Trainee Sales Engineer – £28,000 – Tonbridge, Kent

The Role

Do you enjoy building strong working relationships and learning about technical products?
Are you confident with numbers, communication, and looking to kick-start your career in sales and engineering?

We’re offering a fantastic opportunity to join Graticules Optics as a Trainee Sales Engineer at our site in Tonbridge, Kent. If you’re enthusiastic, organised, and ready to learn, this could be the role for you.

This is a newly created role to support the continued growth of our business and to provide future succession planning. The position is mainly office-based, but you will also have the chance to attend exhibitions and visit customers.

You will receive full training on our wide range of technical products and their global applications, with a view to growing into a skilled Sales Engineer over time.

Start your career journey with us today – we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn and support the sales process from enquiry to order
• Build and maintain relationships with customers across various industries
• Assist with preparing quotes, proposals and documentation
• Handle customer queries via phone and email
• Represent the company at trade shows and exhibitions
• Support marketing activities where needed

Company:

With a pedigree going back over 70 years, Graticules Optics is a proven world-class designer and manufacturer of precision micropattern products. We specialise in providing standard and custom solutions, working closely with our customers to achieve an optimum conclusion.

Graticules Optics is unique in offering photolithographic products on glass, film and in metal foil, with coatings, cementing, mounting and small optical assembly capabilities.

Benefits:

• Full training provided
• 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours a day, Monday–Friday)
• Option to join our 9-day fortnight scheme
• 21 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Company bonus scheme

The Person

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Confident and approachable
• Comfortable with numbers and written communication
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Organised and able to manage multiple tasks
• Keen to learn and develop in a technical sales environment
• Flexible and willing to travel occasionally

Experience in sales or engineering is not required, but an interest in technical products and customer interaction is important.