Director of Applications Engineering

ABOUT YOU

Are you passionate about sustainability and ready to join an inclusive work environment committed to leading new ideas and pathways and to delivering value If the answer is Yes! then we have an exciting career opportunity for you as a Director of Applications Engineering!

In this role you will be leading a team of application and process engineers who configure and develop solutions to meet customer needs.

Who are we We are Montrose a global environmental services provider offering environmental planning and permitting measurement and analytical services and environmental resiliency and sustainability solutions. Our qualified engineers scientists technicians associates and policy experts are proud of our collective expertise and the collaborative nature of our approach to helping clients. We strive to optimize environmental resiliency in a way that effectively complements our clients decision-making and operations and efficiently fulfills their project requirements.

We have over 135 offices across the United States Canada Europe and Australia and over 3000 employees all ready to provide solutions for environmental needs.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

As a key member of our team you can expect:

• Mentorship and professional development resources to advance your career
• Direct exposure to our industrys leading experts who are solving the worlds toughest environmental challenges
• An entrepreneurial environment where you can learn thrive and collaborate with talented colleagues
• Opportunities to engage and contribute in our Diversity Fairness and Inclusion and Women Empowering Leadership employee resource groups
• Competitive compensation package commensurate with accomplishments performance credentials and geography
• Competitive medical dental and vision insurance coverage
• 401k with a competitive 4% employer match
• Progressive vacation policies company holidays and paid parental leave benefits to ensure work/life balance
• A financial assistance program that supports peers in need known as the Montrose Foundation
• Access to a student loan planning tool to optimize your student loan payoff plans and compare student loan rates with lenders.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

As a key leader on the team this position will report to the Vice President of Design & Engineering. You will manage our global applications engineering (AE) team focused on responding to customer and internal requests for the development of proposals throughout North America and Australia.

• Lead coach and develop the AE team to deliver high-quality technical solutions and proposals that drive profitable growth ensuring clear priorities accountability and strong team performance.
• Serve as a key member of the leadership team by informing commercial strategy identifying product and market growth opportunities and improving proposal win-rate and speed-to-customer.
• Partner closely with sales design engineering process SMEs operations project delivery safety procurement and key vendors to align technical solutions with commercial goals maintain accurate cost data and ensure consistent execution across stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of competitor offerings positioning and market trends to inform strategy development and support increased market share.
• Own the strategy workflow and execution of the full proposal lifecycle leading scheduling stakeholder alignment review cycles and approval processes to deliver competitive accurate and timely submissions.
• Ensure organized and complete handoff from proposals to project execution following contract award.
• Direct and coordinate technical reviews for bid requests contributing to risk evaluation and bid/no-bid decisions.
• Guide the AE team with pricing technical writing and development of technical solutions for quotes proposals and estimates.
• Drive operational efficiency through development of automated sizing tools costing models standards and internal streamlined internal workflows; ensure compliance with proposal/costing guidelines and continuously improve documentation tools and communication channels.
• Enable internal AE effectiveness by ensuring the team has clear tools documentation communication channels and project information to perform efficiently and consistently.
• Partner with procurement and key vendors to maintain accurate current cost data for standard and custom equipment pricing.

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully individuals must be able to perform each duty and responsibility listed in the A Day in the Life section above satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties and responsibilities.

• BS Engineering or equivalent technical degree required
• 8 years of experience as an applications engineer process engineer project engineer project manager or related role
• 5years of experience in water treatment process systems solutions
• 3 years of experience leading projects or a team of engineers
• Professional Engineer license preferred not required
• Possess persuasive presentation and effective communication skills-both verbal and written-across cultures required
• Willingness and ability to travel 10% of the time both domestically and internationally required
• Experience pulling teams together to formulate winning bids
• Ability to adapt strategy to meet customer needs
• Understanding of business competitive landscape legal/regulatory environment needs/challenges of customers

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of employees so classified. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying you may contact or for assistance.

MAKE THE MOVE TO ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER

We are going to be blunt the way we work may not suit everyone. We are a fast-paced dynamic and high-growth company. You are your own boss but you will get tons of guidance and plenty of support from talented super-smart colleagues and its service providers. Therefore if freedom autonomy and head-scratching professional challenges attract you we could be the perfect match.

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Montrose is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Montrose is committed to recruiting and hiring qualified candidates without regard to race religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin ancestry citizenship disability or veteran status. Montrose is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its employment for individuals with disabilities.