Sales Engineer

Dixon Sanitary is seeking a driven and technically skilled Sales Engineer to join our team in Pewaukee, WI! In this role, you'll blend your engineering expertise with sales acumen to support and sell a broad portfolio of valves, pumps, and sanitary components to both prospective and existing customers. If you're passionate about delivering high-quality technical solutions and enjoy building relationships with clients across industries, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

Serve as a trusted technical advisor by providing product support, expert recommendations, and solutions to both the Sanitary Sales and Dixon Sales teams.

Build and nurture strong relationships with distributors, OEMs, and end users through regular in-person visits (25–35% travel required).

Strategically plan daily, weekly, and monthly customer engagement activities based on business priorities and opportunities.

Promote and pitch target products to engineering firms and end users, identifying new applications and expanding market reach.

Deliver technical support from the inside sales perspective, including generating quotes, spec sheets, and responding to product inquiries.

Collaborate with the Engineered Products Department to develop procedures, training programs, and customer-facing literature.

Conduct technical training sessions and review customer specifications to ensure our solutions align with their performance and regulatory requirements.

Partner directly with engineering firms and end users to specify engineered products into their designs.

Travel with Sanitary Sales Product Specialists to demonstrate product capabilities and close complex sales opportunities.

Provide field troubleshooting and technical problem-solving to ensure customer satisfaction and successful product implementation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Equivalent
• 3-5 years: Industrial or technical outside sales – would consider less experience for the right potential and fit
• Industrial/ Food and/or Beverage Processing/Sanitary industry experience preferred

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to listen to and interpret customer needs and provide sales solutions\

Ability to learn quickly and the ability to train and transfer knowledge to our customers

Ability to establish and build relationships with customers

Excellent time management skills

Self-starter, highly motivated

Knowledge and understanding of processes and systems

Strong computer skills