Technical Sales Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 22, 2026. Hire Resolve scores B on the Alion truth index.
A leading wastewater and water treatment equipment design and manufacturing company is looking for an experienced Technical Sales Engineer with strong experience in technical/solution sales of industrial capital equipment and direct sector experience in mining, food & beverage, industrial manufacturing or oil & gas to join their team in Alberton. The role is field-based with 40-60% travel and focuses on vertical-aligned solution selling, selling complete multi-item treatment solutions rather than individual catalogue items.
Responsibilities:
Assume responsibility for an assigned vertical, including its named accounts, relevant trigger events, and its twelve-month campaign plan.
Sell across the full offering, including the company’s own manufactured equipment and represented agency lines, assembled into designed, multi-item solutions rather than quoted individually.
Conduct site surveys and circuit audits, interpret effluent and flow data, and work with the Engineering department to size and select equipment.
Build relationships with EPCs, consulting engineers and contractors active within the assigned vertical, and secure specification of equipment at design stage.
Provide structured field input to inform product development, including identified gaps in the current scope, the extent of demand, and indicative value.
Present at least one technical session per year to consulting engineers within the assigned vertical.
Maintain accurate and current CRM records, and submit complete, well-briefed quotation requests to the internal sales desk.
Requirements:
Essential: BEng, BTech or National Diploma in Mechanical, Chemical, Process, Civil or Water engineering, or demonstrably equivalent engineering experience.
Essential: Direct experience in the vertical applied for - mining, food & beverage, industrial manufacturing, or oil & gas.
Essential: Five or more years in technical or solution sales of industrial capital equipment, with a verifiable record of closing multi-item or plant-level orders.
Essential: Able to read and interpret P&IDs, general arrangement drawings, process flow diagrams and equipment datasheets.
Essential: Commercial numeracy covering margin, landed cost, escalation, payment terms, life-cycle cost and payback calculations.
Essential: Valid driver’s licence and genuine willingness to travel 40-60% of the time, including to plant and mine sites.
Essential: Physically able and prepared to work on operating industrial sites, subject to relevant safety inductions and medical assessments.
Advantageous: Working knowledge of wastewater unit processes - screening, grit removal, clarification, thickening, dewatering and aeration.
Advantageous: An established personal network among end users, EPCs and consulting engineers active within the relevant vertical.
Advantageous: Experience selling through EPCs, consulting engineers and formal tender processes.
Advantageous: ECSA registration (Pr Eng, Pr Tech Eng or Pr Techni Eng).
Benefits:
- Salary: negotiable.
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