At a Glance
- Tasks: Kickstart your career in technical sales and support customers with automation solutions.
- Company: Join a leading family-run company in industrial automation with a supportive culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, 17.5% annual leave loading, and birthday leave.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for growth in technical sales and automation.
- Why this job: Gain hands-on experience in engineering and sales while making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Recent engineering graduates or early-career professionals with strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 47250 - 57750 $ per year.
Kickstart your engineering career in technical sales, with real customer and commercial exposure from day one.
About the Opportunity
We’re looking for a recent graduate or early-career engineer who wants to build a career in industrial automation and technical sales. As an Inside Sales Engineer, you’ll be one of the first points of contact for incoming customer enquiries. You’ll help customers identify suitable products, prepare and follow up quotations, and work closely with our field sales engineers to support opportunities across a wide range of industries and applications. You don’t need to know our products from day one. We’ll teach you that. This role brings together engineering, problem-solving, customer communication and sales.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Responding to incoming customer enquiries
- Understanding customer requirements and recommending suitable automation products and solutions.
- Preparing, processing and following up quotations.
- Providing technical and commercial support to our field sales engineers.
- Working with customers and internal teams to help progress sales opportunities.
- Managing competing requests and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
What We’re Looking For
- A recent graduate with a degree in Mechatronic, Mechanical, Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
- Between zero and three years of relevant experience.
- Previous inside sales or technical support experience would be welcomed but is not essential.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple competing tasks simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- A passion for technology and problem-solving in the instrumentation and automation sector.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- Gain practical exposure to both the technical and commercial sides of industrial automation.
- You’ll work alongside a highly skilled and encouraging team who will support you as you learn our products and applications.
- Develop an understanding of how technical solutions are applied across different industries.
- This role can provide a strong foundation for a longer-term career in technical sales, applications or automation.
- 17.5% annual leave loading.
- Birthday leave (one additional day off during your birthday month).
More About ifm
First a passion, then an idea transformed into success. When it comes to pioneering automation and digitalisation technology, the ifm group is an ideal partner. Since its foundation in 1969, ifm has developed, produced and sold sensors, controllers, software and systems for industrial automation and SAP-based solutions for supply chain management and shop floor integration worldwide. Today, the second-generation family-run ifm group has more than 9,000 employees and is one of the worldwide market leaders. The group combines the internationality and innovative strength of a growing group of companies with the flexibility and close customer contact of a medium-sized company. ifm efector pty ltd is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals.
Inside Sales Engineer employer: ifm efector
At ifm, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer that fosters a supportive and dynamic work culture for our Inside Sales Engineers. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will receive hands-on training and mentorship from experienced professionals, allowing you to develop your skills in both technical and commercial aspects of industrial automation. Our commitment to work-life balance is reflected in unique benefits such as 17.5% annual leave loading and birthday leave, making ifm a rewarding place to kickstart your engineering career.
