Job Description:

Aldershot, Hampshire | £45,000-£55,000 DOE | 25-30% UK & International Travel

Are you a mechanically minded engineer who enjoys understanding how products work, solving technical problems and working with customers?

We're working with a specialist UK manufacturer of personal protection and life-support equipment for high-risk environments, who are looking for a Technical Sales Engineer to join their team in Aldershot.

This is an opportunity to combine your engineering knowledge with customer interaction, product demonstrations and international travel. You don't need to be a traditional salesperson; we're particularly interested in engineers who enjoy explaining technical solutions and working with customers.

You'll act as a technical point of contact for customers, end users and the wider sales team, helping them understand the products and how they can be used.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting customer meetings and technical presentations

• Demonstrating products and explaining their capabilities

• Visiting customer sites to understand technical requirements

• Providing pre- and post-sales technical support

• Delivering product training and technical briefings

• Supporting the global sales team with product knowledge

• Evaluating and testing products

• Translating customer requirements into practical engineering solutions

• Feeding customer feedback into product development

• Working with customers, distributors, OEMs and end users internationally

Approximately 25-30% of the role involves UK and international travel, with the remainder based at the Aldershot office.

We're particularly interested in people with a formal mechanical engineering background who have developed an interest in the customer-facing side of engineering.

You could currently be working as a:

• Mechanical Engineer

• Production or Manufacturing Engineer

• Design or Mechanical Design Engineer

• Applications Engineer

• Project Engineer

• Technical Sales Engineer or Sales Engineer

You may already have technical sales experience, or be an engineer looking to move into a more customer-facing position.

A BEng, HND or HNC in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or a similar discipline would be highly desirable.

Experience with the following would be useful:

• Mechanical engineering and engineered products

• Industrial machinery, equipment and mechanical systems

• Compressors, pumps, motors, drives, valves, pneumatics or hydraulics

• Production, manufacturing and mechanical design

• Engineering drawings and technical specifications

• Product development, testing, trials and demonstrations

• Working between engineering, production and customers

Experience with breathing apparatus, respiratory protection, life-support equipment or specialist safety equipment would be advantageous.

Other relevant industries include aerospace, defence, automotive, motorsport, industrial machinery, oil & gas, marine and medical equipment.

Direct experience in the personal protection industry isn't essential.

You'll be someone who:

• Has a genuine interest in mechanical engineering and how products work

• Can understand technical requirements and develop practical solutions

• Enjoys explaining technical information to customers

• Is confident presenting and demonstrating products

• Communicates well with engineers, production teams and customers

• Is practical, analytical and solutions-focused

• Enjoys variety and taking ownership

• Is happy with international travel, including occasional weekends

You'll need to be able to commute to Aldershot and be comfortable with regular UK and international travel.

• £45,000-£55,000 salary, depending on experience

• Specialist mechanical and safety-critical equipment

• UK and international customer exposure

• Approximately 25-30% travel

• A varied role combining engineering, products and customer interaction

• Long-term career opportunity within a specialist UK manufacturer

If you're a mechanically qualified engineer who enjoys working with products, solving problems and dealing with people, this could be an interesting next step.

Technical Sales Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Production Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Design Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer, Applications Engineer, Sales Engineer, Technical Project Engineer, Product Engineer.

Impact Recruitment are a recruitment business working on behalf of our client.