Senior Technical Sales Engineer

Senior Technical Sales Engineer - Industrial Automation & Robotics

Dublin 22 | Nationwide Territory | Permanent

Competitive Salary + Company Vehicle + Pension + Healthcare

Staffline Recruitment is partnering with an established international engineering and technology business to appoint a Senior Technical Sales Engineer.

This is a senior commercial position combining key-account management, consultative technical sales and new-business development. You will inherit a portfolio of significant customer accounts while also identifying and developing new opportunities across Ireland.

The Opportunity

As Senior Technical Sales Engineer, you will help customers overcome operational and engineering challenges by recommending practical automation, sensing and control solutions.

You will develop relationships with stakeholders across engineering, maintenance, production, purchasing and senior management, becoming a trusted commercial and technical partner to your customers.

The position would suit an experienced Technical Sales Engineer, Automation Sales Engineer, Business Development Engineer or Key Account Manager who enjoys combining technical problem-solving with relationship development and sales growth.

What You'll Be Doing

• Taking responsibility for a portfolio of established, high-value customer accounts across Ireland
• Developing account plans that strengthen existing relationships and uncover opportunities for further growth
• Proactively identifying and winning new business within the machine-builder, OEM, robotics and mobile-machinery markets
• Meeting customers to understand their production, automation and engineering challenges
• Translating customer requirements into commercially and technically appropriate solutions
• Working alongside application, controls and PLC specialists to develop larger or more complex customer projects
• Promoting complete automation solutions rather than focusing solely on individual products or components
• Preparing and presenting technical proposals, product recommendations and commercial solutions
• Managing sales opportunities from the initial conversation through specification, proposal and successful implementation
• Building relationships with technical and commercial decision-makers at multiple levels within customer organisations
• Maintaining an accurate sales pipeline and recording customer activity through the company's CRM system
• Monitoring market developments and identifying potential applications within emerging sectors
• Sharing knowledge and providing guidance to colleagues across the wider sales and technical teams
• Representing the organisation professionally during customer meetings, site visits and industry events

What We're Looking For

• A degree in Engineering or another relevant technical discipline
• At least five years' experience in technical sales, solutions sales or engineering-led business development
• Strong knowledge of industrial automation, manufacturing or production environments
• A proven ability to develop existing accounts while generating and converting new-business opportunities
• Experience selling systems, applications or complete technical solutions
• The confidence to discuss automation and PLC-based applications with customers and specialist engineering colleagues
• Experience managing technical sales projects from initial concept through to delivery
• Strong commercial awareness with excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• The ability to build credible relationships with engineers, operational stakeholders and senior decision-makers
• A self-motivated and organised approach, with the ability to manage a nationwide customer portfolio
• A full driving licence and flexibility to travel to customer locations throughout Ireland
• Current eligibility to live and work full-time in Ireland

Experience within machine building, robotics, OEM manufacturing, industrial sensing, mobile machinery, agricultural equipment or off-highway applications would be particularly beneficial.

Previous experience using Salesforce or another CRM and opportunity-management system would also be advantageous.

What's on Offer?

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Company vehicle
• Pension and healthcare benefits
• Company phone and laptop
• Extensive technical, product and systems training
• An established portfolio of major customer accounts
• Significant scope to develop new business across a nationwide territory
• Access to experienced automation and PLC specialists who will support the development of customer solutions
• Long-term career development within an established international organisation

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technical sales professional to take ownership of important customer relationships while developing new business across Ireland's automation, robotics and machine-building sectors.

Please apply to Tiernan Brennan through the link provided with an up-to-date CV. All enquiries and applications will be handled in the strictest confidence by Staffline Recruitment.