Modern Plant is looking for a Graduate Sales Engineer to join our internal technical and commercial team.
This is more than just a first job; it's a career opportunity designed to help you apply what you've learned and grow into a high-impact, commercially savvy professional.
What You'll Gain:
Hands-on experience in a hybrid technical and commercial support role
The chance to apply your academic background in real-world engineering supply projects
Exposure to customer engagement, technical product support, and commercial strategy
Support for ongoing professional development in a high-performance, people-first team
Who Are You:
A recent graduate in engineering or a technical discipline
Eager to develop both your technical and commercial skillsets
Looking for a long-term career path in a specialist, solutions-driven company
Motivated, curious, and ready to make a difference
Responsibilities
Compiling and maintaining an appropriate business development pipeline for area of responsibility
Identifying and qualifying relevant sales and specification opportunities
Developing and maintaining an accurate database of relevant specifiers and contractors
Initiation and facilitation of virtual CPD and product training sessions (webinar and workshop)
Maintaining currency of product documentation, samples, displays
Proposing updates for social media and for area of responsibility
Achieving sales target for area of responsibility (revenue & GM)
Handling Customer enquiries / sales support enquiries and technical quotations.
Managing existing accounts, phone-based sales
Complete introductory product training course
Build relationships with the various companies throughout the customer base
Maintain a sales focused attitude in all dealings with the customer base
Operate in a proactive fashion to best publicise products and secure orders and additional revenue through regular contact
Maintain a positive attitude and foster a passion for the company and products you represent
Maintain and increase sales by timely and active communication with the customer base, Highlight offers, and incentives as required
Maintain the CRM system all sales, order, contact, customer, lead and supplier information within System.
Enter, maintain, and update all activity within System
Office based support to the external sales team
Have an awareness of the complete product offering
Qualifications / Experience / Person Specification
Outgoing and positive personality
Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering
An understanding of sales customer service
Sales team experience
Sales and customer service focus
Commercial awareness
Team Player
Mechanical and electrical aptitude
Ability to attain basic customer/technical/product knowledge within a relatively short period of time (3-6months)
Analytical skills
Able to use initiative to follow general guidelines to achieve goals
Ability to work unaided and unsupervised as part of the wider team
Reporting as agreed and required vs targets
MS Office including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Remote / Virtual platforms including MS Teams, Zoom and Skype
MRP/ERP – preferably SAP Business One
Please note this is an office based role - 5 days per week onsite
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
Company pension
On-site parking
Private medical insurance
Ability to commute/relocate:
Ballymount, CO.
Dublin: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
Ireland (required)
Work Location: In person