Sales & Applications Engineer - North of England

Cloud Online Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Private medical scheme

Defined pension contribution

Life Assurance

Eye care vouchers

Long service awards

Job summary

Cloud Online Recruitment seeks a Sales & Applications Engineer for the North of England. You will generate profitable regional contract works in refrigeration and process cooling, manage design and contracts, and expand the customer base across the North.

You must be highly mobile, with willingness to travel to Leeds, Manchester or Derby for day-to-day activities. You will support customers technically, design and quote solutions, and ensure margins are achieved at contract completion, while

Qualifications

• Recognised engineering/building services background required.
• Experience in refrigeration/process cooling industry preferred.
• Ability to design and quote for DX and pumped fluid solutions.

Responsibilities

• Widen the customer base and develop regional contract opportunities.
• Provide technical support for existing and potential customers.
• Design, project manage and discuss sales margins to meet contract outputs.
• Calculate heat loads and pipe sizes for cooling systems.
• Accurately estimate projects and tailor solutions to customer needs.
• Coordinate subcontract labour for installations and ensure financial outcomes.
• Plan and deliver projects to meet contractual commitments.
• Control work in progress and ensure timely completion.
• Recommend improvements to safety and technical standards.
• Verify supplier invoicing and prepare detailed sales invoices.
• Assist with ad-hoc and change projects throughout the year.

Skills

Communication skills

MS Office

Travel willingness

Project management

Team player

Education

Engineering/Building Services qualification

Job description

Sales & Applications Engineer – North of England

As the Sales & Applications Engineer you will be responsible for generating profitable regional contract works relating to refrigeration and process cooling installations, and growing the customer base to include new contacts within the refrigeration industry. You will also manage contract execution involving design, purchasing and contract management.

You will be responsible for contract works throughout the North of England, so need to be fully mobile. We are flexible on location, but the ideal candidate needs to be within a commutable distance of our offices in either Leeds, Manchester or Derby for day to day activities.

Main Responsibilities

• With the Service Centre Manager and Sales team widen the customer base to include new contacts and customers within the industries that we are involved and that support Regional Contracting opportunities.
• Technical support for both existing and potential new customers.
• Design, and project manage, within the bounds of our “in-house knowledge” and discuss and agree sales margins to ensure that these margins are achieved and maintained at contract completion.
• Calculate heat loads, pipe sizes for both direct and indirect cooling systems.
• Accurately estimate projects, identifying tailored solution to meet the customers’ requirements.
• Allocation of sub contract labour for the installation of contracts with specific responsibility for satisfactory technical and financial result.
• Plan & deliver the project to ensure the Company meets its contractual commitments.
• Exercise proper control over work in progress, ensuring speedy job completion.
• Ensure that the Company’s technical and safety standards are maintained and to make recommendations for improvements as necessary.
• Responsible for verification of supplier invoicing against orders raised and the preparation of a detailed sales invoice(s).
• Assisting on ad-hoc and change projects throughout the year.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Prepared to travel within the region and be away from home overnight when required.
• Project management skills; strong planning and organisational skills; ability to work to tight deadlines and manage conflicting priorities
• Personable and customer facing with a “can-do” attitude.
• To work very much as a team player

Required Experience

• Recognised Engineering/Building Services Qualification, Minimum of five number of years experience in a similar role working within the Refrigeration/Process Cooling Industry.
• Technical support and quoting experience with all aspects of refrigeration and air conditioning essential (mechanical and electrical).
• Demonstrable process and refrigeration knowledge in DX and pumped fluid solutions using all most commonly used refrigerants including HFCs, NH3, CO2.
• Demonstrable knowledge of most modern and commonly used refrigeration control systems.

Pay & Benefits

• 26 days annual leave
• Defined pension contribution plan
• Life Assurance
• Company vehicle
• Private medical scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Continued professional development, including study leave and financial support for role related qualifications
• Recruitment referral scheme
• Long service awards
• Eye care vouchers
• Salary Extras, including shopping, hotel and travel discounts

Additional benefits: 26 days holiday, car, pension and more. Hours: 37.5. Job type: Full Time/Permanent.