Sales & Design Engineer

Team Orange; New Plymouth; Hybrid; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Armatec Environmental in New Zealand is seeking a Sales & Design Engineer to join a team delivering process design, sales and project support across NZ and Australia. You will work with clients from inquiry to commissioning, applying engineering expertise and strong communication.

Basing in Auckland with work-from-home flexibility or New Plymouth at our main Factory and Office, you will collaborate with engineers and customers to design and implement solutions while developing your career.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Chemical, Process or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years’ experience in engineering field with a sound understanding of Process Engineering principles.
• Previous experience in technical/engineering sales, or a similar customer-focused role is preferred, along with the ability to understand client requirements and develop tailored solutions.
• Be highly organised, with strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
• Hold a valid NZ Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Providing rapid initial response to customers’ incoming sales enquiries.
• Following initial response, ensuring new enquiries are appropriately assigned to other team members.
• Assisting in maintaining up to date and accurate Customer Relationship Management (CRM) data.
• Maintaining positive, proactive, and regular communication with customers.

Skills

Sales experience

Customer communication

Process engineering

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical/Process/Mechanical)

Job description

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Sales & Design Engineer

• Auckland or New Plymouth based
• Opportunity for career growth
• Competitive Salary Offered

Armatec Environmental is a leading Aotearoa New Zealand-based provider of air pollution control, odour control systems, and fibreglass equipment for 45 years. We have an excellent opportunity for an engineer to join our organisation and build their career in a practical, client-focused engineering environment.

This is a great opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the sales and project lifecycle. Right from initial client interaction, design, fabrication, and hands‑on commissioning, client hand‑over, ongoing support and relationship management. We have a great team of engineers, and we thrive on solving challenging design problems with our clients and delivering solutions to them.

We work closely with industry, consultants, and technology partners to reduce emissions to the environment. As a company we value Trust, Commitment, Leadership and Innovation.

About the Sales & Design Engineer role:

We have clients across Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and even further afield and you will work on varied and interesting projects within a team of dedicated engineers that delivers value and have fun in the process.

We are open to this role being Auckland based with work from home flexibility or New Plymouth based working from Armatec’s main Factory and Office.

Key duties include:

• Providing rapid initial response to customers’ incoming sales enquiries
• Following initial response, ensuring new enquiries are appropriately assigned to other Team members
• Assisting in maintaining up to date and accurate Customer Relationship Management (CRM) data
• Maintaining positive, proactive, and regular communication with customers

Armatec Environmental is committed to developing its engineers and there will be the opportunity for you to develop your skills further with ongoing training and mentoring by senior engineers.

Key opportunities include:

• The opportunity to learn the business skills of Sales, Customer Relationship Management, Contracts and Negotiation, Sales and Market Strategy
• The opportunity to be directly mentored to enhance your engineering skills in Process Design, Solutions Integration and Systems Commissioning by Senior Process Engineers

What you will need to bring with you:

• A Bachelor of Engineering Degree (or equivalent) in Chemical, Process or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant qualification
• 2+ years’ experience working in an Engineering field coupled with a sound understanding of Process Engineering principles
• Previous experience in technical/engineering sales, or a similar customer-focused role is preferred, along with the ability to understand client requirements and develop tailored solutions
• Be highly organised, with strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills
• An excellent phone manner and the capability of building strong working relationships with colleagues, suppliers, and customers
• Enjoy working both individually and collaboratively in a team environment
• Enjoy physically getting hands on with projects and ideally have some mechanical aptitude and experience
• Hold a valid NZ Driver’s License