Mechanical Sales Engineer — Nuclear Power Solutions

The Nuclear Company; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation packages

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision plans

Generous vacation policy, plus major,

Job summary

The Nuclear Company is seeking a Mechanical Sales Engineer to drive business development and deliver technical service solutions for mechanical maintenance and outage support across nuclear and power-generation markets.

The hybrid role combines office activities with hands-on field work during outages, requiring travel up to 50% and a strong mechanical and sales acumen to grow key accounts and win contracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience in technical sales, application engineering, mechanical field services, industrial maintenance, or related technical role.
• Strong understanding of mechanical systems used in power generation or heavy industrial facilities.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, engineering drawings, equipment layouts, and technical specifications.
• Experience preparing technical proposals, customer presentations, scopes of work, and cost estimates.
• Strong knowledge of rotating equipment, pumps, valves, mechanical seals, heat exchangers, and related mechanical systems.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to translate customer needs into customized technical service solutions.
• Ability to perform hands-on mechanical field work during outage assignments, including standing, climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds, and working in industrial environments.
• Valid driver's license with the ability to travel to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with utility customers, maintenance organizations, engineering groups, plant leadership, and industry partners.
• Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts while cultivating new customer relationships throughout assigned territories.
• Maintain and grow existing customer accounts through proactive relationship management.
• Manage multiple sales opportunities from prospecting through contract award.
• Maintain an active sales pipeline and provide accurate forecasting through CRM tools.
• Support contract negotiations while ensuring project profitability and customer satisfaction.
• Promote mechanical maintenance, outage support, field services, and skilled workforce solutions.
• Conduct customer meetings, site visits, and technical assessments to understand operational challenges and maintenance requirements.
• Partner with customers and engineering teams to assess equipment needs and develop customized technical solutions.
• Translate customer requirements into detailed technical proposals, scopes of work, estimates, pricing packages, and commercial quotations.
• Deliver technical presentations and communicate complex mechanical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with Operations, Project Management, Recruiting, and field teams to develop project scopes and execution strategies.
• Support customers through outage planning, maintenance scheduling, and workforce planning activities.
• Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, competitor activities, and customer capital projects to identify new business opportunities.
• Represent TNC Services at customer meetings, trade shows, industry conferences, and networking events.
• Perform hands-on mechanical field work during outages as needed.
• Support installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, inspection, and repair of mechanical systems and equipment.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Presentation

Relationship-building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

CRM platforms

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Nuclear Company is seeking a Mechanical Sales Engineer to drive business development and deliver technical service solutions for mechanical maintenance and outage support across nuclear and power-generation markets.

The hybrid role combines office activities with hands-on field work during outages, requiring travel up to 50% and a strong mechanical and sales acumen to grow key accounts and win contracts.