Steam Turbine Product Specialist
Key details
- Location
- Pelham, AL, United States
- Work style
- Hybrid
- Level
- Mid level
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3–6 yrs
- Function
- Operations & Strategy
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- Yesterday
Skills
About the role
Location: Remote or Hybrid (Pelham, AL Preferred)
Department: Parts
Reports To: Parts Director
Travel: 35-40%
FLSA Status: Exempt
Employment Type: Full-Time
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Steam Turbine Product Specialist to support the growth of our aftermarket steam turbine parts business. This position serves as the primary technical and commercial resource for steam turbine parts opportunities, working closely with customers, suppliers, Regional Sales Managers, and internal teams to develop solutions that improve reliability, performance, and lifecycle value.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on steam turbine experience and a strong understanding of turbine systems, components, maintenance practices, and aftermarket support. This role combines technical expertise with customer engagement and business development, making it ideal for professionals with backgrounds in field service, maintenance, applications engineering, reliability, operations, or aftermarket sales.
This position can be performed remotely or in a hybrid capacity, with travel to customer sites as needed.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Regional Sales Managers to identify, develop, and support steam turbine aftermarket opportunities.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for steam turbine replacement parts, repairs, upgrades, and lifecycle solutions.
- Prepare accurate quotations, proposals, and technical recommendations for customers.
- Evaluate customer requirements and recommend cost-effective solutions that support reliability and performance objectives.
- Develop and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers, OEMs, and strategic partners.
- Source and evaluate OEM and non-OEM replacement components.
- Support customer outages, maintenance projects, and reliability initiatives.
- Manage opportunities throughout the sales cycle using CRM tools.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, Project Management, and Sales teams to ensure successful project execution.
- Provide technical support throughout the proposal, order, and fulfillment process.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years of steam turbine experience is required.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Steam turbine maintenance
- Field service
- Outage support
- Aftermarket parts
- Applications engineering
- Reliability engineering
- Technical support
- Plant operations
- Strong understanding of steam turbine systems and major components, including rotors, blades, diaphragms, bearings, seals, valves, and governing systems.
- Experience developing quotations, proposals, and technical solutions for industrial customers.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and customer relationship skills.
- Ability to travel approximately 35-40%.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting utility, pulp and paper, petrochemical, refinery, steel, or industrial power generation facilities.
- Experience with OEM turbine equipment and aftermarket support programs.
- Knowledge of outage planning, maintenance programs, and turbine lifecycle management.
- Experience utilizing CRM systems and managing customer opportunities through the sales process.
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