C&I Sales Specification Engineer - Fire

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Specification Sales Engineer to join the team at Eaton. This would be a remote role with a wide ranging client base across England and a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to build upon exisiting Sales Engineer experience within the fire industry into an orgnisation with large growth and future opportunity.

Our Cwmbran facility is the center of excellence for the Fire product line, we are a leading manufacturer and a global supplier of high-quality fire systems and devices. With our ability to provide complete systems, not just components, our customers can be confident in the knowledge that all of our products have been specifically designed and tested to ensure that they are all fully compatible to form a reliable, compliant fire detection and alarm system.

What you’ll do:

The C&I Specification Engineer is responsible for driving specified demand for the company’s fire detection and alarm solutions by influencing design, standards interpretation, and system selection at the earliest stages of a project.

The role focuses on client and consultant engagement, specification creation, design support, and pre-tender influence, ensuring products and systems are designed in, correctly specified, and protected through to tender and installation.

Key Responsibilities

Specification & Design Influence

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with fire consultants, M&E consultants, consulting engineers, architects, and design houses.
• Influence system architecture, device selection, and compliance approaches in line with: BS 5839-1, Relevant EN standards, Building Safety Act / Gateway requirements
• Ensure the company’s solutions are named or performance-specified in: Specifications, Fire strategies, Tender documentation

Project Pipeline Development:

• Identify and track early-stage and pre-tender projects across commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and regulated buildings
• Convert design engagement into protected specification opportunities through to tender stage
• Work closely with colleagues to secure orders through contractors, system integrator, and distribution teams to ensure continuity from design to order

Technical & Standards Expertise:

• Act as a technical authority for fire detection solutions within the specification environment
• Support consultants with: System selection, Cause & effect philosophy, Network design, Compliance interpretation
• Maintain a high level of knowledge on: Regulatory changes, Evolving fire standards, Market trends and competing technologies
• Product Positioning & Value Engineering Defence be able to defend specifications through: Value engineering challenges, Contractor substitutions, Cost-down exercises.
• Articulate total cost of ownership, system integrity, compliance risk, and lifecycle value
• Ensure specification intelligence is logged and shared through CRM systems
• You will work closely with: Fire & Intrusion system sales teams, Key account managers, Marketing and technical support.
• Provide feedback to product management on: Market needs, Consultant preferences, Standards-driven gaps. "

Specification & Pipeline Deliverables:

• Number of active specified projects under management
• Value of specified pipeline tracked in CRM (pre-tender and tender stages)
• Specification win rate (specified projects converting to order)
• Projects reaching named or protected specification status

Consultant Engagement Deliverables:

• Regular engagement cadence with target consultant accounts
• New consultant relationships developed per quarter
• Technical seminars, CPDs or lunch-and-learns delivered

Technical & Quality Deliverables:

• Compliant specifications produced or supported (aligned to BS 5839-1)
• Design reviews completed for key projects
• Reduction in specification erosion at tender or VE stage

Internal Contribution Deliverables:

• Accurate CRM project reporting
• Market and competitor insight shared with leadership and product teams
• Support provided to system integrators and sales colleagues on specified projects
• Regular Check-in Calls with Customer Contacts

Qualifications:

• Professional Technician, bachelor or master in electrical engineering OR justifyable equivalent education
• 2-5 years - Experience in Commercial & Institutional (C&I) Building Projects, with wider experience of working with building services consultants and fire detection equipment

Skills:

Accountability

Adaptability

Analytical thinking

Builds Organizational Capabilities

Communication

Complaint handling

Efficient

Enable Digital Mindset

Ethical

Gets Results

Learner

Numerical Proficiency

Objection handling

Presentation

Proactivity

Questioning and listening

Relationship Building

Research Skills

Resilience

Self-disciplined (for remote work)

Thinks & Acts Strategically

Time management

Transparent

Copilot

CPQ

Eaton University

JOE

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

LinkedIn Learning

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Word

Microsoft OneNote

CRM - internal Customer Relationship Management system. Preferably SalesForce

PRM - external Partner Relationship Management system

Search engines (Chrome, Edge, Bing, etc.)

Social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)

TalentHub

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We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.