Engineer Project Management & Sales (Aerospace)

Job Description Project Management & Sales Executive

Job Title: Project Management & Sales Executive Aerospace & Gas Turbine Components
CTC: Up to 6 Lakhs per annum
Location: Bangalore
Industry: Aerospace / Gas Turbine / Precision Engineering / CNC Machining
Department: Sales & Project Management
Reporting To: General Manager / Director

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and technically oriented Project Management & Sales Executive to manage customer requirements develop new business opportunities coordinate manufacturing projects and ensure timely delivery of precision-machined components.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable interacting with customers as well as working closely with Engineering Production Quality Purchase and Stores teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Management

   • Act as the primary coordinator between the customer and internal teams after receipt of an order.

   • Prepare and maintain project schedules covering raw material tooling fixtures programming machining inspection and dispatch.

   • Monitor project progress against planned delivery dates.

   • Coordinate with Production Engineering Quality and Suppliers to resolve bottlenecks.

   • Proactively communicate delays risks and changes to customers and management.

   • Ensure customer-specific requirements and documentation are completed on time.

2. MIS & Reporting

   • Maintain sales pipeline RFQ status order status and project trackers.

   • Prepare weekly/monthly reports on enquiries quotations orders sales and project progress.

   • Maintain accurate customer and project information in ERP/CRM systems.

   • Track order profitability delivery performance and customer requirements.

3. Customer & Sales Development

   • Identify and develop new customers in aerospace gas turbine defence industrial turbine and precision-engineering sectors.

   • Generate leads through customer mapping LinkedIn email exhibitions referrals and other channels.

   • Maintain regular communication with existing customers and develop long-term relationships.

   • Understand customer requirements and coordinate internally for RFQ preparation and quotations.

   • Follow up on quotations purchase orders delivery schedules and payment status.

   • Support negotiation of pricing lead time and commercial terms.

4. Technical Coordination

   • Understand engineering drawings specifications BOMs and basic GD&T (preferred not compulsory)

   • Coordinate with Engineering and Quality teams for technical clarifications.

   • Handle customer queries related to manufacturing feasibility inspection quality documentation and delivery.

   • Coordinate customer feedback complaints and corrective actions with the relevant departments.

5. Business Development

   • Research potential customers and target markets in India and overseas.

   • Support development of new aerospace and gas-turbine customers.

   • Participate in customer meetings audits exhibitions and supplier-development activities.

   • Develop a strong understanding of the companys manufacturing capabilities and communicate these effectively to prospective customers.

Qualification

Preferred:

• B.E./ in Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering.

• Diploma holders with strong machining/manufacturing experience can also be considered.

Recommended Experience

Ideal: 14 years of experience. Exception made for exceptional and technically sharp freshers.

Industry preference

Experience in any of the following would be an advantage:

• Aerospace component manufacturing

• Gas turbine component manufacturing

• Precision VMC machining

• Defence manufacturing

• Automotive/auto-component machining

• Tool & die / high-precision manufacturing

• Industrial equipment manufacturing

• MRO / turbine component industry

Aerospace or gas-turbine experience is preferred but NOT mandatory.

A candidate from a good VMC machining/precision-engineering company with 14 years of experience and strong customer-handling skills could be equally suitable.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have:

• Good technical understanding of VMC machining and precision components.

• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings (preferred not compulsory)

• Basic understanding of GD&T machining processes and inspection requirements.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Good customer follow-up and relationship-management skills.

• Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong follow-up and ownership mentality.

• Good Excel/ERP skills.

• Willingness to travel to customers when required.

• Commercial awareness and willingness to learn sales.

• Ability to work independently in a small/mid-sized manufacturing environment.

Key Personality Traits

Technically curious commercially aggressive organized good at follow-up comfortable talking to customers.

Avoid candidates who are either:

• purely technical and uncomfortable with customers or

• purely sales-oriented with little understanding of manufacturing.

Required Skills:

Project Management Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering Risk Management Business Development