Sales Engineer – Formwork & Falsework

Job Title

Sales Engineer – Formwork & Falsework

Construction, Formwork & Falsework, Shoring, Groundwork, Temporary Works Construction Hire, Trenching, Piling, Propping, Civil Engineering, Specialist Formwork & Falsework Sub-Contractors and Main Contractors

South of South East – Postcodes: SW, SE, SM, CR,  , DA, KT, GU, RH, ME, CT, TN, BN & PO

£45,000-£50,000 + 1% commission

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

• Technical field sales position, selling the hire (80%) and sale (20%) of formwork and falsework equipment
• Proactively stimulate demand for equipment through end users and tier One and tier Two contractors (70% of time)
• Reactively manage well-established relationships within formwork and falsework sub contractors (30% of time)
• Responsible for an area with a turnover of circa £1m, currently performing below budget expectations
• Follow up on Barbour ABI leads and own industry contacts
• Spend large proportion of time on construction sites and visiting head offices
• Handle projects typically £8,000-£25,000, with larger projects up to £70,000-£80,000
• Utilise a team of qualified engineers for technical support
• Visit construction sites, typically 4.5 days a week and an average of 4-5 customer visits per day

• Background in civils, plant or tool hire acceptable
• Strong technical mindset
• Experience hiring equipment to construction sites valued
• Formwork or falsework technical field sales experience ideal but not essential
• Construction site experience or design office engineer considered for field sales role
• 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, structural steel businesses or formwork consumables
• Mix of construction and engineering background preferred

Mitchell Maguire – specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, Est. 50 years+; multiple depots nationwide; 100+ employees

• Company: Mitchell Maguire
• Location: Woking, Surrey
• Posted: Feb 13th 2026
• Closes: Mar 16th 2026
• Sector: Contract
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full Time