Flowserve is seeking a consultative, industry-connected Sales Engineer to step directly into a high-performing, established Corpus Christi sales territory. This position represents a clean backfill opportunity, meaning you will immediately receive an active, functioning book of business valued between $3 Million and $4 Million in annual target booking potential.
You will serve as the primary commercial and technical anchor for our local customers, managing everything from initial engineering proposals and solution evaluations to downstream turnaround support, component repairs, and quality management. If you have deep roots in the Corpus Christi industrial space, a strong mechanical aptitude, and a passion for navigating complex client relationships on-site, this is your opportunity to drive regional commercial execution with a global leader.
Core Responsibilities
- Territory Commercial Ownership: Manage an active account matrix to meet and exceed an assigned annual booking target between $3M and $4M.
- Embedded Plant Account Management: Maintain routine, planned on-site communication and technical alignment with operators, reliability teams, and engineering leads inside local industrial multi-story facilities.
- Cross-Functional Customer Advocacy: Act as the primary business contact for regional operations, seamlessly managing engineering proposals, product delivery tracking, repair coordination, and warranty resolutions.
- Solution-Based Selling: Leverage technical and financial acumen to demonstrate return on investment (ROI) and lifecycle cost reductions for plant upgrades and hardware switches.
- Internal & Partner Collaboration: Partner directly with off-site application engineers, customer service desks, and localized manufacturing centers to ensure technical submittals perfectly align with client needs.
Requirements & Qualifications
Critical Territory Parameters (Must Haves):
- Local Plant Credibility: Proven, direct experience frequently walking in and out of refineries and chemical plants within the localized Corpus Christi industrial corridor.
- Refinery Asset Familiarity: Strong design and operational familiarity with critical plant hardware—specifically industrial valves, instrumentation, rotating pumps, mechanical seals, or auxiliary Pipes, Valves, and Fittings equipment.
- Geographic Alignment: The candidate must permanently reside in or completely relocate to the Corpus Christi, TX metropolitan area. Familiarity and established technical relationships within this specific local industry track are highly prioritized.
General Qualifications:
- Education & Scope: BS or BA degree in a relevant engineering, business, or technical field is preferred, alongside 3-6 years of progressive industrial sales, account management, or technical operations experience.
- Refinery Environment Capability: Willingness and capability to perform necessary physical actions on-site, including walking expansive plant footprints, lifting components up to 50 lbs, and ascending/descending outdoor structural ladders or staircases.
- Commercial Skills: Demonstrated capability in technical product demonstrations, financial solution structuring, business report generation, and leading formal client update meetings.
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Sales experience with Control Valves, Isolation Valves, Digital Positioners, and Valve actuators.
- Experience in the refining, Chemical, Water, Power, and LNG gas, and power industries, including familiarity with valve instrumentation.
- Training in sales techniques, negotiations and business finance
- Demonstrated skills in leading meetings, including setting agendas, preparing, facilitating discussions and assigning follow-up activities
- Ability to lead root cause failure analysis and communicate results - Strong verbal and written communication skills - Project management experience is a plus - BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 4-8 years relevant experience.
Skills Required
- Proven experience frequently walking in and out of refineries and chemical plants (local plant credibility).
- Strong design and operational familiarity with industrial valves, instrumentation, rotating pumps, mechanical seals, or Pipes, Valves, and Fittings (PVF).
- Permanent residence in or willingness to completely relocate to the Corpus Christi, TX metropolitan area.
- 3-6 years of progressive industrial sales, account management, or technical operations experience.
- Willingness and capability to perform on-site physical tasks including walking plant footprints, lifting up to 50 lbs, and climbing outdoor ladders or staircases.
- Demonstrated commercial skills: technical product demonstrations, financial solution structuring, business reporting, and leading client update meetings.
- BS or BA degree in a relevant engineering, business, or technical field.
- Sales experience with control valves, isolation valves, digital positioners, and valve actuators.
- Experience in refining, chemical, water, power, LNG industries and familiarity with valve instrumentation.
- Training in sales techniques, negotiations, and business finance.
- Ability to lead root cause failure analysis, strong verbal and written communication, and project management experience.
Flowserve Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flowserve Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Flowserve Corporation.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are described as strengthened with an enhanced 401(k) match, added employer contributions, and a shorter vesting schedule following recent plan changes. Feedback suggests this compares well with large‑company norms and is a notable part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options is described as solid, complemented by life/disability insurance and an EAP. Feedback suggests overall health benefits are comprehensive for a large industrial employer.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a company match makes equity participation accessible and financially attractive. Feedback suggests this feature stands out versus typical offerings and adds meaningful value.
Flowserve Corporation Insights
What We Do
Flowserve is one of the world's largest manufacturers of pumps, valves and seals with over 19,000 employees in over 60 countries. Built on more than 50 world-renowned heritage brands, the equity and customer loyalty we have earned over the past 220 years is the foundation of our leadership position across the globe.
