Sales engineer

Posting date:	22 January 2026
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	21 February 2026
Location:	WV14
Remote working:	On-site only
Company:	MET Recruitment
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	JOB-4450-20726

Summary

Technical Sales Engineer

Engineering Solutions – UK Market (New Business Focus)

Location: Bilston, West Midlands (UK-wide travel)
Job Type: Full-time, permanent
Salary: DOE + Uncapped Commission / Bonus

The Opportunity

MET Recruitment has partnered exclusively with Bowers & Jones, a world-renowned leader in the design, manufacture, and refurbishment of rolling mill components, to recruit a driven, new-business-focused Sales Engineer.

This opportunity will suit someone who is career-focused, target-driven and motivated by results. You’ll join an award-winning UK engineering business with a strong heritage, excellent reputation, and ambitious growth plans, where success is recognised and rewarded.

The Role

This is a pure new business / hunter role. You’ll be responsible for identifying opportunities, opening doors, and converting prospects into new customers. Working closely with internal engineering and operations teams, you’ll take opportunities from initial discussion through to commercial close.

Key responsibilities include:

• Proactively developing new business across UK manufacturing sectors

  
  

• Prospecting through direct outreach, networking and industry events

  
  

• Visiting new customer sites to understand requirements and challenges

  
  

• Leading technical and commercial discussions with engineering support

  
  

• Producing quotations and proposals from concept to order

  
  

• Managing pipeline, activity and forecasts via CRM

  
  

  About You

  You’ll be a commercially driven Sales Engineer who thrives on winning new business and opening new accounts. You are career-focused, target-oriented and results-driven, with the resilience and motivation needed to succeed in a hunter-style role.

  Essential

  • Experience in technical or engineering-led sales

    
    

  • Proven new business success in manufacturing or industrial markets

    
    

  • Comfortable discussing drawings or engineered solutions

    
    

  • Strong commercial and negotiation skills

    
    

  • Willingness to travel UK-wide

    
    

  • Full UK driving licence

    
    Desirable

    • Engineering qualification or time-served apprenticeship

      
      

    • Exposure to jigging, fixturing, tooling or precision engineering

      
      

    • Basic CAD familiarity (e.g. SolidWorks)

      
      

    • Experience selling into quality-driven environments

      
      

      What’s on Offer

      • Salary DOE

        
        

      • Uncapped commission / bonus directly linked to performance

        
        

      • Company car or car allowance

        
        

      • Phone and laptop

        
        

      • Supportive, people-first culture within a respected engineering business

        
        Interested?

        This role is exclusively managed by MET Recruitment.
        If you’re a career-focused, target-driven Sales Engineer looking to join a world-renowned, award-winning engineering business, we’d love to hear from you.