Application Engineer

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Remote Type: Prioritize engaging with customers. When not directly interacting with customers; collaborate with colleagues in your office.

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies, and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King, sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.

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Where is the work:

Prioritize engaging with customers. When not directly interacting with customers; collaborate with colleagues in your office.

 

 

Role Summary:

Application Engineer is responsible for developing complex thermal system applications to meet customer needs. In your daily work, you will be selecting the most optimal chiller / heat-pump equipment (or set of equipment), designing hydraulic and control systems in a project base environment. The role includes very close cooperation with the Equipment and Service Sales Engineers and working with the design engineer consulting firms.

Responsibilities: 

• Complex selection and sizing of thermal system equipment (chillers and heat-pumps)
• Designing and developing complex thermal systems including Trane equipment, hydraulic and control side
• Working in a close co-operation with Equipment Sales and Service Sales Engineers before the sales transaction, and project manager / order fulfillment team after the sales transaction
• Work very closely with design engineering firms, and manage their relationships plus actively seek and build new design engineer consultant relationships
• Be the expert in using complex thermal system selection and design tools
• Being able to write shorts scripts to automate and improve existing selection and design tools
• Perform energy, investment and CO2 reduction calculations
• Lead complex thermal system pre-sales projects
• Build a deep application knowledge (e.g. about data center cooling systems, or district heating heat-recovery plants)
• Partner with the rest of organization to resolve customer complaints
• In close collaboration with other departments and employees to continuously grow the level of customer satisfaction, by ensuring overall superb customer experience. 
• Constantly monitor market trends and benchmark against competitors in the assigned territory, feed this information back to the management 
• If necessary, prepare and participate in marketing activities, such as exhibitions, customer events, etc. 
• Act in compliance with the company policies, processes and procedures
• Adhere to high ethical standards of doing business and unconditionally following the company Ethics and Compliance rules 

Requirements: 

• Technical University Degree - Mechanical, Electrical, Energy, Aeronautic Engineering or similar field
• Proven experience in thermal systems engineering - preferably in HVAC area e.g., chillers, heat pumps etc.
• Skilled in using selection and design software, plus capable of programming simple scripts
• Project management skills and practical experience
• Thermal systems application knowledge is highly preferable (e.g. district heating heat-recovery plants, industrial refrigeration / heating, data center cooling etc)
• Self-motivated candidate with pro-active approach to improve the way things are done
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision i.e., complete tasks with minimum guidance and supervision. 
• Good team player
• Communicative Finnish and English. 
• Strong communication and influencing skills, along with high integrity and capacity to deal with changing priorities. 
• Highly autonomous and organized. The most of the work happens at Trane office but the work also includes frequent design engineer and customer site visits

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.