Technical Sales Manager – Water Treatment / EPC
We are looking for a technical sales professional with experience in the water treatment industry and a consultative, long‑cycle sales approach. In this role you will own and develop the EPC channel with strong growth potential, shaping strategy, winning major projects, and making a measurable commercial impact.
Salary & Benefits
BASIC SALARY: Up to £65,000
* Bonus (2% of increased turnover)
* 23 days annual leave
* Pension
Location
This role covers the UK and Ireland. It is predominantly home‑based, with occasional visits to our head office in Hitchin.
Commute‑able locations include:
* Hitchin
* Birmingham
* Northampton
* Manchester
* Milton Keynes
* Leeds
* Oxford
* Watford
* Hemel Hempstead
* Belfast
* Cambridge
* Coventry
* Nottingham
* Sheffield
* Luton
* Ireland
* Bristol
Job Description
This is a new business‑focused role targeting EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contractors across the water and industrial sectors. You will identify, develop and convert opportunities within a long, technical sales cycle, engaging early at the specification stage with a consultative approach.
Key Responsibilities
* Identify and develop new business opportunities within EPC contractors and major projects, uncovering new market opportunities with existing clients. First‑year target: £1.5 million.
* Engage early in the project life cycle to influence specifications and solution design.
* Manage long sales cycles from initial contact through to project award – typical cycle between 6 months and 2 years.
* Work closely with internal technical teams to deliver compliant, commercially viable solutions.
* Review customer specifications and drawings to confirm compliance with system design.
* Support tendering and technical sales activity by collaborating with internal teams to define process requirements, review specifications and drawings, contribute to costings and commercial input, and coordinate the preparation of compliant, high‑quality tender documentation and proposals.
Person Specification
* Experience selling into the EPC market.
* Proven track record in B2B sales, ideally within capital equipment or technical solutions.
* Experience in managing the full sales cycle from lead generation through closing and account development.
* Ideally experience within water treatment or a related sector.
* Willingness and ability to travel across the UK and Ireland, and potentially Europe, as required.
* Comfortable operating in a consultative, engineering‑led environment with a high degree of autonomy.
EEO Statement
No matter who you are, we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Our client embraces diversity, champions equality, and fosters inclusion.
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