Sales Engineer – Geotechnical & Civil Engineering, 'BS1 3AG'

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: South West & South Wales Remuneration: £40,000-£50,000 Neg. + 16-18% bonus Benefits: Fully expensed Car or 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 60% of your time winning specifications with consulting engineers * 40% 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. £500,000-£750,000, very capable of achieving £1m+ * 40% new business prospecting, 60% account management, you will inherit a healthy project bank * Typical projects range in size from £10,000-£50,000, although can be much larger * Once pandemic has settled down, will involve 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 dedicated field sales professional who pulls all sales through established distribution partners * 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: * Ideally you will have a proven track record of winning geotechnical or civil engineering specification projects * May consider non sales background with geotechnical or civil engineering background/ qualification (who is strong commercially) * Previous experience of influencing and managing relationships with consulting engineers and civil engineering contractors is essential * Ideally with a technical/ commercial mix * Self-starter, motivated to work from home * Civil engineering, geology or geotechnical qualification (HNC as a minimum) * Technically astute * Understands value engineering * Contacts within consulting engineers and civil engineering contractors preferred * Knowledge of geotechnical products is ideal although 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 £15m UK turnover * Part of a larger group * Privately held Please contact Paul, Lee or Simon from Mitchell Maguire on (phone number removed) for an immediate interview. 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