Sales & Business Development Engineer

Salary: £28,800 – £31,200 per year

This challenging and exciting opportunity, based across the North, requires an individual with a strong technical background and demonstrable sales experience in the electrical or power contracting arena.

Our client aims to be the UK’s leading provider of power infrastructure for the public and private sectors. They believe in growing their business in a progressive and sustainable manner, respecting our community and the environment. They will communicate effectively with their clients, engage their staff and operate their business with the utmost integrity. The mission is to be the Contractor of Choice for their clients, with an absolute commitment to safety whilst providing outstanding customer service and value, delivering quality, first time, every time.

Due to an increase in contract awards, a significant forward order workload, and a dedication to continued profitable long-term growth, our client is now seeking to appoint an experienced Sales & Business Development Engineer to cover their power and electrical contracting divisions.

Reporting to the UK Business Development Manager, you will be required to utilise your communication skills, drive, energy, industry knowledge and natural ambition to identify new opportunities and promote our client as a high-quality power and electrical contractor. The ultimate aim of this role is to provide viable enquiries, which will be competitively tendered by the experienced commercial team to ensure sustainable and profitable growth. This role will cover the Northern region and you can be based in either the Leeds or Newcastle offices. The position allows a level of autonomy and will challenge you to achieve your goals and targets in a highly motivated business development team. You will join a flexible, exciting and extremely stable company to ensure total work satisfaction, longevity, career progression and security.

The Role

* Identify potential opportunities for both projects and maintenance agreements across various public and private sectors

* Sell the company’s capabilities to potential clients, whilst also managing existing accounts

* Database management and accurate inputs

* Provide good quality information to the Tendering & Estimating team to allow the production of accurate quotations

* Make follow up calls and visits to clients to help convert quotations to orders

* Support the production of marketing publications which sell the company’s services

* Maintaining regular communications with clients and stakeholders

* Interaction with colleagues, ensuring they are informed of business opportunities and general sales performance on a regular basis

The Person

* You will possess excellent customer service, communication, planning and organizing, negotiation presentation skills

* You will be highly driven and motivated to achieve challenging but realistic sales targets

* A good standard of education and full driving licence is essential

* Experience of sales activities or electrical industry knowledge is essential

* An appropriate sales, marketing or electrical qualification is desirable but not essential

* Experience of sales roles in the HV power or electrical contracting sector is desirable but not essential

An attractive basic salary plus bonus and an extensive benefits package is on offer to the successfully appointed candidate, along with career progression, and security and longevity of work, given the company’s market leading status and their continued dedication to ambitious growth.

We are committed to equal opportunities. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the post irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, marital / civil partnership status, religion / belief or nationality.