Sales Engineer, Process Instrumentation & Valve Automation

Diamond Recruiters is running this search for a process instrumentation and flow-control provider selling into refining, petrochemical and midstream on the Gulf Coast. Client name comes on the first call.

Based anywhere in the corridor — Houston, Stafford, Austin, San Antonio, Laredo.

Who this is for

You size the valve before you quote it. You have walked a unit during turnaround. You know which EPC actually writes the spec and which one just forwards the package.

If that reads as obvious to you, keep going. If it reads as jargon, this is the wrong ad.

The work

• Own a book of refining, petrochem and midstream accounts across control valves, isolation valves and flow measurement
• Size and select for the application — materials, actuation, service conditions
• Run project and MRO in parallel: EPC bid packages, turnaround and outage support, day-to-day account work
• Work plant engineering, reliability and procurement, not only the buyer of record
• Pull applications engineering in when the proposal needs it

What you need

• 3 to 7 years selling control valves, isolation valves, flow measurement or related instrumentation into process industries
• Engineering degree (Mechanical, Chemical, Petroleum) or the equivalent scar tissue
• You can talk about how DCS, PLC and SCADA relate to the instrumentation without bluffing
• One number you can defend in conversation — account growth, a project win, quota attainment
• Field-based, home office in your territory, with regular plant and customer-site travel within the Gulf Coast corridor (30–50% depending on account density)

Money and travel

$90,000 to $125,000 base plus uncapped commission. OTE $140,000 to $190,000+.

That range is our read on comparable Gulf Coast process-sales roles. We name the client’s actual band on the first call, before you spend a minute on an interview loop. If it comes in under what you need, we say so and stop there.

Field-based, home office in the corridor. Regular plant and customer-site travel. This is outside sales.