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Sales & Technical Support Engineer
** £26,000 - £28,000 ** Pension ** 24 days per annum ** Free Car Parking
This role is responsible for providing technical support and advice to customers and internal staff. Following training, the successful applicant shall gain an in-depth knowledge of the company’s products, how they operate, how they are applied and maintained.
Job Specifications:
- Travel to sites to advise on installation or to assist Sales with equipment selection.
- Provide onsite technical assistance and support to our installation and service teams.
- Identifying opportunities for new equipment and planned maintenance.
- Recording the initial enquiry and provide technical support to customers
- Liaise with manufacturers to provide technical support to customers and Field Engineers
- Go to manufacturers for technical training
- Preparing and issuing quotations in a prompt, accurate and timely manner
- Following up quotations and responding to queries for new equipment.
- Become the technical resource for the sales team in the selection of sensors, water treatment and other accessory items
- Updating customer account details on Sage in response to approved credit accounts
- Attend trade shows where the company is exhibiting to work the trade stand
- Create marketing case studies and reference projects with the marketing team
- Contact potential customers to promote solutions and products
- Work to achieve a sales target and to increase company sales
- Regularly meet with the Sales Manager to review sales and projects working on
- Maintain and develop customer long term relationships
- Identify and develop all commercial opportunities for both equipment, planned maintenance and spare parts
Person Specification:
- Time management and organisational skills.
- Good working knowledge of MS Office and Sage
- Apply your knowledge and experience to unfamiliar technical or operational situations and deliver practicable, workable, and effective solutions.
- Provide cover for other members of staff during holidays and absences.
- Be capable of problem solving both technically and operationally to meet the needs of the business.
- Promote our products and services over the phone and on-site during service visits.
- Communicate well both verbally and in writing.
Additional Information:
- Based in Leatherhead
- £26,000 - £28,000
- Company bonus
- Pension
- 24 days per annum
- Free Car Parking
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Please note that if you have not been contacted within 5 working days, then unfortunately on this occasion your CV has not been shortlisted.
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