Technical Sales Executive

Alliance Platform Lifts is looking for a Technical Sales Executive to join our team in Colchester.

This is a great opportunity for a technically minded sales professional. You will be involved in site visits, reviewing drawings and specifications, preparing quotations, advising customers and converting enquiries into orders.

Lift industry experience is not essential. Full product training will be provided. We are interested in finding someone with strong technical sales experience, ideally from construction, engineering, building products, mechanical services, access solutions or another specification-led sector.

Based from Colchester you will manage enquiries from contractors, architects, builders, developers, facilities managers and end users.

You will attend site visits, review plans and specifications, prepare accurate quotations and follow up opportunities through to order. You will also work closely with our internal technical, installation and operations teams to ensure projects are handed over properly once secured.

This role would suit someone who has previously sold a technical product or service into the construction, engineering or building sector and is confident dealing with drawings, site conditions and customer requirements.

• Prepare quotations for lifts and bespoke access solutions.
• Attend site visits to assess customer and project requirements.
• Read and interpret drawings, specifications, schedules and site information.
• Advise customers on suitable lift options.
• Follow up enquiries and quotations to secure orders.
• Build relationships with contractors, architects, builders, developers and end users.
• Work with internal technical, installation and operations teams.
• Ensure accurate project handovers once orders are won.
• Maintain CRM records, quote details and customer information.
• Represent the company professionally during meetings and site visits.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Previous experience in a technical sales, field sales or specification sales role.
• Experience in construction, engineering, building products, mechanical services or another technical sector.
• The ability to read or understand drawings, plans, specifications or technical documents.
• Confidence attending site visits and discussing project requirements.
• A consultative sales approach rather than a hard-sell approach.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Good attention to detail when preparing quotations.
• The drive to follow up opportunities and convert enquiries into orders.
• A full UK driving licence.

• Construction products.
• Building materials.
• Doors, windows or glazing.
• Access control or security systems.
• Mechanical or electrical products.
• HVAC or building services.
• Roofing, cladding or architectural products.
• Lifts, platform lifts, access equipment or mobility products.

Lift industry experience would be helpful, but it is not required.

• Competitive basic salary.
• Company car.
• Company pension.
• Laptop and mobile phone.
• Product and technical training.
• Supportive team environment.
• Long-term career opportunity with a specialist lift company.
• Varied role involving office work, customer meetings and site visits.

This is an opportunity to join a specialist company where your technical knowledge and sales ability will both be valued.

You will not simply be selling from a brochure. You will be helping customers understand their requirements, reviewing site conditions, working with drawings and specifications, and providing practical lift solutions for real projects.

For someone with technical sales experience who wants to move into a specialist and growing industry, this is an excellent opportunity.