Automation Sales Engineer - Gloucester

About us

CKF are an established, leading robotic and automation solutions provider with a reputation for successfully delivering systems to the manufacturing industry within the UK and internationally for over 30 years. Operating from our modern manufacturing premises in Gloucester, UK, we are now one of the largest UK based system integrators, designing and manufacturing robotic systems, automated solutions and conveyor systems.

Our experience, founded in the food industry, has been successfully transferred across a wide range of industries and we are now a recognised system provider across the food & beverage, logistics, e-commerce, automotive and pharmaceutical industries.

Due to our continued success, CKF are looking to appoint a Sales Engineering professional to join our experienced team and help to deliver automation for the future.

CKF Systems offices in Quedgeley, Gloucester.

The role’s working environment and opportunities:

Modern manufacturing facility based in Gloucester
Be part of the enthusiastic, experienced, hard-working team which delivers world class systems.
Specialist design and system integration company, which has a long record of repeat business with well-known blue-chip clients.
A combination of, customer site, home and office work is on offer with this role.
Working on automated systems with the latest vision, robotic and AMR technologies.

This role will suit:

An Automation Sales Engineer, qualified to at least HNC level with bespoke systems, robotics and conveying system experience.
An Engineer who is conscientious and hardworking, with excellent IT and communication skills with related industry experience within sectors – Food, Pharmaceutical, Logistics, E-commerce and Automotive.
A confident professional, with engineering and commercial capability of presenting to global blue-chip companies, whilst maintaining relationships and company reputation.
A person experienced in solution-based selling with a passion for the latest automation technologies within system concept development.
A Sales Engineer with the ability to develop and create conceptual designs with the CKF team, having an understanding of 2D, 3D CAD and simulation principles.
An energetic and enthusiastic professional with a proven technical sales background, commercial acumen, good interpersonal attributes and the ambition to build the future of Automation with the established CKF team.

The job will involve:

Generating sales of automation projects within varied industry sectors.
Providing support to the business marketing activities.
Carrying out technical and commercial evaluation of sales enquiries, determining and ensuring that all relevant information is available.
Lead, contribute to, and convene technical review meetings to assess proposals.
Forming relationships with key suppliers to ensure that latest technologies are understood, enabling the correct technical and commercial solutions are proposed.
Providing guidance to the customers on possible solutions and initial concepts.
Directing the supporting team to enable the generation of system proposals, simulations, tender documents and estimation costs in accordance with customer specifications and requirements.
Becoming a key contributing member of the CKF proposals and engineering teams
Maintaining accurate records of all tenders submitted, including associated documentation
Supporting weekly sales meetings and prepare weekly status reports of proposal activity where required
Liaising closely with the senior management team and provide support to other areas of the business.
Site visits and customer representative Liasson to accurately and reliably garner all relevant information to allow the development of the system solutions i.e. site dimensions, interface requirements (mechanical and electrical), routings, obstructions and site-specific specifications.
Scrutiny of customer contracts and specifications, with the ability to negotiate in favour of successful order placement.