Sales Engineer in Southampton - Net Recruit

Your Company:
A leading engineering business has partnered with the team at NET Recruit on its search for a Sales Engineer to join its growing service division. The organisation is a well-established, supporting a diverse customer base across commercial and industrial sectors.
The business offers a fully integrated service model, supplying, renting, servicing, and maintaining equipment for customers requiring both planned and reactive support. This allows clients to benefit from a complete 360-degree solution covering equipment performance, uptime, and long-term operational efficiency.

Your Role and Responsibilities
While in this position your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Qualifying remedial leads and proactively contacting customers
• Managing inbound enquiries via phone, email, and shared inboxes
• Sourcing suppliers and negotiating pricing for competitive quotations
• Producing and issuing quotes via CRM with accuracy and strong presentation standards
• Maintaining and developing a sales pipeline through regular CRM updates
• Making outbound calls to support conversion, forecasting, and objection handling
• Processing customer orders via CRM, Field Service, or SAP within authority levels
• Collaborating with service, sales, and customer teams to ensure smooth delivery of works
• Logging service contract and sales opportunities in CRM
• Developing knowledge of refrigeration and temperature control systems
• Providing front-line technical support and identifying remedial opportunities
• Supporting external sales and project teams on cross-business opportunities
• Building and maintaining strong customer relationships
• Delivering timely solutions to support customer satisfaction and repeat business
• Supporting CRM alignment across internal and external teams
• Preparing forecasts, pipeline reports, and performance updates
• Analysing market trends and customer feedback to identify opportunities
• Contributing insights to improve sales strategy and performance
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, and company standards
• Supporting training, development, and continuous improvement
• Taking ownership of personal performance and development
• Undertaking additional duties as required

What You Will Need to Apply:

• Previous experience in a commercial sales or service-based engineering environment, ideally within HVAC, refrigeration, or a related technical industry
• Strong customer-facing experience with the ability to manage a sales pipeline effectively
• Good understanding of technical service environments and the ability to interpret customer requirements into commercial solutions
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Confidence in handling customer objections and negotiating outcomes
• Proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office applications
• A proactive and well-organised approach to workload management
• Awareness of health and safety principles within industrial environments

What You Will Get in Return:
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, depending on experience, along with a performance-related bonus scheme that can range from 30% to 50%. In addition, the benefits package includes a strong holiday allowance, pension contribution, and a range of additional employee perks such as insurance and wellbeing support.

This role offers the opportunity to join a highly skilled and collaborative team within a growing service function, where development and progression are actively encouraged. You will have access to ongoing training, technical development, and internal career opportunities, supporting long-term professional growth within a dynamic and evolving business environment.
If this opportunity is of interest and you would like to explore it further, please feel free to reach out for an informal discussion.

To discuss this excellent role further, please do not hesitate to reach out to:

Alexander Booth - Talent Acquisition Specialist

M: 07525 238567
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