Junior Sales Engineer - Refractories

CAPITAL REFRACTORIES; Surat; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

CAPITAL REFRACTORIES is seeking a Junior Sales Engineer - Refractories to support customers across Gujarat from Surat or Ahmedabad. The role focuses on technical sales, product selection, performance monitoring, and expanding the customer base in foundries and steel plants.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years in refractories or related industries, strong MS Office skills, and a willingness to travel. This is a full-time position with growth opportunities in a growing technical sales team.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in refractory, foundry, or steel industry.
• Strong knowledge of refractory products, lining concepts, and selection criteria.
• Willingness to travel frequently within Gujarat and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Promote and sell refractory products to Foundries and Mini Steel Plants.
• Develop and maintain relationships across the Gujarat market.
• Provide technical support including product selection and performance monitoring.
• Identify new business opportunities and drive sustainable growth.
• Prepare sales development plans for assigned territories.
• Travel to customer sites and present technical proposals.
• Collaborate with customers' technical, operations, refractory, and commercial teams.
• Assist with troubleshooting and initial analysis of refractory performance issues.

Skills

Technical sales

Client relationships

MS Office

Travel readiness

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Junior Sales Engineer - Refractories (North India)

Location: Surat or Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Experience Required: 1-3 Years

Industry: Refractories / Foundry / Steel

About the Role

We are seeking an ambitious and technically minded Junior Sales Engineer - Refractories to join our sales team, supporting customers across the Gujarat region. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with experience in foundries, steel plants, or refractory products who is looking to develop a long-term career in technical sales.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted technical advisor to customers while driving sales growth and developing new business opportunities within foundries and induction furnace-based steel plants.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote and sell refractory products and solutions to Foundries and Mini Steel Plants.
• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships across the Gujarat market.
• Provide technical support to customers, including:
  • Product selection
  • Performance monitoring
• Identify new business opportunities and generate sustainable sales growth.
• Prepare and implement sales development plans for assigned territories.
• Collaborate closely with customers' technical, operations, refractory, and commercial teams.
• Support customers by recommending improvements in lining designs and proposing value-added products and services.
• Assist with troubleshooting and provide initial analysis of refractory performance issues.
• Prepare technical reports, quotations, presentations, and customer proposals.
• Conduct regular customer visits and travel extensively within the region as required.

Candidate Profile

• 1-3 years of experience in the refractory, foundry, or steel industry.
• Sound understanding of refractory products, properties, lining patterns, and selection criteria.
• Experience working with:
  • Launders
• Strong interest in developing a career in technical sales and business development.
• Ability to understand and investigate basic refractory performance and failure analysis issues.
• Good communication and relationship-building skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel frequently for customer visits and business development activities.

Preferred Skills

• Hands-on experience supervising refractory installation and maintenance projects.
• Experience interacting with foundry, steel production, refractory, and operational teams.
• Strong problem-solving and customer-focused approach.
• Ability to present technical solutions confidently to customers.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to develop a career in a growing technical sales environment.
• Exposure to leading foundry and steel manufacturing customers.
• Professional growth through technical and commercial training.
• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
• Dynamic and supportive work environment.

About the Company

• We are a family run company established over 70 years ago with a global presence with customers in over 40 countries. We have 300 employees based at 9 sites in the UK, US, Europe, China and India and supply a wide range of refractory and technical ceramic products.