{"id":380,"date":"2026-03-24T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/?p=380"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:18:58","slug":"applica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/2026\/03\/24\/applica\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Job<\/strong>\u00a0| <strong>Technical Sales Support Engineer (Mechanical Bias)<\/strong> [Ref: 8873]<br><strong>Company<\/strong>\u00a0| Bespoke Solution Integrator<br><strong>Areas<\/strong>\u00a0| Food and Bev<br>Expertise | Tendering, sales, pipeline development<br><strong>Development<\/strong>\u00a0| progression to Account Managment<br><strong>Location<\/strong>\u00a0| <strong>Cambridgeshire <\/strong>\u2013 hybrid \/ flexible<br><br><strong>The Challenge<br><\/strong>I am working with a process control integrator and machine builder who predominantly work within food and beverages. This company doesn&#8217;t just build and sell machines; they sell high-performance turnkey integrated solutions.<br><br>We are looking for a\u00a0Mechanically Biased Technical Sales Support Engineer\u00a0to bridge the gap between a client\u2019s vision and a fully functioning production line.<br><br>The ideal candidate is likely a mechanical mechatronics engineer who wants to work for a company that is serious about defining solutions with the customer and then delivering on that.<br><br>You won&#8217;t just be &#8220;supporting&#8221; sales; you will be the technical architect behind the proposal, ensuring that every conveyor, platform, and processing unit is physically viable, hygienically designed, and engineered for maximum throughput.<br><br>The company want to go from \u00a320m to \u00a340m \u2013 you\u2019ll be joining a high growth, high performance team that is fully resourced to dominate their target markets.<br><strong><br>Your Engineering Pedigree<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mechanical Mastery:<\/strong>\u00a0You live in 3D CAD (SolidWorks or Autodesk Inventor). You can take a blank factory floor plan and design a complex, multi-stage processing line that respects both physics and floor-space constraints.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project Architecture:<\/strong>\u00a0Experience managing or supporting the lifecycle of large-scale mechanical installations (from \u00a3500k to \u00a35M+). You understand BOMs, process control, fabrication lead times, and how these things all come together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Efficient Design:<\/strong>\u00a0Ideally, you have a background in the food, pharma, or chemical industries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The &#8220;Technical Liaison&#8221;:<\/strong>\u00a0You can talk torque, belt speeds, and pneumatic pressures with the workshop, then pivot to explain the ROI and technical reliability to a Food Factory Manager.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Safety &amp; Standards:<\/strong>\u00a0Deep knowledge of the Machinery Directive, PUWER, and CE\/UKCA marking from a mechanical and structural perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>What You\u2019ll Be Doing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pre-Sales Engineering:<\/strong>\u00a0Accompanying Sales Managers to sites to conduct technical surveys and feasibility studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conceptual Design:<\/strong>\u00a0Creating high-quality general arrangement (GA) drawings and 3D renders to &#8220;wow&#8221; the client during the bid process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Costing &amp; Risk:<\/strong>\u00a0Working with production to ensure quotes are accurate and that the proposed mechanical solution is actually buildable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>The Ideal Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Experience:<\/strong>\u00a0You might be working on the engineering side now for a system integrator \/ machine builder wanting to have more of a say in how the up-front solution is designed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mindset:<\/strong>\u00a0You are &#8220;mechanically curious and open-minded.&#8221; You want to know how to solve production challenges for customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>**We may close applications earlier for this role if we find a suitable candidate.**<\/strong><br><br>Talentometry Limited is an executive search consultancy focusing entirely on businesses utilising or developing emerging technology.<br><strong><br>Unfortunately, we are only able to consider applications from individuals who are already eligible to work in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mechanically Biased Technical Sales Support role to bridge the gap between a client\u2019s vision and a fully functioning production line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[41,24],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cambridgeshire","tag-sales","tag-tendering-proposals-bid"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/ISMS-Compliance-Specialist-2.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentometry.co.uk\/jobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}