Director, Applications Engineering

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Nortek Data Center Cooling is a Madison Industries company.  Madison Industries is one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world and has a robust portfolio of indoor air quality solutions. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value.

At Nortek Data Center Cooling, we’re shaping the future by Creating a Better Tomorrow Every Day!  We are a premier HVAC company offering energy efficient and sustainable products and solutions that exceed customer expectations through our employees’ commitment to quality, customer experience and operational excellence.

Nortek Data Center Cooling. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Nortek Air Management and its divisions offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Our benefits package includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HAS and 401(k) Plan with company contributions. To apply, please visit our career site at www.nortekair.com/careers.

Job Summary

The Director of Application Engineering will lead the application engineering team responsible for positioning Nortek DCC as a trusted technical advisor for the data center cooling market. The Director of Application Engineering will own all commercial facing technical documentation from submittals to educational material, including leading  technical discussions with customers promoting technical acceptance of our solutions. They will drive all equipment selection, ensure quote deadlines and maximize productivity and profitability. This role is to provide strong leadership in building knowledge for data center applications engineers, scheduling resources, set and execute the technical strategy for each customer.

Key Responsibilities:

•          Planning, directing, and coordinating the tasks and growth for the application engineering team to specify products in compliance with company goals and objectives.

•          Assign and balance application engineering resources for all quote related technical deliverables. Achieve a 100% on time delivery record for all RFP activity. Conduct technical presentations and product demonstrations to customers, highlighting the features and benefits of our cooling solutions to drive customer specifications to our solutions.

•          Partner with customers to configure market leading data center cooling system based on their technical requirements, efficiency requirements and budget.

•          Provide technical direction to the application engineering team and technical support and guidance to customers during the qualification, design and sales processes, addressing any questions or concerns.

•          Own internal technical training across the organization for data center equipment applications.

•          Own the preparation and execution of technical proposals, selections and s