Junior Sales Engineer - Refractories

Junior Sales Engineer - Refractories (North India)

Location: Surat or Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Experience Required: 1-3 Years

Industry: Refractories / Foundry / Steel

About the Role

We are seeking an ambitious and technically minded Junior Sales Engineer - Refractories to join our sales team, supporting customers across the Gujarat region. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate with experience in foundries, steel plants, or refractory products who is looking to develop a long-term career in technical sales.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted technical advisor to customers while driving sales growth and developing new business opportunities within foundries and induction furnace-based steel plants.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote and sell refractory products and solutions to Foundries and Mini Steel Plants.

• Develop and maintain strong customer relationships across the Gujarat market.

• Provide technical support to customers, including:

o Product selection

o Repair recommendations

o Installation supervision

o Performance monitoring

• Identify new business opportunities and generate sustainable sales growth.

• Prepare and implement sales development plans for assigned territories.

• Collaborate closely with customers technical, operations, refractory, and commercial teams.

• Support customers by recommending improvements in lining designs and proposing value-added products and services.

• Assist with troubleshooting and provide initial analysis of refractory performance issues.

• Prepare technical reports, quotations, presentations, and customer proposals.

• Conduct regular customer visits and travel extensively within the region as required.

Candidate Profile

Essential Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience in the refractory, foundry, or steel industry.

• Sound understanding of refractory products, properties, lining patterns, and selection criteria.

• Experience working with:

o Induction Furnaces

o Steel Ladles

o Launders

o Continuous Casting Machines (CCM)

• Strong interest in developing a career in technical sales and business development.

• Ability to understand and investigate basic refractory performance and failure analysis issues.

• Good communication and relationship-building skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Willingness to travel frequently for customer visits and business development activities.

Preferred Skills

• Hands-on experience supervising refractory installation and maintenance projects.

• Experience interacting with foundry, steel production, refractory, and operational teams.

• Strong problem-solving and customer-focused approach.

• Ability to present technical solutions confidently to customers.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to develop a career in a growing technical sales environment.

• Exposure to leading foundry and steel manufacturing customers.

• Professional growth through technical and commercial training.

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Dynamic and supportive work environment.

About the Company

• We are a family run company established over 70 years ago with a global presence with customers in over 40 countries. We have 300 employees based at 9 sites in the UK, US, Europe, China and India and supply a wide range of refractory and technical ceramic products.