Midwest Territory: Fluid-Handling Sales Engineer

Crane ChemPharma & Energy; Ohio; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane ChemPharma & Energy’s Resistoflex brand is seeking a Sales Engineer to cover the Midwest, focusing on technical sales of hoses, fittings, and expansion joints, and to build strong relationships with distributors and end users.

You will own territory growth, provide training, manage forecasts, and identify new opportunities across chemical, petrochemical, refinery, semiconductor, and biopharma segments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–10 years of technical sales experience.
• Experience selling fluid-handling products (hoses, fittings).
• Strong relationship-building with distributors and end users.
• Ability to communicate technical value and differentiate from competitors.
• Willingness to travel 50–75% across territory.
• Experience with Salesforce, Excel, and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales growth for Resistoflex hoses, fittings, and expansion joints.
• Develop relationships with end users and distributors.
• Build and manage project and opportunity pipelines.
• Grow existing MRO business and develop new accounts.
• Provide product and application training to distributors and customers.
• Help customers identify solutions for demanding applications.
• Manage sales forecasts, territory planning, margins, and channel relationships.
• Identify market trends and new product or application opportunities.

Skills

Technical sales

Relationship building

Sales forecasting

Territory management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

Salesforce

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Crane ChemPharma & Energy’s Resistoflex brand is seeking a Sales Engineer to cover the Midwest, focusing on technical sales of hoses, fittings, and expansion joints, and to build strong relationships with distributors and end users.

You will own territory growth, provide training, manage forecasts, and identify new opportunities across chemical, petrochemical, refinery, semiconductor, and biopharma segments.