Hydra Service is a leading regional distributor and service provider of industrial pumping equipment and rotating machinery, serving customers across the Southeast. We deliver engineered pump packages, factory-authorized service, and full aftermarket support to municipal, industrial, and commercial customers. Backed by a complete service organization — field service, bench repair, applications engineering, and panel shop.
Opportunity:
We are seeking an experienced Industrial Sales Representative, with current established customer base in the large municipal or heavy industrial market, to develop and grow our pumping equipment business across central Alabama . This is a territory ownership role focused on large rotating equipment — vertical turbine pumps, horizontal and vertical split-case pumps, end-suction centrifugal pumps, axial flow pumps, and related engineered systems and packages in the industrial market.
The successful candidate will be selling capital equipment into demanding industrial applications, often as part of multi-pump stations, full station rebuilds, or large engineered packages.
You will work directly with end users, consulting engineers, and industrial accounts to specify, quote, and close projects ranging from single pump replacements to rentals.
Territory & Markets
- Geography: Central Alabama
- Power generation and cogeneration
- Pulp, paper, and forest products
- Phosphate, mining, and minerals processing
- Agriculture, irrigation, and aquaculture
- Industrial manufacturing and process plants
- HVAC, chilled water, and cooling tower service
Key Responsibilities
- Own and grow a defined territory: identify new accounts and expand share at existing customers.
- Call on plant engineers, maintenance managers, project engineers, consulting firms, and contractors
- Read pump curves, interpret system requirements, and partner with our applications engineering team to size and select equipment correctly
- Prepare technical proposals; respond to specifications, RFQs, and bid documents
- Perform site walks and coordinate installation and start-up support with our field service group
- Influence specifications upstream by building credibility with consulting engineering firms in the territory
- Coordinate seamlessly with branch service, applications engineering, and panel production teams to deliver complete solutions
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of outside industrial sales experience, with a strong preference for pumps, rotating equipment, motors, drives, or related fluid-handling products
- Demonstrated ability to read and interpret pump performance curves and engineering specifications
- Comfortable working at customer sites — pump rooms, lift stations, treatment plants, and industrial facilities
- Valid driver's license and willingness to travel the territory, some overnight travel required
- Self-directed, organized, and accountable for results in a remote-territory role
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience with vertical turbine and/or split-case pump applications
- Existing relationships with consulting engineers, municipal utilities, or industrial accounts in central Alabama.
- Experience navigating bid processes and procurement
- Working knowledge of hydraulic system design (NPSH, system curves, parallel/series operation, VFD applications)
- Familiarity with major pump OEM product lines used in heavy industrial and municipal service
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Company car
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Sales: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Company car
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Sales: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: On the road