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 subcontractors
• 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

• Formwork & Falsework Sales Engineer with a background in civil, plant or tool hire acceptable
• Must have a technical brain
• Preferably experience selling hire equipment to construction sites
• Formwork or falsework technical field sales experience ideal, though not essential
• Construction site experience; may consider an engineer from a design office or operational “on the tools” experience looking for field sales
• Strong new‑business skills
• Energetic, driven, passionate and enthusiastic
• Open to hire or sales industry field sales experience
• Companies of interest include GAP, Dewalt, Wurth, Speedy Hire, Hilti, Sunbelt or even structural steel businesses or formwork consumables
• Mix of construction and engineering background preferred

• 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:

Watford, Hertfordshire

Posted:
Feb 13th 2026

Closes:
Mar 16th 2026

Contract:

Permanent

Hours:

Full Time