales as technical expert
Personal Specifications
Required Minimum Education/Training
Electrical Engineering degree
Data Center Expertise
Knowledge on Telecom & Datacom Infrastructure components e.g. DC Power products, Cooling Products, UPS, Monitoring and others.
Ability to combine technical expertise and skills with adequate application engineering understanding is required
Skilled in administration of Auto Cad
Requirements / Work Experiences:
Min. 5 years proven experience from dimensioning and engineering power and backup solutions for the telecom & Data Center industry
Handling MS Office and MS Projects.
Fluent in English, Additional language is a plus.
Availability to travel with in Africa.
Personal Attributes
Good organizational skills with ability to use own initiative and manage own workload
Good interpersonal and analytic skills with the ability to deal with people at all levels
Good commercial understanding Ability to work individually or within a international team environment
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail.
Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2014
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CVs to: [email protected]