[Hiring] Senior Motor & Drive Applications Specialist @ESR Motor Systems

Role Description

ESR Motor Systems is seeking an experienced Senior Motor & Drive Application Specialist to support our sales team with complex industrial electric motor, variable frequency drive, and project opportunities. This role will serve as a specialized technical resource for larger and more demanding applications, including:

• Medium-voltage motors and drives
• Large motors
• Obsolete equipment replacements
• Specification-driven projects
• Frame conversions
• Manufacturer substitutions

You will work closely with ESR's experienced inside and outside sales professionals to develop technically sound solutions and professional, customer-ready quote packages. This is a hands-on technical sales support position for someone who can independently take a complicated RFQ, work through the application and specification requirements, coordinate with manufacturers, determine the appropriate solution, and develop a complete proposal from initial inquiry through order handoff.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electric motor, drive, or closely related industry experience preferred; strong candidates with 5+ years will be considered.
• Strong working knowledge of industrial electric motors and motor applications.
• Medium-voltage motor and/or medium-voltage drive experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with large motors, obsolete equipment replacements, frame conversions, and manufacturer cross-referencing.
• Strong knowledge of motor enclosures and cooling methods including TEFC, WPI, WPII, TEAAC, TEWAC, and similar designs.
• Familiarity with hazardous-location requirements, bearings, thrust applications, starting considerations, motor accessories, and instrumentation.
• Ability to interpret motor nameplates, dimensional drawings, specifications, bid documents, and other technical information.
• Experience reviewing and responding to complex commercial and technical bid packages.
• Ability to independently evaluate a complex RFQ, determine what should be offered, and develop a technically complete proposal.
• Ability to organize complex technical and commercial information into a clear, polished, customer-ready quotation package.
• Excellent communication, follow-up, organization, and attention to detail.
• VFD application experience is highly desirable.
• Comfortable working with CRM, ERP, Microsoft Office, email, and other sales technology.
• An engineering degree is not required. We value industry experience, technical judgment, and the ability to solve real-world motor and drive applications.

Requirements

• Manage complex quotations for large and medium-voltage motors, drives, and major projects from initial RFQ through order handoff.
• Support ESR's inside and outside sales teams with motor selection, application questions, specifications, and technical problem-solving.
• Review RFQs, specifications, bid packages, drawings, nameplates, and existing equipment information to determine appropriate solutions.
• Select replacements for obsolete motors and equipment, including frame upgrades, dimensional evaluations, and manufacturer substitutions.
• Cross-reference products between manufacturers and identify technically appropriate alternatives.
• Evaluate application requirements including horsepower, speed, voltage, frequency, enclosure and cooling method, bearings, thrust, service factor, starting requirements, hazardous locations, mounting, and other application considerations.
• Specify accessories and instrumentation including space heaters, RTDs, vibration sensors, bearing temperature devices, and related options.
• Support medium-voltage motor opportunities and provide drive application support based on experience.
• Work directly with manufacturers to obtain selections, pricing, drawings, lead times, and technical clarification.
• Identify specification exceptions, deviations, alternatives, and potential application issues before proposals are submitted.
• Develop polished, professional quote packages that clearly present the proposed solution, scope of supply, technical data, drawings, options, exceptions, and supporting information.
• Manage quotation revisions and technical clarifications as projects develop.
• Work directly with customers when technical involvement can help define an application or advance an opportunity.

Benefits

• Base salary: $110,000–$150,000, depending on experience and technical expertise.
• Exceptional candidates with extensive medium-voltage motor and drive expertise may be considered above the posted range.
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Company-Paid and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time & Holidays