Solutions-Driven Technical Sales Engineer

Uxbridge Employment Agency; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

Uxbridge Employment is seeking a commercially minded Sales Engineer to join an established engineering business. This role blends a strong technical understanding with customer engagement, from initial enquiries through to quotation, order and delivery.

You will work closely with customers, manufacturing and internal teams, with training that progressively involves you in technical support, engineering issues and product development aligned to customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering, manufacturing or technical environment.
• Experience in technical sales, account management, estimating or a customer-facing engineering role.
• Ability to understand technical information, drawings and specifications.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Good commercial awareness.
• Ability to manage multiple enquiries, quotations and customer requirements.
• Proactive and organised approach.
• Confidence working closely with manufacturing and internal teams.
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming technical and commercial enquiries from new and existing customers.
• Understand customer requirements and, after training, recommend solutions.
• Prepare quotations, proposals and technical information for customers.
• Develop relationships with existing accounts and identify sales opportunities.
• Follow up quotations and enquiries to maximise conversions.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities within target markets.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and internal teams to meet customer needs.
• After training, provide support with engineering issues in manufacturing for customer orders.
• Interpret drawings, specifications and requirements.
• Provide technical product advice to customers.
• Liaise with suppliers on pricing, availability and specs.
• Support order administration for special project orders.
• Maintain records of enquiries, quotes, customer activity and sales opportunities.
• Support order and pricing negotiations.
• Monitor market activity and competitor developments.
• Contribute to product developments for customer requirements.
• Ensure high standard of customer service throughout the sales and project lifecycle.

Skills

Communication

Relationship-building

Commercial awareness

Technical understanding

Multi-enquiry management

Project coordination

Education

Engineering qualification (HNC/HND/degree/apprenticeship)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Uxbridge Employment is seeking a commercially minded Sales Engineer to join an established engineering business. This role blends a strong technical understanding with customer engagement, from initial enquiries through to quotation, order and delivery.

You will work closely with customers, manufacturing and internal teams, with training that progressively involves you in technical support, engineering issues and product development aligned to customer requirements.