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Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.\nWe have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.\nJohn Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.\n The Internal Technical Sales Representative is responsible for providing technical and commercial support to customers, external sales & service teams, across John Crane Oceania product and service portfolio.\nProvide technical and commercial support for John Crane products and services including mechanical seals, seal support systems, couplings, filtration systems, asset management solutions, and aftermarket services.\nReview customer enquiries, technical specifications, drawings, and operating conditions to recommend appropriate solutions.\nPrepare accurate and timely quotations, proposals, and tender submissions.\nInterpret customer requirements and ensure recommended solutions meet performance, reliability, and operational objectives.\nProvide product selection and application guidance to customers and internal stakeholders.\nPrepare pricing and commercial offers in accordance with company guidelines and profitability objectives.\nFollow up quotations to maximize conversion rates and identify additional sales opportunities.\nSupport contract and tender reviews from a technical and commercial perspective.\nAssist in achieving sales growth targets through upselling and cross-selling opportunities.\n Essential\nTrade qualification, Certificate, Diploma or Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Maintenance, Business, or a related discipline.\nStrong mechanical aptitude and technical problem-solving capability.\nDesirable\nEngineering degree or equivalent technical qualification.\nExperience with mechanical seals, seal support systems, rotating equipment, pumps, compressors, mixers, or reliability solutions.\nKnowledge of mining and mineral processing operations.\nMinimum 3-5 years' experience in internal sales, technical sales, customer support, or application engineering within an industrial environment.\nExperience supporting rotating equipment, pumps, sealing systems, couplings, filtration systems, or related engineered products.\nExperience preparing technical quotations and commercial proposals.\nKnowledge of reliability, maintenance, and asset performance principles.\nExperience working with ERP and CRM systems.\nStrong customer service and relationship management experience.\nExperience supporting customers within mining, oil & gas, chemical, water, energy, manufacturing, or process industries is highly desirable.\n With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.\nAcross our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.\nJoin us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.\nWe believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.\nAt no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation - including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. 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