Technical Sales Trainee: Engineering-to-Sales Career Path

Puffer-Sweiven; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Puffer-Sweiven invites recent graduates to join a Technical Sales Trainee program in Houston, TX. The role blends training across Sales, Operations, and Inside Sales with exposure to pricing, product sizing, and customer interactions for process control equipment.

Successful candidates will have a engineering or industrial distribution background, strong communication, and readiness to learn through on-the-job and classroom sessions, with clear promotional paths into sales engineering roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or industrial distribution is required.
• Proven communication skills and basic sales knowledge.
• Proficiency with MS Word/Excel and related data tools.

Responsibilities

• Learn and perform basic duties in Sales, Operations, Inside Sales, Accounting or Branch sales.
• Observe experienced sales professionals to learn methods and standards.
• Prepare proposals/quotes including product sizing, selection and pricing.
• Interact with customers daily providing technical, commercial, and general sales support.
• Attend company-sponsored training classes.

Skills

Sales knowledge

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Mathematical reasoning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Industrial Distribution

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Order Processing

Inventory software

Database software

Job description

Puffer-Sweiven invites recent graduates to join a Technical Sales Trainee program in Houston, TX. The role blends training across Sales, Operations, and Inside Sales with exposure to pricing, product sizing, and customer interactions for process control equipment.

Successful candidates will have a engineering or industrial distribution background, strong communication, and readiness to learn through on-the-job and classroom sessions, with clear promotional paths into sales engineering roles.