Application Engineering Specialist - Merlo Energy

Location: Grand Rapids, MI, United States; hybrid workplace; customer visits and offsite work activities required

Company

hirify.global is a 100% employee-owned industrial distribution company with eight divisions and more than 75 locations across ten states, serving electrical, automation, pipe, valve, fitting, steam, lighting, industrial controls, and instrumentation industries.

What you will do

• Engage with pre-identified leads and collaborate with Customer Specialists and outside sales representatives.
• Review applications, size and select products, analyze project materials and equipment, and interpret bid documents, specifications, and drawings.
• Prepare and process customer-specific bids, quotes, and orders.
• Communicate project development, product features, applications, and updates to customers, vendors, manufacturers, sales representatives, and managers.
• Conduct customer field visits as needed and provide ongoing project support.
• Maintain project data, use engineering platforms, participate in product training, and stay current on product offerings.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of industrial sales experience or 7 years of technical experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Critical thinking, attention to detail, and proficiency with MS Office and Excel.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical documents and bid specifications.
• Strong organization, multitasking, prioritization, communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, continuously evolving, and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Ability to see, talk, hear, and sit for 8 hours per day; reasonable accommodations may be available.
• Ability to travel for customer visits and offsite work; at least 20% overnight travel.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Nice to have

• Industrial, institutional, and/or B2B sales experience.
• Experience with a prospecting system such as ZoomInfo or LinkedIn.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee ownership model with opportunities for learning, growth, coaching, and mentoring.
• Collaborative environment focused on service excellence, accountability, teamwork, technical expertise, and results.
• Normal office environment with hybrid work.
• Equal opportunity employment with consideration regardless of legally protected characteristics.