Sales Application Engineer

KinTec Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Sales Application Engineer for the food sector. This home-based role involves support to sales teams and clients, developing tailored solutions to improve food quality and production efficiency. Candidates should have strong technical expertise in food processes, ability to communicate effectively, and be self-motivated. Travel across the UK is required.

Qualifications

• Strong technical experience in food process applications.
• Background in applications engineering, process engineering, or technical sales engineering within the food sector.
• Solid understanding of food cooling, freezing, and preservation methods.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to the sales team and customers.
• Engage with clients to understand production challenges.
• Deliver technical proposals and presentations.
• Oversee trials and demonstrations of application technologies.
• Collaborate with R&D, marketing, and operations teams.

Skills

Technical experience in food process applications

Applications engineering

Technical sales engineering

Communication skills

Self-motivated

Job description

Sales Application Engineer – Food Sector (Home-Based with Travel)

Location: Remote, UK – travel required to customer sites

Job Summary

We are seeking a technically driven Sales Application Engineer to support customers across the food sector. In this role, you will combine engineering expertise with commercial insight to deliver innovative process solutions that enhance food quality, extend shelf life, and improve production efficiency.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically skilled engineer to work directly with customers, providing tailored solutions and helping shape product innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to the sales team and customers, developing customised process solutions.
• Engage with clients to understand production challenges and propose solutions that improve food freshness, storage life, and product quality using technologies such as cooling, freezing, and controlled atmosphere packaging.
• Deliver technical proposals, return on investment analyses, and presentations that demonstrate value and performance improvements.
• Oversee trials, demonstrations, and commissioning of application technologies.
• Collaborate with R&D, marketing, and operations teams to align customer requirements with product development.
• Provide technical training to internal teams and customers as required.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and emerging technologies within the food processing sector.

Requirements

• Strong technical experience in food process applications.
• Background in applications engineering, process engineering, or technical sales engineering within the food sector.
• Solid understanding of food cooling, freezing, and preservation methods.
• Ability to translate technical solutions into customer value and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, capable of working independently, and able to collaborate effectively with teams.

Additional Information

• Home-based role with regular travel across the UK.
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.