Experienced Inside Sales in Irvine, California at Rust Automation & Controls

Rust Automation and Controls is a family-owned industrial instrumentation and automation sales company founded in 1976 and headquartered in West Jordan, Utah. For more than 50 years, we have supported customers across the Western United States with measurement and control solutions that keep critical operations running. While headquartered in Utah, our experienced sales team is located throughout our territory, delivering responsive local support backed by deep technical expertise. We serve industries including oil and gas, water and wastewater, power generation, manufacturing, food and beverage, and life sciences, offering products, application support, training, and ongoing service.

Position: Experienced Inside Sales
Location: West Jordan UT, Centennial CO, Irvine CA (on-site based on location)

If you know industrial instrumentation and automation and you're tired of being a quote-cranking order-taker, read on. We're looking for an experienced inside sales rep who wants to actually solve problems with customers — sizing the right solution, troubleshooting applications, and being the person the outside team and the customer both trust to get it right.

Rust Automation & Controls is a family-owned instrumentation and automation company founded in 1976 in West Jordan, Utah. For 50 years we've helped customers across the Western U.S. in oil & gas, water/wastewater, power generation, manufacturing, food & beverage, and life sciences keep their critical operations running. We're growing, and we're adding to the team.

• Be the technical go-to for customers — product selection, application support, and recommending the right measurement and control solution for the job
• Build quotes that are accurate and technically sound, and manage complex orders start to finish
• Partner closely with outside sales to win and grow accounts
• Keep customers, vendors, and internal teams coordinated so orders move cleanly
• Opportunities to visit customer sites to build relationships, train, and drive new business
• Own a few of your own sales initiatives and run with them

• 5+ years in technical/inside sales or applications support, ideally with industrial instrumentation, automation, or control products
• Comfort reading and interpreting technical documents and bid specs
• A working understanding of control loops and process instrumentation (if you know what a PID loop is and why it matters, you'll fit right in)
• Strong problem-solving instincts and the ability to explain complex technical concepts simply
• The drive to work independently and the generosity to share what you know with teammates

Don't check every box? Apply anyway if the core fits — we'd rather talk to a great person than a perfect résumé.

• $75,000–$85,000/yr, based on experience
• The stability of a profitable, family-owned company that's been around 50 years
• Medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) with company match and life insurance
• Generous PTO
• Real training and room to grow your technical and sales skills

• Do you have a pioneering spirit & are you looking to work for a growing company with a great culture?
• Do you enjoy working with a motivated team that provides the best solutions for their customers?
• Do you exemplify what great looks like?
• Do you enjoy solving problems?
• Do you accept challenges?

If you said YES to all these questions, then Rust Automation & Controls wants you to join our family!