Job Description:

Dumbarton | Permanent | Flexible working hours 

Talent Media is delighted to partner with an established engineering business to recruit a Sales Engineer for its Aftermarket & Proposals team.

This role suits someone with a solid engineering background who enjoys working with customers and has technical sales experience. You’ll help turn customer enquiries into clear, accurate proposals, supporting opportunities from the initial request through to order.

What you’ll be doing

• Responding to new enquiries and requests for revised quotations.
• Reviewing customer requirements and preparing quotes, proposals and tenders.
• Following up proposals to help convert opportunities into orders.
• Building strong customer relationships and identifying opportunities to grow existing accounts.
• Understanding engineering drawings and working with internal teams to resolve technical and commercial queries.
• Coordinating order handovers and sharing updates with colleagues across the business.
• Identifying opportunities to recommend aftermarket parts, retrofits, upgrades, and other relevant solutions.

What we’re looking for

• An engineering background with technical sales experience.
• An HNC or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline.
• Confidence reviewing technical information and engineering drawings.
• Strong customer communication and relationship-building skills.
• Commercial awareness, attention to detail and a proactive approach.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Experience supporting business development or marketing activity would be useful.

What’s on offer

• Up to 38k DOE. 
• 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with flexible working hours.
• 27 days’ annual leave, plus 8 public holidays.
• Company pension through a salary sacrifice scheme, with employer contributions of up to 6%.

If you have the engineering knowledge and customer focus to help develop technical opportunities into successful orders, we’d be pleased to hear from you.

To find out more or apply, contact Talent Media for a confidential conversation.