Application Engineer

Flexicruit Limited; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist engineering contractor in the United Kingdom is seeking a mechanically minded, client-facing engineer to assist with machinery installations and relocations. The role involves site visits to understand project scope, building job costings, and working with experienced engineers. Ideal candidates should have a mechanical engineering background, logical thinking skills, and experience in customer-facing situations. This position offers a mix of technical, commercial, and site-based work with growth potential in heavy industrial projects.

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering background, degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong engineering common sense and logical thinking.
• Articulate, presentable, and confident with customers.

Responsibilities

• Visiting client sites to understand scope, access, and constraints.
• Building up job costings including time, people, and materials.
• Supporting projects through delivery as industrial exposure grows.

Skills

Mechanical engineering background

Logical thinking

Communication skills

Customer-facing experience

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience

Job description

Were working with a specialist engineering contractor operating in a niche industrial space, delivering machinery installations, removals and factory relocation projects across the South East.

Theyre looking to bring in a mechanically minded, client-facing engineer who can understand how a job comes apart, how it goes back together, and how to cost and plan it properly – without needing to be a fully formed industrial Project Engineer from day one.

This role suits someone with a mechanical engineering background and a good engineering brain, whos comfortable dealing with customers and wants to build experience in heavy industrial projects over time.

The Role

This is a mix of technical, commercial and site-based work, including:

• Visiting client sites to understand scope, access and constraints
• Looking at machinery and equipment at a practical level (how it breaks down, lifts out, reinstalls)
• Building up job costings – labour, plant, cranes, materials and time
• Working closely with experienced engineers and suppliers to plan delivery
• Acting as a professional, likeable point of contact for customers
• Supporting projects through delivery as your industrial exposure grows

You dont need to know every nut and bolt on day one – you do need to think logically, ask the right questions and be comfortable taking responsibility.

What Theyre Looking For

This role is about mindset and potential, not ticking every box.

Theyre looking for someone who:

• Has a mechanical engineering background (degree or equivalent experience)
• Has strong engineering common sense and logical thinking
• Is articulate, presentable and confident with customers
• Can look at a job and break it down into time, people, plant and cost
• Is happy being a mix of office-based and site-based
• Wants to be trained into machinery moves, heavy lifting and industrial projects

Backgrounds that could work well include:

• Mechanical engineers in client-facing or support roles
• Engineers whove stepped away from the tools and want progression
• Technically minded sales engineers who dont want commission pressure

If you meet the above criteria, please apply now for immediate consideration.