Sales Engineer - Service
Job in
Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, 48033, USA
Listed on 2026-06-02
Listing for:
Dürr Clean Technology Systems
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Service RFQ & Scope Review
- Lead and support technical reviews of service-related RFQs for automotive paintshop upgrades, modifications, expansions, and refurbishments.
- Analyze existing paintshop installations, as-built documentation, and operating conditions to define upgrade scope.
- Interpret customer requirements related to performance improvements, capacity increases, quality enhancements, safety upgrades, and regulatory compliance.
- Identify constraints associated with brownfield environments, including production continuity, space limitations, and phased implementation.
- Develop and finalize technical specifications for service and upgrade proposals, including:
- Equipment retrofits and replacements
- Process improvements and technology upgrades
- Controls, automation, and software updates
- Safety, environmental, and compliance-related modifications
- Define assumptions, interfaces, exclusions, and responsibilities clearly for service scope.
- Coordinate with service engineering, controls, electrical, and mechanical disciplines to ensure feasibility and alignment.
- Prepare cost estimates for service work, including equipment, engineering, installation, commissioning, production downtime, and aftermarket services.
- Work with suppliers and internal service teams to obtain accurate pricing for parts, labor, and subcontracted work.
- Act as the technical-commercial interface between Sales, Service Engineering, Project Management, Field Service, and Purchasing.
- Support internal proposal reviews, technical risk assessments, and execution readiness checks.
- Assist with technical handover from sales to execution, ensuring clarity on scope, assumptions, and constraints of live plant environments.
- Participate in customer meetings, plant walkdowns, and technical clarification discussions.
- Support bid clarification and negotiation phases with technical justification and cost transparency.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, Industrial, or Chemical preferred).
- 5+ years of experience in automotive paintshop systems, with a strong emphasis on service, upgrades, or brownfield projects.
- Proven experience supporting service RFQs and aftermarket proposals for automotive OEM facilities.
- Hands-on knowledge of operating paintshops and legacy equipment.
- Strong understanding of automotive paintshop processes and installed systems.
- Experience with retrofits, control upgrades, safety upgrades, and refurbishment strategies.
- Solid cost estimation skills for service, retrofit, and brownfield scopes.
- Familiarity with global and regional codes and standards applicable to existing facilities.
- Ability to interpret as-built drawings, OEM standards, and plant documentation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly for constrained environments.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical customer stakeholders.
- High attention to detail, especially around scope definition and risk management.
- Ability to manage multiple service RFQs simultaneously in a time-sensitive environment.
- Practical, solution-oriented mindset with strong customer focus.
- Moderate domestic travel to customer plants for site assessments, walkdowns, and meetings.
The company also offers advanced automated painting, sealing, and gluing application technologies, as well as high-viscosity material handling solutions. In…
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