Mitchell Maguire
Sales Engineer Rockfall and Geotechnical
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Sales Engineer Rockfall and Geotechnical
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
Role Overview
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.
- Projects can vary from housing schemes to infrastructure.
- 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.
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Ideal Applicant
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.
- Practical experience in designing with geosynthetics.
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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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