Sales Engineer
Job Overview
Job Title: Sales Engineer
Department: Production
Location: Gainsborough, Britannia Works
Hours of work: Full Time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
Introduction
Wefco, situated in Britannia Works in Gainsborough, are specialists in the manufacture of storage tanks, pressure vessels, general fabrications and other bespoke bulk storage solutions. We are a trusted organisation with core values of quality, integrity, collaboration, rewards, customer focus and community engagement.
With pathways into a diverse range of sectors, including large scale projects in Hydrogen, waste to energy and clean fuels, this is an exciting time to join Wefco!
At a time of continued growth, huge investment and ever increasing order book we maintain our commitment to skills training and offering brand new career opportunities.
Job Description
As the Sales Engineer, you will play a key role in handling sales enquiries, drive existing and new exciting product development.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop business growth.
- Support and grow sales in both our established and expanding product sectors.
- Manage and expand an existing customer base
- Handle customer enquiries
- Evaluate customer requirements – enquiries and drawings.
- Writing technical proposals and quotations
- New business development
- Manage office and administrative activities related to sales operations
- Work closely with internal teams on specifications, quotes, and proposals
- Ensure deadlines, KPIs, and customer expectations are consistently met
- Follow up calls / visits to clients
- Client visits and participate at trade fairs, and industry events
- Help achieve targeted results as a key member of the sales team
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You’ll receive:
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience).
- Pension scheme.
- Supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Death in service.
- Sick pay.
- The opportunity to join a thriving and dynamic team in a well-established and expanding company.
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
About You
This role suits someone who has a technical awareness and enthusiasm for marketing, commercial aptitude, and is methodical with numbers.
- An engineering qualification — HNC/HND, degree, or qualified by experience. Mechanical, manufacturing, or fabrication backgrounds are all relevant
- Experience reading technical drawings, P&IDs, or fabrication specifications
- A grasp of how products are costed and priced — or the appetite to learn quickly
- Confident speaking with clients by telephone and in person
- Strong written communication — proposals, quotations, technical clarifications
- The self-discipline to manage your own pipeline without being micro-managed
- Ideally some exposure to fabrication, pressure vessels, tanks, oil and gas, water treatment, chemical processing, or an adjacent industrial sector
If you are a proactive, results-oriented individual with a passion for sales and marketing, we look forward to hearing from you.