Sales Engineer

Metric Geo; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Metric Geo in Houston is seeking a Sales Engineer to drive new business across Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical and Energy markets. This newly created role focuses on developing turnkey, engineered solutions and building strong relationships with industrial end users and project stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in technical sales or business development, experience selling to energy customers, and an engineering degree.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of technical sales, sales engineering or business development experience.
• Proven experience selling technology into Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining or Energy customers.
• Strong new business development / hunter mentality.
• Experience selling turnkey, project-based or engineered solutions.
• Comfortable developing relationships directly with industrial end users and engineering stakeholders.
• Engineering degree strongly preferred.
• Based in the Greater Houston area.

Responsibilities

• Drive new business development and identify new customers, projects and applications.
• Develop turnkey, engineered solution opportunities across refineries, chemical/petrochemical plants, pipelines and power generation facilities.
• Build relationships with engineering, operations, maintenance and project stakeholders.
• Manage opportunities throughout the full sales cycle, from initial identification and technical discussions through to proposal and close.
• Work closely with internal engineering, applications and technical teams to develop customer-specific solutions.
• Identify opportunities to expand into new applications and end markets.
• Represent a highly engineered portfolio of electrical heating and process technologies.

Skills

Technical sales

New business development

Hunter mentality

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

A global manufacturer of engineered electrical and process technologies is looking to add a Sales Engineer to its growing team in Houston.

This is a newly created position following continued growth, with responsibility for developing new business across the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical and Energy markets throughout the Houston/Gulf Coast region.

The Role:

• Drive new business development and identify new customers, projects and applications
• Develop turnkey, engineered solution opportunities across refineries, chemical/petrochemical plants, pipelines and power generation facilities
• Build relationships with engineering, operations, maintenance and project stakeholders
• Manage opportunities throughout the full sales cycle, from initial identification and technical discussions through to proposal and close
• Work closely with internal engineering, applications and technical teams to develop customer-specific solutions
• Identify opportunities to expand into new applications and end markets
• Represent a highly engineered portfolio of electrical heating and process technologies

The Ideal Candidate:

• 5–10 years of technical sales, sales engineering or business development experience
• Proven experience selling technology into Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining or Energy customers
• Strong new business development / hunter mentality
• Experience selling turnkey, project-based or engineered solutions
• Comfortable developing relationships directly with industrial end users and engineering stakeholders
• Engineering degree strongly preferred
• Based in the Greater Houston area

Experience within electrical heat tracing, process heating, hazardous-area electrical equipment, instrumentation, process automation, flow control or other related process technologies would be highly relevant.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team with significant scope to develop new customers, applications and markets.