At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide technical support and project management for geotechnical products across Scotland.
- Company: Established company with a strong presence in the civil engineering sector.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, car allowance, and comprehensive benefits package.
- Other info: Flexible work environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in geotechnical solutions.
- Qualifications: 2-4 years experience in geotechnical or civil engineering; motivated self-starter.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 50000 £ per year.
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 and Benefits
- Salary: £50,000 Neg. + 10% bonus
- Benefits: £550 Car Allowance + full benefits package
Responsibilities
- 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.
Qualifications
- 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 (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.
Company
- Very well established business.
- Circa £20m UK turnover.
- Part of a larger group.
- Privately held.
We think you need these skills to ace Sales Engineer – Rockfall and Geotechnical in EH1, York Place, City of Edinburgh
Technical Support
Project Management
Business Development
Geotechnical Knowledge
Rockfall Hazard Mitigation
Client Relationship Management
Specification Winning
