Sales Engineer / Senior Sales Engineer
Employment Type: Full-time
Location & Work Arrangement: Remote (Both Positions)
- Sabah / Sarawak: Candidates must be physically based in Sabah or Sarawak, preferably in Sabah or Bintulu. Experience working with EPCC contractors and end clients in the Oil & Gas industry is preferred.
- Penang: Candidates must be physically based in Penang. Experience in the valve industry or project sales is preferred.
Client Overview
Our client is a provider of industrial sealing and fluid control solutions, serving customers across the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, manufacturing, and process industries.
Job Overview
We are seeking a technically capable and results-driven Sales Engineer / Senior Sales Engineer to drive business development, manage customer relationships, and grow sales within the industrial sector.
This role is suitable for intermediate to senior individual contributors with approximately 3–5 years of relevant sales experience.
Important: Candidates with current or previous managerial experience are not eligible. Applications are open to Sales Engineer and Senior Sales Engineer-level candidates only.
Responsibilities
Sales & Business Development
- Identify and develop new business opportunities across Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, manufacturing, and process industries.
- Build and maintain relationships with EPCC contractors, end users, engineering contractors, distributors, and key customers.
- Conduct technical sales presentations and recommend suitable industrial sealing solutions.
- Achieve assigned sales, revenue, and gross profit targets.
Technical Sales & Solutions
- Provide technical advice on gasket and sealing product selection based on operating pressure, temperature, media, flange types, and applicable standards.
- Promote products including spiral wound gaskets, RTJ gaskets, compressed fiber sheets, PTFE gaskets, packing, and related sealing solutions.
- Provide basic troubleshooting support for sealing failures, leakage, and installation issues.
- Coordinate with engineering and factory teams on customized or non-standard product requirements.
Quotation & Tender Management
- Prepare quotations, proposals, and technical documentation.
- Review technical drawings, datasheets, and tender specifications.
- Manage RFQs, tenders, and project bids while ensuring pricing and margins meet company requirements.
Customer & Account Management
- Conduct regular customer visits, site inspections, and sales follow-ups.
- Build long-term relationships with engineering, procurement, maintenance, and other key stakeholders.
- Provide after-sales support and coordinate customer complaints and corrective actions.
Internal Coordination & Reporting
- Work closely with production, engineering, logistics, and supply chain teams to ensure timely order fulfilment.
- Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and new business opportunities.
- Maintain accurate sales pipeline records, forecasts, project updates, and CRM documentation.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of relevant sales experience, preferably in technical or industrial sales.
a) For Sabah/Sarawak, experience dealing with EPCC contractors and end clients in the Oil & Gas industry is highly desirable.
b) For Penang, experience in the valve industry or project sales is preferred.
- Experience selling industrial products such as valves, bearings, pumps, gaskets, sealing products, or M&E-related solutions.
- Strong technical sales, business development, and customer relationship management skills.
- An established customer network within Sabah, Sarawak, Bintulu, or the relevant territory is an advantage.
- Experience serving power plants, cement plants, water treatment facilities, pharmaceutical companies, or other process industries is preferred.
- Candidates from palm oil, glove manufacturing, food and beverage, shipyards, or marine industries may also be considered if they have relevant technical sales experience and proven sales achievements.
- Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
- Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to travel for customer visits and business development activities.
- No current or previous managerial experience.
Working Hours
- Monday–Thursday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Saturday & Sunday: Off
Additional Benefits & Incentives
- Sales commission and performance-based incentives.
- Annual sales achievement incentives for 2026 and 2027.
- Additional quarterly incentives for top target achievement and highest sales performance.
- Year-end bonus of 1–4 months, subject to individual and company performance.