Junior Sales Engineer

ATA Recruitment; Leicester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

ATA is seeking a Junior Sales Engineer in Leicester to support the external sales engineer by producing proposals for inquiries. You will draft proposals for systems ranging from 5K to 500K, aiming to deliver within 72 hours of enquiry.

The role starts internal with progression to external sales under the MD's mentorship. Ideal candidates are graduates or juniors keen to build a career in sales within engineering, with a commercial mindset and the ability to cost equipment.

Qualifications

• Ability to write well-structured proposals.
• Desire to build a career in sales within engineering.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to cost equipment.
• Team player who fits into a close-knit team.
• Ability to work quickly under tight proposal deadlines.
• Local to Leicester; office-based role.

Responsibilities

• Produce proposals for enquiries managed by external sales engineer.
• Prepare proposals for equipment costing between 5K and 500K.
• Calculate equipment sizing (filters, fans, motors) for projects.
• Determine ducting runs and estimated costs.
• Liaise with customers through proposals from shop floor to MD level.
• Create final written proposals detailing required equipment and costs.

Skills

Proposal writing

Commercial acumen

Team player

Deadline-driven

Sales mindset

Education

Engineering graduate

Job description

Junior Sales Engineer

Leicester

£28,000 – 35,000

We are working with a growing Leicestershire business who can offer some an exciting career progression to a Sales Engineer’s role. The business are looking to hire someone initially as an internal sales engineer who with direct mentoring from the companies Managing Director will learn how to produce proposals and quotations for the projects the company deliver.

As you gain expertise with the company and their sales processes you can then emerge in time into a full external sales engineer carrying out business development activities winning projects for the company.

The business are happy to consider junior sales engineers or engineering graduates who are keen to carve out a career in sales.

The Role

The Junior Sales Engineer will support the external sales engineer by producing proposals documents for enquiries he is bringing in. You will be producing proposals for systems which can range from 5K up to 500K and could be working on several proposals required at speed, the business aims to provide proposals within 72 hours of receiving enquiry.

• Sizing equipment needed for project including filter, fans and motors.
• Establishing proposed costing for the equipment.
• Working out the ducting runs required for the system and proposed costs.
• Liaising with customers regards proposals being produced from shop floor right up to MD level.
• You will be producing proposals for projects that can range from 5K up to 500K.
• Creating final written proposal for customers detailing the equipment required and proposed costs.

The Candidate

For this Junior Sales Engineer role, we are looking for a candidate with:

• The ability to put together well written proposals.
• A desire to carve out a career in sales in the engineering sector.
• A commercial nous with the ability to cost equipment.
• A team player who can fit well into a close-knit team.
• Someone who can work well at speed with tight deadlines on proposals required.
• Someone local to the Leicester area with the role being office based.

The Benefits

• Supporting a highly experienced sales engineer in the field with required proposals.
• Chance to join a growing business with an ambitious owner.
• The opportunity to work for a company with over 50 years expertise in their sector.
• A client with an immediate need who is ready to hire someone straight away.
• Being mentored directly by the Managing Director who has built several businesses.

The Company

The company have a rich history dating back over half a century in their sector fabricating bespoke engineering systems for manufacturing companies. Now under new ownership the company has ambitious plans to grow their market share further.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation