Technical Sales Engineer
Technical Sales Engineer
Employee type
Permanent
Salary
£40000 - £45000/annum + significant bonus potential
Category
Manufacturing/Surveying
Job Description
Our client is a small but growing UK manufacturer in the metals industry, supplying some of the most demanding industries in the world — defence, telecoms, marine and general engineering.
This role sits at the centre of an exciting period of growth with a genuine opportunity to shape a growing sales function rather than just fit into an existing one.
What's on offer
* £40,000 – £45,000 depending on experience
* Strong bonus potential of up to 30%
* Group profit share scheme
* Pension scheme
* A genuinely varied, high-ownership role in a business investing in its future
The role
This is a rare, full-spectrum technical sales role. You won't just be taking orders, you'll own the whole journey from enquiry to delivery:
* Reviewing customer enquiries and technical specifications, working out material, process and testing requirements
* Estimating and costing jobs, sourcing material from suppliers where needed
* Quoting and negotiating with customers, then processing and managing orders through to delivery
* Building close working relationships with the production team to make sure what's quoted can be made, on time and to spec
* Acting as the main point of contact for your accounts — this is customer service and account management as much as it is sales
About you
* Come from a manufacturing or engineering background — ideally from a smaller, subcontract or precision engineering environment where you've had to wear more than one hat (estimating, technical, customer-facing)
* Comfortable being consultative rather than pushy — this is a technical, detail-led sale, not a high-volume phone-sales role
* Methodical and precise: small errors here can have real consequences once something reaches the shop floor
* Happy to be based on-site, with occasional customer visits (mileage paid)
If you've been the person at a smaller manufacturing business who ends up doing a bit of everything from estimating, quoting, chasing suppliers to keeping customers happy, this could be a natural next step.
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