Sales Engineer Geotechnical and Civil Engineering

Job Title: Sales Engineer Geotechnical & Civil Engineering

Industry Sector: Civil Engineer Contractors and Main Civil Contractors, Highways, Geotextile, Geosynthetics, Consulting Engineers, Local Authorities and Highways Maintenance Contractors

Area to be covered: Midlands

Remuneration: £40,000-£45,000 Neg. + 10% bonus

Benefits: £550 Car Allowance + full benefits package

The role of the Sales Engineer Geotechnical & Civil Engineering will involve:

• Field based technical role, responsible for providing technical support, technical advice, project management, and quotations to clients who are looking to utilize a wide range of geotechnical products
• Business development both technically and commercially, with a remit to promote our clients solutions and design and installation services
• Promoting predominantly retaining walls & structures and soil reinforced slopes & walls (but also erosion protection, rock-fall hazard mitigation, pavement & ground stabilization, geosynthetics etc.)
• Circa 50% of your time winning specifications with consulting engineers
• 50% managing, building relationships and breaking specifications (using technical expertise) with civil engineering contractors
• Projects can vary from housing schemes to infrastructure
• Managing an area currently turning over approx. £800,000-£1.2m currently performing slightly below budget expectation (predominantly down to current economic climate)
• 50% new business prospecting, 50% account management, you will inherit a healthy project bank
• Typical projects range in size from £10,000-£50,000, although can be much larger
• Three days a week on the road winning specifications and influencing specifiers, two days a week working from home on technical proposals and designs
• Working in conjunction with established distribution partners and internal sales team resource
• Plan, develop and execute technical seminars and presentations on all geosynthetic materials

The ideal applicant will be a Sales Engineer Geotechnical & Civil Engineering experience with:

Open to non-sales background with geotechnical contractors or civil engineering contractors or consulting engineers looking for a more commercially led role

Ideally no graduates must have at least 2 years experience in the industry.

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 (HNC and above)

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

The Company:

Very well established business

Circa £20m UK turnover

Part of a larger group

Privately held

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:retaining walls & structures, soil reinforced slopes & walls, erosion protection, rock-fall hazard mitigation, pavement & ground stabilization, geosythetics, geocomposite drainage, geotextiles, geomembranes, separation, reinforcement and civil engineering applications

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