National AI Awards 2025Discover AI's trailblazers! Join us to celebrate innovation and nominate industry leaders.

Nominate & Attend

Sales Engineer - Food Engineering

Elland
1 week ago
Create job alert

Sales Engineer required for a process engineering company and manufacturer of a wide range of products such as heat exchangers, and various engineering solutions based in the Elland area for the food industry.

This role is focused on managing key accounts by actively engaging with current customers to maintain high levels of service and identifying new business opportunities to expand our client base. The successful candidate will leverage technical expertise and collaborative efforts to develop tailored solutions, meeting unique customer needs while driving sales growth.

Alongside these core duties, the role may evolve to meet future operational demands and team dynamics.

Our product range, features custom-designed, low-volume items tailored to individual client specifications, unlike standard catalogue products.

Sales Engineer Job Overview

· Build, expand, and promote relationships with both new and existing clients, ensuring all customer expectations are consistently met or surpassed.

· Manage a portfolio of diverse sales projects that may involve multiple lines of inquiry.

· Optimize profitability through customer satisfaction, emphasizing innovation, quality, and value.

Meet and exceed personal and team sales targets by creating and presenting solutions aligned with customer needs.
Regularly assess existing client accounts for potential growth or improvement opportunities
Collaborate on engineering change requests, ensuring stakeholders are informed of cost implications.
Assist with the preparation of technical and financial proposals during the quotation phase.

Sales Engineer Job Requirements

· Minimum HNC qualified in relevant electrical or mechanical engineering discipline (Desirable)

· 5 years plus engineering sales experience, including tracking, planning and forecasting.

Exceptional communication skills to establish and nurture critical relationships.
Strong interpersonal skills, able to work with both internal and external stakeholders effectively.
Demonstrated creative and analytical problem-solving abilities in a collaborative environment.
Proven success in converting solution-based opportunities into sales, ideally within engineering sectors.
Strong Technical Sales background within Engineering
Full UK Driving Licence
A background within food engineering is desirable

Sales Engineer Salary & Benefits

Salary likely Circa £50k-£55k
Car allowance of £5k
Pension (5% employer contribution)
Healthcare
Death in service
07:30-16:00monday-thursday, 07:30-15:30 Friday

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Sales Engineer (automotive)

Graduate Sales Engineer

Graduate Sales Engineer (Automotive)

Specification Sales Engineer – Lighting

Technical Sales Engineer – Pipeline Products

Industrial Sales Engineer

National AI Awards 2025

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

UAV Jobs Salary Calculator 2025: Work Out Your True Worth in Seconds

Why last year’s pay survey already misleads UK drone professionals Ask a BVLOS Pilot stitching flight plans over the Irish Sea, a Drone Data Analyst crunching multispectral crop imagery, or an Avionics Engineer debugging quad‑rotor ESCs at midnight: “Am I earning what I deserve?” The honest answer drifts faster than a geofence breach. Since early 2024 the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) introduced sandbox corridors for beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight operations, Network Rail signed a multi‑million‑pound inspection contract, & the UK’s Future Flight Challenge pumped an extra £105 million into autonomous‑air‑mobility trials. Each shock nudges salary bands. A salary guide printed in 2024 is already a fossil — blind to the surge in middle‑mile drone logistics, the Highlands’ offshore wind survey boom, or the police drones standard now mandating dual‑thermal payloads. To replace guesswork with evidence, UAVJobs.co.uk has distilled a transparent three‑factor formula. Plug in your discipline, UK region & seniority; you’ll see a realistic 2025 baseline — no stale averages, no fuzzy “competitive” labels. This article unpacks the formula, spotlights six forces inflating UAV pay, & sets out five practical moves to boost your market value inside ninety days.

How to Present UAV Solutions to Non-Technical Audiences: A Public Speaking Guide for Job Seekers

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are revolutionising industries—from agriculture and infrastructure to emergency response and environmental monitoring. But as UAVs become more advanced, so does the need to clearly explain what they do, how they work, and why they matter to people outside the engineering world. Whether you're applying for a UAV pilot role, drone software engineer position, regulatory consultant, or operations manager, your ability to present UAV technology and applications to non-technical audiences is a skill that UK employers are increasingly testing in interviews. This guide will help you structure your presentation, simplify technical content, design clear visuals, and confidently respond to common stakeholder questions—so you can stand out in interviews and lead effectively on the job.

UAV Jobs UK 2025: 50 Companies Hiring Now

Bookmark this guide – refreshed every quarter – so you always know who’s really growing their drone and unmanned‑aviation teams. A new CAA sandbox for BVLOS flights, the Future Flight Challenge’s £300 million tranche and booming demand for aerial data are driving a record year for UK UAV hiring in 2025. Employers need platform engineers, flight‑control software developers, remote‑pilots, payload specialists, geospatial analysts, U‑space safety experts & regulatory consultants right now. Below are 50 organisations that have posted UK‑based UAV vacancies or announced head‑count growth during the past eight weeks. They’re grouped into five quick‑scan categories. For each company you’ll find: Main UK hub Example live or recent vacancy Why it’s worth a look – technology focus, culture, mission Search any employer on UAVJobs.co.uk to see live adverts, or set up a free alert so brand‑new openings land straight in your inbox.