Sales Engineer

Rubicon Recruitment; Coventry; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car from day one

Annual bonus (up to 5%)

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Early finish on Fridays

Small close-knit site (~15 people)

Job summary

Rubicon Recruitment is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer in Coventry to manage an existing portfolio and travel across the UK. The role emphasizes hydraulic knowledge and customer-facing support, with a company car from day one and opportunities to grow within a stable, technical environment.

In this role you will visit customers, understand hydraulic circuits, prepare quotes, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver projects and maintain a strong sales pipeline.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical sales or service with customer-facing roles.
• Ability to read hydraulic schematics is desirable.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow an established portfolio of customer accounts from Coventry base, travel UK-wide.
• Visit customers regularly to understand hydraulic circuits and provide first-line application support.
• Prepare preliminary solutions and quotations within pricing policies.
• Collaborate with technical, customer services, quality and operations teams on projects.
• Maintain an accurate sales pipeline and forecast, identify new business opportunities; support product training and warranty returns when needed.

Skills

Hydraulics knowledge

Technical sales

Customer-facing

Reading hydraulic schematics

Education

Mechanical/hydraulic eng qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Sales Engineer - Coventry - up to £40,000 per annum + bonus

An up to £40,000 role where your hydraulics knowledge counts for more than a hard sell.

You’ll look after established customer accounts, getting to know their systems and becoming the person they trust for the right answer.

It’s stable and technical, and you’ll start with a company car from day one.

As a Technical Sales Engineer, you will benefit from:

• A company car from day one
• An annual performance bonus of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• An early finish on Fridays
• A close-knit, open plan site of around 15 people
• Working with two experienced engineers who already know the accounts inside out

As a Technical Sales Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and growing an established portfolio of customer accounts from a Coventry base, travelling across the UK with most customers close to home
• Visiting customers regularly to understand their hydraulic circuits and give first-line application support
• Putting together preliminary solutions and quotations within agreed pricing policies
• Working with the technical, customer services, quality and operations teams to deliver customer projects
• Keeping an accurate pipeline and sales forecast, and spotting new business opportunities as they come up
• Supporting product training, troubleshooting and warranty returns when needed

As a Technical Sales Engineer, your experience will include:

• A mechanical, hydraulic or related engineering qualification, or equivalent hands-on experience
• A background in the hydraulics industry, so you can hit the ground running
• Customer-facing experience in technical sales, engineering or service
• Confidence reading hydraulic schematics (desirable)
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the UK, with occasional overseas trips

While Rubicon uses AI to help speed up processes across the business, every application is reviewed by a human to ensure the right decision is made