AV Systems Engineer

Summary

Communications Engineering Company (CEC) is hiring an AV Systems Engineer to support its Engineering department. The role assesses customer needs, designs and quotes reliable audiovisual technology solutions, conducts site assessments, presents solutions, and produces project documentation for implementation.

Responsibilities

• **Consulting:** Be the professional technical "expert" in sales situations by consulting with customers, recommending solutions, and demonstrating products. Specifically identify key customer needs and produce a solution that best meets those needs
• **Site Assessments:** Conduct site assessments to document current device locations, assess system status, make recommendations that align current technology with the client's policies and procedures, and provide technology roadmap
• **Presentations:** Effectively and professionally demonstrate products and communicate solutions to large groups of customers in a variety of settings
• **Designs**: Design AV systems that best fit the customers' needs independent of price. Be able to communicate the features, benefits, and business value of your solution
• **Quotes**: Provides AV quotes that are accurate, timely, and with appropriate detail to effectively present our solution to the customer
• **Job Files:** Produce detailed and accurate project documentation that permits the Operations team to successfully implement the project
• **Training:** Maintain knowledge of your industry/technology. Achieve and maintain required industry certifications in accordance with CEC policy
• **Other duties as assigned
• **Achieve Individual Quote and Order Targets**
• **Achieve Engineering and CAD Hours Booked Targets**
• **Unfunded Change Orders - < 0.25% of closed business**
• **Quote Turnaround - > 90% by customer due date**
• Monitors other Engineers

Skills

• Two-year degree from an accredited college, university, or technical institution with coursework in communications, business, or Technology, or substitute 2 years pertinent experience for each year of education
• Four years' working experience in a corporation, involved in multiple work functions and/or management environment within the communications industry
• Industry design certification: CTS, CTS-D
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and lead well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations essential
• Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
• Excellent Presentation Skills, large and small groups
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
• Strong knowledge of communications systems, including audio, video, security, fire alarm, wireless, and data networks
• PC proficiency is essential (Windows environment)
• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• The duties of this job require the employee to effectively talk and hear English language communications
• Above average intellectual ability and excellent judgment are needed to deal effectively with a wide range of problem solving and trouble shooting activities
• Knowledge of Bluebeam and Visio

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Two-year degree from an accredited college, university, or technical institution with coursework in communications, business, or Technology, or substitute 2 years pertinent experience for each year of education
• Four years' working experience in a corporation, involved in multiple work functions and/or management environment within the communications industry
• Industry design certification: CTS, CTS-D
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and lead well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations essential
• Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
• Excellent Presentation Skills, large and small groups
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
• Strong knowledge of communications systems, including audio, video, security, fire alarm, wireless, and data networks
• PC proficiency is essential (Windows environment)
• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• The duties of this job require the employee to effectively talk and hear English language communications
• Above average intellectual ability and excellent judgment are needed to deal effectively with a wide range of problem solving and trouble shooting activities

Nice to Haves

• knowledge of Bluebeam and Visio

Benefits

• Primarily remote located in the Raleigh, NC area (Hybrid once an office is established)