Technical Sales Engineer

Swindale Parks (Sales & Marketing) Recruitment; Olney; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Laptop

Mobile phone

25% bonus

Long-term career prospects

Job summary

Swindale Parks (Sales & Marketing) Recruitment is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer for a home-based role with UK travel. You will manage existing accounts, identify new business opportunities and drive design-in solutions with OEMs across multiple sectors.

The ideal candidate has a degree in engineering and at least 3 years in technical sales, with strong ability to communicate engineering concepts and develop new partnerships to accelerate growth.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering is mandatory.
• 3+ years in a technical sales environment (internal or field-based).
• Willingness to travel across the UK and visit customers.

Responsibilities

• Maximise sales from an established customer base and develop new business.
• Deliver a design-in technical sales process with OEMs across Aerospace, Industrial Machinery, Robotics, Packaging, Logistics and Rail.
• Provide technical guidance and solution-based consultation throughout the sales cycle.
• Build strong relationships with engineering, procurement and technical teams.
• Manage a home-based role with UK travel and occasional office visits.

Skills

Technical sales

Engineering concepts

Business development

Relationship building

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Our client, a global design and manufacturing leader supplying OEMs across multiple sectors, is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer as part of ongoing UK growth. With year-on-year UK expansion this is an outstanding long-term career opportunity within a high-performing technical sales team.

The Role

Reporting to the UK & Ireland Country manager, this is a balanced hunter/farmer position where you will:

• Maximise sales from an established customer base while identifying and developing new business opportunities


• Deliver a design-in technical sales process, working closely with OEMs in sectors such as Aerospace, Industrial Machinery, Robotics, Packaging, Logistics and Rail


• Provide technical guidance, product expertise, and solution-based consultation throughout the sales cycle


• Build strong relationships with engineering, procurement, and technical teams


• Manage your own schedule in a home-based role, travelling across the UK to visit customers as required


• Attend occasional meetings at the company's UK office

About You

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A degree in an Engineering discipline (mandatory)


• At least 3 years' experience in a technical sales environment (internal or field-based)


• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to communicate engineering concepts clearly


• A proactive, ambitious, and self-motivated approach to business development


• Ideally, you will be based in the Midlands with good access to the motorway network. However other locations will be considered for the right candidate.

Package

• Salary: TBC basic


• 25% bonus


• Company car


• Laptop & mobile phone


• Excellent long-term career prospects within a fast-growing global organisation