Sales Engineer – Formwork & Falsework

Sales Engineer – Formwork & Falsework

Industry Sector: Construction;
Formwork & Falsework;
Shoring;
Groundwork;
Temporary Works Construction Hire;
Trenching;
Pilling;
Propping;
Civil Engineering;
Specialist Formwork & Falsework Sub-Contractors; and Main Contractors

Area to be covered: Anglia and Northern Home Counties

Postcodes: PE, , IP, CB, CO, SG, LU, AL & CM

Remuneration: £45,000-£50,000 + 1% commission

Benefits: Hybrid Car (or allowance of £500 per month) + full benefits package

The role of the Formwork & Falsework Sales Engineer will involve:

• Technical field sales position, selling the hire (80%) and sale (20%) of formwork and falsework equipment
• 70% proactively stimulating demand for equipment through end users and tier One and tier Two contractors
• 30% of your time reactively dealing with well established relationships within formwork and falsework sub contractors
• Responsible for an area with a turnover of circa £1m, currently performing below budget expectations
• Following up on Barbour ABI leads and your own industry contacts
• Large proportion of time will be spent on construction sites and visiting head offices
• Project sizes typically £8,000-£25,000, but larger projects can be £70,000-£80,000
• Utilising a team of qualified engineers for technical support
• Visiting construction sites, typically 4.5 days a week and on average 4-5 customer visits per day

The ideal applicant will be a Formwork & Falsework Sales engineer with:

• Background most civils or plant/tool hire
• Technical brain
• Experience in hire equipment to construction site backgrounds
• Formwork or falsework technical field sales experience would be ideal but is not essential
• Construction site experience, may consider an engineer working in a design office or “on the tools” experience looking for field sales role
• Strong new business skills
• Energetic, drive, passion and enthusiastic
• Open to hire or sales industry field sales experience
• Companies of interest includes; GAP, Dewalt, Wurth, Speedy Hire, Hilti, Sunbelt or even structural steel businesses or formwork consumables
• Mix of construction and engineering background preferred

The Company:

• Est. 50 Years+
• Multiple depots nationwide
• 100+ employees

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Construction Field Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within:
Civil Engineering, Groundwork, Concrete, Formwork, Falsework, forming, shoring, Infrastructure, construction hire, plant hire, walls, trenching, piling, access, propping, columns and temporary works.

Job Title: Sales Engineer – Formwork & Falsework

Company: Mitchell Maguire

Location: [Not specified]

Posted: Feb 13th 2026

Closes: Mar 16th 2026

Sector: Contract

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time