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Sales Engineer – Rockfall and Geotechnical
Job Title: Sales Engineer – Rockfall and Geotechnical
Industry Sector: Civil Engineer Contractors and Main Civil Contractors, Highways, Geotextile, Geosynthetics, Consulting Engineers, Local Authorities and Highways Maintenance Contractors
Area to be covered: Scotland
Remuneration: £50,000 Neg. + 10% bonus
Benefits: £550 Car Allowance + full benefits package
The role of the Sales Engineer – Rockfall and Geotechnical 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
* 60% of your time will focus on managing rockfall solutions and rock-fall-hazard mitigation
* 40% promoting retaining walls & structures and soil reinforced slopes & walls (but also erosion protection, 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
* Managing an area currently turning over approx. £800,000-£1m currently performing slightly below budget expectation
* 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 – Rockfall and Geotechnical experience with:
* Ideally looking for someone with rockfall slant/experience
* Ideally a Geotech or geologist who knows a bit about rockfall and the potential solutions
* Open to non-sales background with geotechnical contractors or civil engineering contractors or consulting engineers looking for a more commercially led role
* Ideally not a fresh graduate, must have at least 2-4 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
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 applicationsDo not include the following in your job application, CV, or cover letter:
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