Technical Sales Engineer (Manufacturing)
Job description
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Technical Sales Engineer (Manufacturing)
£37,000-£45,000 + Training + Early Friday finish + Office Based + Progression + Company Benefits
Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire
Are you a Technical Sales Engineer or similar with a background in manufacturing/Air movement looking for a varied autonomous role within a specialist manufacturer offering a unique workload and the opportunity to grow within the business?
For over 40 years this company have been providing a range of specialist solutions to industries including the oil and gas, energy and wastewater. This has allowed them to become a leader in their sector and grow their team to over 100 and Millon pound turnover.
In this role, you will work closely with clients and internal engineering teams to deliver tailored technical solutions, supporting projects from initial enquiry through to quotation. Alongside preparing technical and commercial proposals, you will build cost estimates and ensure customer requirements are met throughout the sales process.
This role would suit a Technical Sales Engineer or similar looking for a technically focused position within a company offering a unique workload, specialist training, and ongoing development.
The Role
- Liaise with clients and internal teams
- Prepare cost proposals
- Support projects from enquiry through to Quotation
The Person
- Technical Sales Engineer or similar
- Manufacturing /HVAC or similar background
- Can commute to Heckmondwike
Reference Number: BBH25487A
Applications Engineer, Technical, HVAC, Manufacturing, Sales , Project Engineer, Estimator, Technical Sales, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Dewsbury
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates. The salary advertised is a guideline for this position. The offered renumeration will be dependent on the extent of your experience, qualifications, and skill set.
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Key skills
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⭐ Highlight your HVAC or air movement background prominently in your Personal Statement, as the advert lists these as primary technical backgrounds sought.
📊 Quantify your proposals experience: e.g. 'Prepared 80+ technical and commercial quotations annually, achieving a 35% conversion rate on new enquiries'.
🎯 Tailor your CV to reference oil and gas, energy, or wastewater sectors specifically — the advert names these as core markets for the employer.
🌐 Demonstrate your end-to-end project involvement by structuring bullet points around the enquiry-to-quotation lifecycle the advert explicitly describes.
🤝 Emphasise your ability to liaise between clients and internal engineering teams, as cross-functional collaboration is a stated core duty in this role.
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- •Managed a pipeline of 60+ live technical enquiries simultaneously, preparing HVAC cost proposals that contributed to £1.2M in annual quoted revenue.
- •Collaborated with a 12-person internal engineering team to deliver tailored air movement solutions for 3 oil and gas clients, reducing average quotation turnaround from 10 to 6 working days.
- •Produced detailed commercial and technical proposals for wastewater sector projects, achieving a 40% win rate on competitive tenders over a 2-year period.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Having spent several years delivering technical sales and cost proposals within manufacturing environments, I was drawn to this Technical Sales Engineer opportunity at Ernest Gordon Recruitment's client in Heckmondwike. The role's focus on HVAC and air movement solutions for specialist industrial sectors — including oil and gas and wastewater — aligns directly with the technical grounding and client-facing experience I have built throughout my career.
My background in technical sales engineering has equipped me to manage the full enquiry-to-quotation lifecycle, working closely with both clients and internal engineering teams to produce accurate cost estimates and commercially sound proposals. I am comfortable operating autonomously across multiple concurrent projects whilst maintaining precision in every technical submission.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk us through how you build a cost estimate for a bespoke air movement or HVAC solution from initial enquiry.
- ›How do you ensure technical accuracy when preparing proposals for clients in sectors such as oil and gas or wastewater?
- ›What experience do you have with specialist manufacturing processes, and how has that informed your technical sales approach?
- ›Describe a complex technical proposal you have prepared — what tools or methods did you use to calculate costs?
- ›How do you manage the handover of a project from the quotation stage to the internal engineering team?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage multiple client enquiries simultaneously — how did you prioritise?
- ›Describe a situation where a client's requirements changed mid-proposal. How did you handle it?
- ›Give an example of when you identified a technical solution that the client had not initially considered.
- ›Tell me about a time you worked closely with an internal engineering team to resolve a technical challenge on a sales project.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to work autonomously to deliver a proposal under a tight deadline.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a situation where a client's requirements changed mid-proposal. How did you handle it?
Tell me about a time you worked closely with an internal engineering team to resolve a technical challenge on a sales project.