Sales Engineer - Geotechnical & Civil Engineering

Sales Engineer - Geotechnical and Civil Engineering

Job Title: Sales Engineer - Geotechnical & Civil Engineering
Industry Sector: Ground Shoring, Groundworkers, High Capacity Propping Solutions, Excavation, Concrete Frame Contractors, Construction, Civil Engineering, Tier 1 Contractors, Large Sub Contractors

Area to be covered: Ideally Birmingham to London

Remuneration: £40,000-£52,000 + £6,000-£15,000 commission (package will determined on experience)

Benefits: hybrid car or car allowance of £500 per month + full benefits package
The role of the Sales Engineer - Geotechnical & Civil Engineering will involve:

• Field sales position selling predominantly the hire (but also the sale) of ground shoring products including high capacity propping solutions
• Purely working on major projects, this can be determined by the complexity of the project for example, size, scale, duration & difficulty
• All of your time will be spent selling to tier 1 contractors, consultants & groundworkers and large sub contractors
• Huge opportunity for growth on this area due to HS2 requirements
• Will be required to grow the divisional turnover by £1m
• Good blend of new business and account management
• Highly technical role
• Typically 2 days per week on the road visiting construction sites and customer offices
• Hybrid in nature, you will spend the remainder of time working from home, teams meetings etc.
• Utilising a team of qualified engineers for technical support

The ideal applicant will be a Sales Engineer - Geotechnical & Civil Engineering and Groundwork with:

• Open to non-sales background with geotechnical contractors or Civil Engineering contractors or consulting engineers looking for a more commercially led role
• Proven track record of winning geotechnical or Civil Engineering specification projects is not essential
• Previous experience of influencing and managing relationships with consulting engineers and Civil Engineering contractors is preferential
• Ideally with a technical/ commercial mix
• Construction site experience
• Self-starter, motivated to work from home
• Civil engineering, geology or geotechnical qualification preferred
• Technically astute
• Understands value engineering
• Contacts within consulting engineers and Civil Engineering contractors may be advantageous
• Knowledge of geotechnical products is not required as full product training will be given
• An understanding of Civil Engineering proposals and designs
• Practical experience in designing with geosynthetics
• Specific knowledge of high capacity ground shoring propping solutions
• Empathetic, energetic, drive, passion and enthusiastic

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Field Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: Ground shoring, groundworking, trench boxes, manhole boxes, manhole braces, pipe lifter, struts & walers, trench lining and tube shoring products, groundworkers, concrete frame contractors, construction and Civil Engineering contractors