Application Specialist - Power and Drive Solutions
Date: Jun 26, 2025
Location: Calgary, AB, CA, T2A 7V2
Company: Spartan Controls Ltd.
Spartan Controls is an employee-owned company and leading provider of data management, industrial automation, valves, measurement and control solutions for process industries in Western Canada and beyond. We are dedicated to providing exceptional sales, support and service experiences for our diverse customer base in industries such as mining, power, oil & gas, municipal, pulp & paper, and chemical.
Spartan is committed to creating a sustainable modern world with innovative automation. Our focus is Customer Outcomes. By leveraging applied automation we assist customers improving their Safety, Reliability, Operations and Productivity.
Our employee ownership model creates a unique culture of community, creativity, entrepreneurship, and a place to build your career. Spartan Controls provides an environment that not only encourages you to do your best, but also empowers you to do what it takes to create a solution, address a need, or respond to an issue.
Summary
Our Power and Drives team is focused on providing electrification solutions to customers in the process industries. We are a rapidly growing and inventive group that is passionate about what we do and the solutions we create.
Role and Responsibilities
We are looking for an Application Specialist (Engineering/Technologist) to join our team who creates, connects, and inspires. Specifically, we are looking for someone to:
- Be an integral part of a winning team.
- Collaborate with our outside sales teams to create technical proposals, quotations and bid packages of our core products: Variable Frequency Drives, AC induction motors, and Motor Control Centres.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key customers through business development meetings, proposal confirmation and follow-up, and delivering results.
- Work closely with project execution team to provide technical expertise and guidance.
- Assist with strategic vision and marketing of core products.
- Create and innovate processes to increase the efficiency of inside sales activities.
- Strategically engage customers to achieve or exceed their delivery and cost goals.
Qualifications and Skills
- Engineering degree or Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
- A desire to win.
- A curious mind, a desire to learn, and an ability to innovate.
- Ability to visualize and communicate unique solutions.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills – both written and verbal
- A proven track record in being a contributing player on a successful team.
- Time management expertise.
- Minimum 2+ years related experience with motor controls, and power distribution products
- Literate in Microsoft Suite applications.
- Strong spatial reasoning ability.
- Solid negotiation, deal making, selling and presentation abilities.
- Entrepreneurial work ethic.
Spartan recognizes that there are many ways in which candidates develop knowledge, abilities, and competencies throughout their careers. We encourage applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds and we do consider qualifications and competencies that are equivalent to those specifically mentioned above.
Close Date: July 10, 2025 (11:59 pm MST)
Requisition ID: 1545