Permanent - Sales Engineer - Townsville - Australia

•  Pursue enquiries involving applications that require technical input with a focus on nozzles and spray systems.
• Visit existing and new customers who may be of strategic importance to our organization.
• Assess customer needs and suggest appropriate products and services in order to provide the best solution.
• Respond to customer enquiries.
• Using existing templates, generate customer proposals and quotations.
• Research, prepare and present our capabilities to customers.
• Assist in training new and current customers on products and new developments.
• Negotiate prices and delivery times within limits of authority.
• Work towards meeting company revenue targets.
• Identify,   research,   and   contact   prospective   customers   and build positive relationships that will generate future sales and repeat business.
• Develop long-term visit plans involving key customers and accounts.
• Prioritise and schedule activities to best manage and achieve objectives.
• Grow customer base in the area.
• Solve customer technology related problems and identify market opportunities.
• Continuously seek new applications where technology can be implemented in clients process.
• Provide technical support for customers
• Diagnose industrial process equipment on-site, analyse customer control systems and make appropriate integration decisions.
• Generate technically accurate quotes in collaboration with your colleagues.
• Train customers, sales staff, and partner suppliers on new  system technologies.
• Organize technical demonstrations at customer sites of nozzles and systems.
• Work closely with the systems specialists (colleagues) in Australia and also those from around the world.

• Engineering or Technical degree required (Electro-Mechanical by preference, or similar by experience).
• Hands-on and field experience with industrial fluid process equipment, (i.e. nozzles, valves, sensors, tanks, piping, mixing, coating, conveying, blending, cleaning, industrial automation technologies, etc.).
• Good knowledge of the English language (both spoken and written) is a must.

Knowledge of:

• Hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical components used in systems for industrial fluid handling.
• Possess computer skills at a level to effectively execute presentations and correspondence – skills required are Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Excellent customer service skills.

• Excellent trouble shooting, analysis and diagnostic skills on system-based equipment.
• And most importantly:You are a likeable team player who can also work independently.
• You are passionate, you radiate confidence and you have a positive ‘can do’ attitude.
• You are curious and resourceful to find new opportunities.
• You are creative, pro-active and can always find a solution.
• And last but not least, you are tenacious.