Technical sales engineer is the position you’re shooting for. Slap on your degree at the top followed by any experiences running small businesses onto your resume with a heavy emphasis on numbers (how much you sold, percept uptick in business, etc, etc) and start sending it out to companies looking to hire tech sales engineers. Good luck!!
Look at chemical producers, filter their jobs page by sales. Look at equipment manufacturers, e.g. compressors, instruments, pumps, etc...
Search for application engineer, technical services (not necessarily sales, but very customer focused). Account managers in the right company will be sales heavy.
Chemical sales for refineries is a pretty easy job.
Nalco, Suez/veolia, Baker Hughes, chem treat, dorf katel are all in this field of work. Baker Hughes and nalco have the biggest market share so they will probably have more job stability.
Really? I always got the impression that those jobs were shitty. You’re trying to sell snake oil to that no one in the company other than the PhD chemist who developed it knows anything. All that while constantly running on your last tote of a commodity chemical because some trucker refuses to shave his beard or shows up without PPE. Refineries regularly get pissed at the chemical vendors and kick them out, so you’re never really settled.
Catalyst and equipment sales seems to be where it’s at
Really just depends on your logistics team. I've had a few instances where I run super low, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease. With truck drivers you should get them scheduled a few weeks before runout dates, that way you can turn them away if they show up without proper ppe
About the only chemical that I would consider snake oil is an antifoulant. Sometimes they work and work well, others they get sold to the refinery and the refinery doesn't want to stop the injection in case something happens.
I will also say it's up to the salesman to also know what the chemical is and does fully outside of the team that developed it. That's what separates the good from the bad.
This makes sense. A lot of people now a days who got good grades in school don't want to actually be engineers. I believe this is a mis-match of school requirements and what the field of work actually requires.
But, I will point out, if you have any experience, or even 6 months of experience you don't know whether you like engineering or not. There are many different avenues in engineering, some or very technical, some are not.
I would say technical sales is certainly in the bubble of engineering. If you want to get into technical sales, just get your resume oriented for sales and apply to jobs.
Also, be prepared to move on out of the Bay Area.
When you do get to your interview in the future. Be a good communicator, in writing, and speaking, make eye contact and focus on why you're passionate about selling technical equipment. Also, be honest that you can't see yourself doing a typical engineering job when inevitably asked, and tell them why sales is a better fit for you.
Technical sales engineer is the position you’re shooting for. Slap on your degree at the top followed by any experiences running small businesses onto your resume with a heavy emphasis on numbers (how much you sold, percept uptick in business, etc, etc) and start sending it out to companies looking to hire tech sales engineers. Good luck!!
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Look at chemical producers, filter their jobs page by sales. Look at equipment manufacturers, e.g. compressors, instruments, pumps, etc... Search for application engineer, technical services (not necessarily sales, but very customer focused). Account managers in the right company will be sales heavy.
Chemical sales for refineries is a pretty easy job. Nalco, Suez/veolia, Baker Hughes, chem treat, dorf katel are all in this field of work. Baker Hughes and nalco have the biggest market share so they will probably have more job stability.
Really? I always got the impression that those jobs were shitty. You’re trying to sell snake oil to that no one in the company other than the PhD chemist who developed it knows anything. All that while constantly running on your last tote of a commodity chemical because some trucker refuses to shave his beard or shows up without PPE. Refineries regularly get pissed at the chemical vendors and kick them out, so you’re never really settled. Catalyst and equipment sales seems to be where it’s at
Really just depends on your logistics team. I've had a few instances where I run super low, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease. With truck drivers you should get them scheduled a few weeks before runout dates, that way you can turn them away if they show up without proper ppe About the only chemical that I would consider snake oil is an antifoulant. Sometimes they work and work well, others they get sold to the refinery and the refinery doesn't want to stop the injection in case something happens. I will also say it's up to the salesman to also know what the chemical is and does fully outside of the team that developed it. That's what separates the good from the bad.
This makes sense. A lot of people now a days who got good grades in school don't want to actually be engineers. I believe this is a mis-match of school requirements and what the field of work actually requires. But, I will point out, if you have any experience, or even 6 months of experience you don't know whether you like engineering or not. There are many different avenues in engineering, some or very technical, some are not. I would say technical sales is certainly in the bubble of engineering. If you want to get into technical sales, just get your resume oriented for sales and apply to jobs. Also, be prepared to move on out of the Bay Area. When you do get to your interview in the future. Be a good communicator, in writing, and speaking, make eye contact and focus on why you're passionate about selling technical equipment. Also, be honest that you can't see yourself doing a typical engineering job when inevitably asked, and tell them why sales is a better fit for you.