Lead Application Engineer I

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As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet. Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
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What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
• On the job/cross training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

Role – Pre sales – Chillers (Solution Development – Chillers)

Build your best future with the Johnson Controls team

As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.  Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard – your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
• On the job/cross training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

Who we are

Johnson Controls is the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings.

At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.

This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet. We’re helping to create a healthy planet with solutions that decrease energy use, reduce waste and make carbon neutrality a reality.

Sustainability is a top priority for our company.

We committed to invest 75 percent of new product development R&D in climate-related innovation to develop sustainable products and services. We take sustainability seriously.

Achieving net zero carbon emissions before 2040 is just one of our commitments to making the world a better place.

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What you will do:

As a Technical Chillers expert, this role will be focused on Solution Development with complete accountability of Pre-Sales life cycle support. Drive the overall process of Application Engineering and ensure our customer receive the best solution as per requirements

• Enterprise Accounts Ownership: Work in close collaboration with our lead Account Managers & clients as the primary contact for technical support and Pre-Sales Engineering for Chillers. You will directly work with our enterprise clients, such as Vantage, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Keppel, Air trunk, Micron, and others, right from the Pre-tendering phase all the way to Project handover.  

• Value Engineering: Engage actively in offering the optimized solutions using available products to provide best techno commercial offering. Work closely with Chiller factories and Global Products Team on special quotes and complex technical compliance. Conduct thorough sweet spot analysis to ensure our specifications are included in the early stages of BOD projects.    

• Basis of Design: Work closely with the BOD/Sales team to understand the Project needs and provide technical chiller solutions/specifications. By doing so, we aim to ensure that our offerings are well-integrated from the initial stages, leveraging our expertise to contribute to winning the project.

• Global Exposure: - The candidate will work closely with the Regional Sales Team on Chillers Pre-Sales Engineering for local projects across the APAC region, covering countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and Australia.

• Mentorship: Guiding and coaching team members to enhance their skills through knowledge sharing.

• Field product management support: - Collaborate with a cross-functional team, including Life Cycle Solutions, Sales, Global Products and Factory teams, to analyze trends, work on identifying product and solution gaps related to vertical market needs and provide insights and recommendations of new features to enhance products

What we look for:

• BE/ME Mechanical or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a high level of knowledge of Chillers – Screw, Scroll & Centrifugal.
• A solid understanding of the principles of large refrigeration systems and associated equipment is required.
• Preference will be given to individuals having technical expertise in Chillers.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Chillers product selection process, preparing selections, specifications review and quotations.  
• Ability to perform successfully in a multifunctional-team-work environment and be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Must be a quick learner & should have a keen eye for problem solving
• Proficient in written and verbal communication 
• Ability to demonstrate good leadership skills
• People management experience would be an added advantage.

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