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This position reports to:

Service Sales Manager

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

As a Tendering & Applications Lead - Power Systems Studies, you will work closely with our Advisory Operations and Sales team to gather technical and commercial inputs to support Arc Flash and Engineering quoting needs. This role will also interface with product management, ensuring continuous improvement of tools and resources to support the function.

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide lead support for the Advisory services quoting specific to Arc Flash and Power Systems Engineering Services.
• Ensure consistency in scope definition, deliverables, assumptions, and pricing across all quotations.
• Maintain and improve quoting templates, documentation, process maps, and standard operating procedures.
• Support assignment of quoting workload, manage capacity, and ensure prioritization aligns with business needs and customer deadlines.
• Utilize in field experience to support adoption and optimization of quoting tools, systems, and platforms to enhance quality and throughput.
• Collaborate with team manager to track and report key quoting metrics, including cycle time, win rate, margin performance, and team workload.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure alignment of technical requirements, pricing strategies, and customer expectations.
• Escalate challenges with quoting to team manager for guidance and resolution.
• Support the development of junior-level quoting team members.

Your Background:

• High school diploma required; associate or bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of experience within the electrical services industry.
• Experience in quotation development, technical sales support, or engineering services quoting strongly preferred.
• Direct experience working in a field services function or electrical engineering adjacent function required.
• Experience in supervising a team or leading through influence.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; familiarity with CRM/ERP systems.

More About Us:

What's in it for you: We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
• Vision benefit.
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay).
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay).
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums.
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid.
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance).
• Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption.
• Employee discount program.
• myBenefitsABB.com.

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions.
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

Compensation

While base salary is determined by things such as the successful applicant’s qualifications and experience, this position is expected to pay between $85,000 and $115,000 USD annually.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

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