Technical Sales Engineer

Jonathan Lee Recruitment; Oxford; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Jonathan Lee Group is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer to drive new business within a UK field-based territory. This remote role combines customer conversations with practical problem solving, turning quotations into real orders for bespoke high-speed industrial doors.

You will visit customers, run site surveys, and collaborate with internal engineering to shape commercial solutions, while maintaining long-term partnerships and achieving sales targets across blue-chip customers.

Qualifications

• Proven technical B2B sales experience with a track record of developing and winning new business.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is essential, ideally involving bespoke or engineered products.
• Strong commercial awareness, communication, and negotiation skills, with the confidence to build rapport quickly.
• Self-motivated and organised; comfortable traveling regularly.
• Holder of a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel for customer meetings.

Responsibilities

• Grow new business while maintaining and developing existing customer relationships as a Technical Sales Engineer.
• Own an allocated UK territory and take responsibility for sales performance and agreed targets as a Technical Sales Engineer.
• Visit customers and prospects to understand requirements, identify opportunities, and strengthen long-term partnerships.
• Carry out technical site surveys, including accurate measurements, then translate findings into practical proposals and commercial solutions.
• Manage enquiries and quotations through to order, ensuring clear follow-up and confident negotiation.
• Keep accurate sales records, maintain opportunity tracking, and provide realistic forecasts while working closely with the internal sales team to maximise appointment flow.

Skills

Technical sales

B2B sales

Manufacturing

Negotiation

Driver's license

Travel readiness

Job description

Turn your technical know-how into tangible sales success as a Technical Sales Engineer. This is a remote, field-based opportunity built for people who enjoy combining customer conversations with practical problem-solving, delivering quotations that turn into real orders. If you like meeting clients, running surveys, and collaborating with internal engineering to land commercial wins, a Technical Sales Engineer role at the company is a brilliant next step. You'll represent a market-leading, Employee-Owned manufacturer of bespoke high-speed industrial doors and help shape solutions for blue-chip customers across a range of industries.

What You Will Do:

• Grow new business while maintaining and developing existing customer relationships as a Technical Sales Engineer.
• Own an allocated UK territory and take responsibility for sales performance and agreed targets as a Technical Sales Engineer.
• Visit customers and prospects to understand requirements, identify opportunities, and strengthen long-term partnerships.
• Carry out technical site surveys, including accurate measurements, then translate findings into practical proposals and commercial solutions (training provided).
• Manage enquiries and quotations through to order, ensuring clear follow-up and confident negotiation.
• Keep accurate sales records, maintain opportunity tracking, and provide realistic forecasts while working closely with the internal sales team to maximise appointment flow.

What You Will Bring:

• Proven technical B2B sales experience with a track record of developing and winning new business as a Technical Sales Engineer.
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment is essential, ideally involving bespoke or engineered products.
• Strong commercial awareness, communication, and negotiation skills, with the confidence to build rapport quickly.
• Self-motivated, organised working style, comfortable operating independently while travelling regularly.
• Full UK driving licence, plus enthusiasm for learning new products and technologies that support your Technical Sales Engineer success.

This Technical Sales Engineer role supports the company's goal of delivering tailored, customer-first industrial door solutions. By turning technical site information into workable proposals, this position helps maintain a high standard of service, strengthens customer trust, and drives results that align with a solutions-focused, proactive culture.

Location:

The Technical Sales Engineer role is remote and field-based across the allocated UK territory, with occasional overnight stays and attendance at monthly sales meetings at Leeds HQ.

Interested?:

If the Technical Sales Engineer position sounds like the blend of sales and practical technical problem-solving you've been looking for, make your next career move with confidence.