Sales Engineering Coordinator

We’re Apogee. Nice to meet you. At our core, we’re a student services organization that happens to focus on IT. We touch the lives of binge-watching, music-loving, game-playing, finals-taking, seminar-attending, class-selecting students by providing IT infrastructure that meets the needs of today’s technology-savvy generation. 

We work hard, celebrate success and challenge everyone in our organization to be a problem solver. If you are as passionate as we are about the intersection of technology and education, join us today. 

Our ideal candidate has an engineering mindset, who wants to work as the hub between sales, project management and engineering. You take ownership for doing what you’ll say you’ll do, are naturally detail oriented and love a deadline. 

In this role you will: 

• Conduct site surveys (requires travel) to document site specific details that will inform the engineering design. 
• Works with Network Services to peer review designs that allows other departments to build and plan with accurate design plans. 
• Completes site surveys, peer design reviews 
• Prepares documents supporting the pre-implementation process- this includes researching, surveying, and submitting findings 
• Work with sales, engineering, project operations in support of meeting deadlines 
• Coordinate your work with others, ensure information is accurate and complete 
• You’ll work in online systems, you must have proficiency using Excel and other online SaaS systems 
• Communicate effectively with the team and management on timelines, action items, and help drive projects to on-time completion 
• Ensure project documents are complete, and ensure proper filing and storage 
• Maintain transparent work systems 

The salary range for this position is $55,000-$65,000 depending on experience. 

Requirements

• STEM undergraduate degree or have equivalent work experience that demonstrates this competency. 
• Travel (up to 40%) is required to visit customer sites within the United States 
• Natural technical aptitude. 
• Must understand engineering concepts relating to our business. This includes equipment, and terminology. 
• Strong documentation skills 
• Proficiency using Excel and other online SaaS systems 
• NetSuite experience is not required but must demonstrate efficiency with these tools within 60 days. 

You’ll love this job if this describes you: 

Self-Development. You are personally committed to and actively work to continuously improve. Understands the limits of what you’re able to do now and communicates clearly with managers on what you want to learn next. 

Process and Time Management. The work this team does is at the hub of our sales and engineering processes; Time management is critical. You will meet deadlines because you follow processes, and proactively communicate to the broader team. 

Deeply engrained self-motivation. You’re motivated to get work done. That means that you love efficiency and are driven to complete a project. 

Technical aptitude. Pick up on technical things quickly, and you are good at learning new products and new technologies. This specifically includes: reading blueprints, installing and configuring networking equipment, testing methodologies, and Internet connectivity troubleshooting. 

Service to others/customers. Listen to customers (internal and external), address their needs and concerns, and keep customers informed by providing status reports and progress updates. Deliver on service commitments, meet established or agreed upon deadlines, and maintain supportive relationships with customers. 

Taking initiative. Respond quickly and appropriately to requests that come to you from internal and external customers. Assume you’re wholly responsible for owning an issue to its conclusion (including solving the problem or escalating it in a timely manner). 

Benefits

Our employees enjoy benefits that make them more productive and contribute directly to the development of their professional skills. We want to be able to attract the best of the best and make sure they keep getting better so here is what we are offering:

• An attractive salary
• Health insurance plan including Health Savings Account matching program
• Monthly stipend for cellular and data usage
• Engineering and Technical teams receive cash bonuses for obtaining certifications
• Maternity and Paternity leave

At Apogee, we believe education is a doorway to a fair and just society. Within our own walls, we stand committed to creating a healthy culture of diversity and inclusion, empowering one another as advocates for an inclusive workplace, and doing so transparently. Apogee employees founded three employee-led groups in 2020 including Diversity and Inclusion, Civic Awareness, and Apogee Veterans.

Accommodation:

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Human Resources, hr@apogee.us.