Sales Engineer Rockfall and Geotechnical in Livingston

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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

The role 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.

The ideal applicant will have:

• Experience as a Sales Engineer Rockfall and Geotechnical.
• Ideally looking for someone with rockfall slant/experience.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.