Sales Director / Business Development North America, East Coast

Global Water Engineering Group; Gisborne; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Technical sales support

Global project exposure

Job summary

Global Water Engineering Group is seeking a Sales Director for North America, East Coast to lead business development and expand the regional sales footprint. You will drive revenue growth across key customer sectors and manage long, complex sales cycles.

The role reports to the CCO and requires frequent travel, strong technical and industry network, and the ability to tailor solutions for local conditions and client needs.

Qualifications

• Technical bachelor education.
• Proficiency in English language (spoken and written).
• Multiple years of sales experience in the industry (preferred wastewater/biogas/energy).
• Experience with long sales projects with complex DMU's.
• Recognizable network in the food industry.
• Frequent traveling (35% of the time).
• Open to candidates on East Coast of America or Europe willing to travel.

Responsibilities

• Sell complete wastewater treatment plants, waste-to-energy and biogas installations in the assigned region.
• Make frequent visits to identify opportunities for clients and prospects.
• Introduce GWE's innovative technologies to prospects and clients.
• Maintain and develop the network of existing clients, governments, agencies and local advisors.
• Coordinate with sales and engineering teams to deliver tailored, economically attractive solutions.

Skills

English proficiency

Sales experience

DMU sales cycles

Food industry network

Travel willingness

Education

Technical bachelor degree

Job description

Sales Director / Business Development North America, East Coast

Location: North America, East Coast

Last update: September 15, 2026

Status: open

GWE is looking for a Sales Director for North America, East Coast to expand our global sales force and contribute to GWE's business development.

It is a challenging position for motivated, sales and results-driven candidates. The Sales Director will report to the CCO.

Your Tasks & Responsibilities

• Selling complete (waste)water treatment plants, waste-to-energy and biogas utilization installations in the assigned region;
• Frequent visits to the area to identify opportunities for GWE's clients and prospects.
• Introduction of the GWE's innovative technologies to the prospects and clients.
• Maintenance and further development of the network of the existing clients, governments, engineering agencies and local advisors.
• Internal communication with the GWE's sales and engineering team to deliver the economically attractive solution tailored to the clients' requirements and local conditions.

Candidate's profile:

• Technical bachelor education.
• Proficiency in the English language (both spoken and written) – knowledge of other languages is an advantage.
• Multiple years of sales experience in the industry (preferred wastewater/ biogas/ energy).
• Experience with long sales projects with complex DMU's.
• Recognizable network in the food industry.
• Clients of GWE are local organizations as well as multinationals, mainly active in the food & beverage, starch, distilleries, palm oil, paper & pulp industry and semi-private solid waste companies. The affinity with the mentioned industries as the existing contact network is an advantage.
• Frequent traveling (35% of the time).
• We are open to candidates who are based on the East Coast of America or in Europe and are willing to travel to the region occasionally.

What do we offer?

• Excellent primary and secondary benefits.
• High level of technical support by the zealous and eager sales team.
• Reference projects at worldwide known organizations.