Project Development Engineer
Plymouth, Minnesota, United States of America
- Engineering
- Contract
- Project Development Engineer
- building automation
- HVAC controls
The Project Development Engineer supports business growth by preparing technical proposals and managing multiple bids with a focus on building automation and HVAC control retrofit projects. They coordinate with clients and suppliers, estimate costs, and ensure competitive, timely submissions while leveraging technical knowledge in controls systems. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, 5+ years of relevant experience, and expertise in controls design and vendor management within the UAE market.
What you will do:
Project Development Engineer / Pre Sales Engineer is a key role, reporting to the Domain leader-MEA responsible for our business in Plymouth, MN. You will be based in Dubai and will be part of GCOE team that is focused in expanding our footprint and customer base across the region to achieve our strong growth objectives.
As a member of this team, you will work within a vibrant environment that provides a platform for you to use your experience to deliver our business objectives for our business.
How you will do it:
- As a Project Development Engineer you will use your in depth knowledge of building automation and controls to complete bid/proposals and meet the specifications set out by the customer. This will involve preparing RFI’s, attending site surveys, bid-clarification meetings, seeking quotations from suppliers/sub-contractors, estimating in-house product costs and estimating costs for engineering, labor and project management. You’ll manage multiple tenders simultaneously, using your extensive estimation experience to co-ordinate with the client on specifications and technical clarifications ensuring we submit proposals that are competitive, meet requirements and are on time.
What we look for:
Required
- Bachelor of Engineering/Technology (Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation or Similar).
- Minimum 5+ Years relevant experience.
- Strong technical knowledge in CPO/CPM retrofit offerings.
- Strong technical knowledge in HVAC controls design optimization for retrofit projects.
- Preferred to have Johsnon controls METASYS or equalenet product experience.
- Negotiation Skills & Vendor Management
- Proficient in using MS Office and Visio.
- Result oriented, tenacious, self-motivated, strong synergy and customer focused approach.
- Professional verbal and written communication.
- Fluency in the English language. Preferred Arabic language
- Understanding of UAE controls service/retrofit business.
- Valid UAE driving license.
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $101,000-135,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us




