What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Engineer position at Actalent?
For more than 50 years, we have been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials. Our company is a multi-billion-dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. We believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills yearly! We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there.
Job Title: Sales Engineer
Location: Atlanta, GA (Remote)
Industry: Stormwater, Municipal, and Transportation
We are seeking a Sales Engineer for a remote position with up to 50% travel. This role involves educating public, contractors, and engineers stakeholders on best practices and innovation for managing stormwater with our designs and products in their infrastructure. The primary clients include state DOT’s and local city/county governments. Primary responsibilities include modernizing specifications and policy writing identification and development, and building customer awareness through our education. If you’re passionate about engineering and innovation, we would love to talk with you!
Job Description:
- Manage product approval process with key State DOT and municipalities
- Manage technical marketing to key State DOT and municipalities
- Work closely with local sales team and product managers to advance approval initiatives
- Develop technical presentations and/or papers for engineering conferences
- Expand product approval and usage in public storm sewer market
- Develop influential high-level relationships at governmental regulatory agencies
- Effectively work with agency staff to ensure open competition and a competitive level playing field for ADS products
- Identify DOT and municipal project opportunities
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related degree
- 5 years of previous engineering experience is required
- Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred
Additional Qualifications:
- Experience with development of specifications and regulations
- Experience in planning and implementing technical marketing strategies
- Ability to develop long term influential relationships
- Familiarity with Salesforce CRM software
- Strong project management and analytical skills
- Firm foundation in engineering principles and practices with emphasis on product design, material science, and structural analysis
- Able to travel up to two weeks per month
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
- Hiring diverse talent
- Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
- Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
- Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.
About Actalent
Actalent connects passion with purpose. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts that drive scale, innovation, and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 engineering and sciences consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia, and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. An operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions, Actalent launched as a new specialized engineering and sciences services and workforce solutions brand in 2021.