Trainee Technical Sales Engineer
Redditch- office based full time hours
£25,000-£30,000 depending on your skills, experience and qualifications
Are you passionate about engineering and love solving problems? Do you enjoy engaging with customers and helping them find the right technical solutions? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
We are a growing engineering SME based in Redditch and as we continue to expand, we’re looking for a motivated TraineeTechnical Sales Engineer to join our team and play a key role in supporting our customers and driving our business forward.
As our Internal Technical Sales Engineer, you'll be the first point of contact for incoming sales enquiries, working closely with our engineering and production teams to provide tailored technical solutions. You’ll help interpret customer requirements, prepare quotes, and ensure excellent service throughout the sales process.
TraineeTechnical Sales Engineer Key Responsibilities
* Working alongside a strong internal team, and supporting an external field sales force you will be responding to customer enquiries, providing technical support and guidance including quotes and bids and tenders.
* Prepare accurate quotations and proposals based on technical specifications and drawings.
* Liaise with internal teams to ensure technical feasibility and timely delivery
* Build strong customer relationships and help identify new opportunities. They have a strong existing client base so you are looking at a 90/10 split between existing and new business.
* Maintain records in the CRM system and support general sales activities
The successful TraineeTechnical Sales Engineer will have the following skills and experience:-
* A passion for engineering or how things work, maybe you have worked as a mechanic or similar
* Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
* Previous experience in a technical sales or customer-facing engineering role (preferred, not essential)
* Organised, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced SME environment
* Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering great service
* HNC/HND or degree in Engineering or a related field is desirable, but practical experience and enthusiasm count too!
In return you can expect to receive a basic salary depending on your previous experience and qualifications. Opportunities for personal and professional growth as well as bonus on new business you bring into the company. If you love all things engineering and are always asking yourself how does that work and why does that work, for instance you might work on cars or have a really practical problem solving attitude then we would love to her from you. Please send your updated CV to michelle.laight@pertemps.co.uk