Sales Engineer

SALES ENGINEER – Covering the M4 corridor and surrounding areas including London, Oxford, Reading, Swindon, Salisbury, Gloucester

Instrumentation, Semi Conductor, Valves, Tubing and Fluid Systems

Basic salary between £42,000and £40k with OTE up to £50k + car + benefits

A fantastic opportunity has arisen with a market leading organisation for an existing sales engineer or a mechanically biased engineer looking for an opportunity to move into a sales role. This global business offer a fantastic manufactured product range of fittings, valves, hoses, gauges and tubes into technology businesses, OEMs, power and oil and gas sectors. If you are looking for a new challenge and fantastic product and sales training then please apply urgently as this position is available for immediate interview.

The Role:

Selling manufactured component products (tubing, valves, fluid components) into a variety of clients throughout the M4 corridor – including London, Oxford, Reading, Swindon, Salisbury and Gloucester areas.
Mainly account management but there is also some new business generation involved.
The first 6 months will involve extensive sales and product training in-house and after that most of your time will be spent on the road building and nurturing long term relationships with clients.
Solving technical problems by providing a solution through products and services you can supply to that client either ready manufactured or bespoke.The Person:

The ideal candidate would be a recent graduate in Mechanical Engineering or someone with another qualification in Mechanical Engineering that is interested in a long term career in technical sales.
Other candidates that would be considered would be applicants with a sales engineer background currently with a mechanical engineering bias and an understanding of instrumentation and fluid systems OR an experienced engineer looking for a move into a sales role.
Excellent communication skills are essential with the ability to fact find, gather information and identify opportunities and new sectors within client businesses.
You’ll need an engaging personality to go with the technical aptitude, both are as important as the other.
You must be well presented as this is a client facing role, the commercial element can’t be underestimated.
A full driving license with no more than 6 points is needed.The Package:

A basic salary between £42,000and £40k is available depending on how much training is required and how long it would take to bring you up to speed.
£50k On Target Earnings.
Company car is offered with an expense float for fuel etc
After an initial qualifying period there is a company pension scheme and private medical care.
Ipad, Iphone and laptop are included.
Full product and sales training are provided!
21 days holiday (increasing 1 day per year up to 25 days) + 8 statutory days.
Long term career progressionThis vacancy is being managed by Andre Teixeira so please apply below or send Andre an email on

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