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GRS Recruiters speak directly with hundreds of candidates across the country every day, most of whom are successfully employed but still open to exploring opportunities for career growth.

 

Each week we identify the top candidates that we know have the ability to make an immediate impact on the industries we serve.  These are actual professionals with whom we can facilitate a meeting. It is by no means a full list of the available candidates or product specialists we work with - please contact us if your particular hiring needs are not represented below. 

Featured Candidates for September 2026

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Automation

Candidate Profile 87765-826​

  • Title: Territory Sales Manager

  • Location: Midwest US

  • Products: Photo sensors, electromagnetic brakes and clutches, shaft couplings, motor protection and control, drives, PLCs, safety products, machine vision sensors

  • Channels: Distribution, OEM, direct, manufacturer's reps

  • Marketplace: Industrial automation, motor control, machine safety, packaging, food and beverage, general manufacturing

  • Education: Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

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Chemical

Candidate Profile 163006-826

  • Title: Outside Sales Representative

  • Location: South Central US

  • Products: Industrial and institutional chemicals, degreasers, solvents, acids; lift station and pump station chemical treatment products

  • Channels: Distribution , wholesale, direct, OEMs

  • Marketplace: Industrial manufacturing, healthcare, education, sanitation, food and beverage, general industrial

  • Other: Military veteran, open to travel

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Compressor

Candidate Profile 163181-826

  • Title: Sales Engineer

  • Location: Midwest

  • Products: Industrial compressed air systems, blowers, vacuum pumps, aftermarket parts

  • Channels: Direct sales to industrial end users

  • Marketplace: Industrial manufacturing, compressed air system optimization, energy-efficiency initiatives and aftermarket services

  • Other: Bachelor’s degree, strong history of sales success and product knowledge

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Electrical

Candidate Profile 162960-826

  • Title: Inside/Outside Sales Representative

  • Location: Mid-Atlantic US

  • Products: Contactors, motor controls, circuit breakers, enclosures, wire, high-end factory automation controls, panel shop sourcing, general electrical distribution products

  • Channels: Direct to end users, MRO customers, electrical contractors, e-commerce reseller partnerships

  • Marketplace: Industrial/manufacturing, MRO facilities, electrical contractors, trade schools, e-commerce/resellers

  • Other: Bachelor's degree, open to travel, open to an inside or outside role

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Filtration

Candidate Profile 114127-826

  • Title: Regional Sales Manager

  • Location: Midwest US

  • Products: Process filtration equipment, filter consumables, integrated filter supply programs

  • Channels: Direct, national supply chain/integrated supply contracts, distribution

  • Marketplace: Food and beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, industrial manufacturing

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Flexible Packaging

Candidate Profile

  • Title: Sales Engineer

  • Location: Western U.S., Open to Travel

  • Products: Protective Packaging Solutions

  • Key Skills: Problem Solving, Analytical Ability, Technical Acumen, Adaptability

  • Markets: Industrial, Manufacturing, Food Applications, Fulfillment Centers

  • Channels: OEMs, Distribution

  • Education: BS, Petroleum Engineering

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Hose and Fitting

Candidate Profile 154628-826

  • Title: Regional Sales Manager

  • Location: South Central US

  • Products: Hose, connectors, motion and flow control products

  • Channels: End user, vendor managed inventory (VMI)

  • Marketplace: Automotive, oil and gas, food and beverage, industrial, power

  • Other: Open to travel, proven sales success, strong product knowledge

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HVAC

Candidate Profile 163456-926

  • Title: Business Development / HVAC Account Manager

  • Location: South Central US

  • Products: HVAC equipment, building products, specialty chemicals and related products

  • Channels: Contractors, distribution, direct

  • Marketplace: Residential, multi-family, construction, building products

  • Other: Bachelor of Science degree, open to travel, highly motivated

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Hydraulic

Candidate Profile 125986-826

  • Title: Fluid Power Applications Engineer (BSME)

  • Location: Midwest US

  • Products: Hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, electro-mechanical systems, PLC-controlled systems, motion control equipment, capital test equipment

  • Channels: Direct, OEM

  • Marketplace: Aerospace, industrial manufacturing, renewable energy (wind), aviation, metal forming

  • Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

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Industrial

Candidate Profile 161019-726

  • Title: Outside Sales/Account Manager

  • Location: South Central US

  • Products: Metalworking and MRO industrial supplies, cutting tools, abrasives, fasteners, facility maintenance products

  • Channels: Direct, OEMs, End Users

  • Marketplace: Machine shops, manufacturing, assembly plants, industrial distribution, food service and hospitality (sanitation)

  • Education: Bachelor of Business Administration

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Instrumentation

Candidate Profile 98002-826

  • Title: Outside Sales Representative

  • Location: Southwest US

  • Products: Process instrumentation, sensors, pressure, level, flow

  • Channels: Independent manufacturers' representatives, end users, OEMs, system integrators

  • Marketplace: Chemical, power, refining, food and beverage

  • Other: Bachelor's degree, open to travel

 

Lubrication

Candidate Profile 163236-826

  • Title: Sales Specialist – Lubricants and Industrial Products

  • Location: Mid-Atlantic
    Products: Lubricants, bearings, belts, chains, sprockets, couplings, gearboxes, power transmission components

  • Channels: Direct, industrial distribution, MRO

  • Marketplace: Industrial, commercial, power transmission

  • Other: Open to travel, leadership/management experience

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Material Handling

Candidate Profile 157054

  • Title: Regional Sales Representative

  • Location: Gulf Coast/South Central U.S.

  • Products: Material handling equipment; Loading dock and warehouse solutions; product experience within Fluid Power as well

  • Channels: Direct, End Users, MRO

  • Marketplace: Distribution centers, warehousing and logistics operations, refineries, petrochemical facilities, chemical processing plants, oil & gas production operations, industrial manufacturing environments.

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology

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Mechanical Contractors

Candidate Profile 84796-726

  • Title: Territory Sales Manager

  • Location: Northeast U.S.

  • Products: HVAC OEM Parts; HVAC Aftermarket Parts; Water Heating Products; Mechanical Piping Products; Valves; Fittings; Couplings

  • Channels: Mechanical Contractors; HVAC Contractors; Engineers

  • Marketplace: Mechanical Contracting; HVAC; Plumbing; Commercial & Residential Construction

  • Education: Open to Travel

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​Metals

​Candidate Profile 129607-726

  • Title: Area Sales Manager

  • Location: Northeast U.S.

  • Products: Carbon Steel; Stainless Steel; Aluminum; Alloy Steel; Metal Processing Services; Value-Added Fabrication Solutions

  • Channels: Direct Sales; OEMs; Fabricators; Industrial Manufacturers

  • Marketplace: Metals Service Centers; Industrial Manufacturing; General Manufacturing; Metal Fabrication

  • Travel: Open to Travel

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Mobile Attachments/Heavy Equipment 

Candidate Profile 161340-926

  • Title: Sales Leader – Heavy Equipment / Attachments

  • Location: Mid-Atlantic US

  • Products: Hydraulic breakers, construction and mining attachments, capital equipment and machinery, buckets, augers, grapples, ancillary attachment products, parts and service, large rental fleet exposure

  • Channels: Dealer networks, end users

  • Marketplace: Construction, mining, heavy equipment rental

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Packaging

Candidate Profile 162174-726

  • Title: Territory Sales Manager

  • Location: South Central/Central U.S.

  • Products: Industrial packaging, protective packaging, stretch packaging, packaging equipment, automation solutions, capital equipment

  • Channels: Distribution partners, OEMs

  • Marketplace: General industrial, corrugated packaging, can & bottle manufacturing; experience managing and growing major strategic accounts across multiple manufacturing segments

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Pneumatic

Candidate Profile 39220

  • Title: Sales Account Manager

  • Location: Midwest

  • Products: Pneumatic Components and Systems; Valves; Actuators

  • Channels: Direct Sales; Distributor Networks; OEM Partnerships

  • Marketplace: Industrial Automation; Manufacturing; OEM Equipment Builders

  • Travel: Open to Travel

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Power Transmission

Candidate Profile 119158-926

  • Title: Application Engineer – Power Transmission / Bearings

  • Location: Southeast US

  • Products: Bearings, linear motion components, power transmission components, bearing analysis and application engineering support

  • Channels: OEM, end-user (pre-sale and post-sale technical support)

  • Marketplace: Industrial, construction and heavy equipment

  • Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

  • Travel: Open to overnight travel

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Pump

Candidate Profile 75450-826

  • Title: Sales Manager

  • Location: Southeast

  • Products: Capital equipment; solids reduction, solids handling, grinder pump systems, positive displacement pumps, centrifugal pumps

  • Channels: Distribution, MRO, manufacturer's representatives, direct

  • Marketplace: Water/wastewater (municipal), industrial, residential/commercial

  • Other: Bachelor's degree, road warrior, hands-on sales leadership skills

 

Pipes, Valves, and Fittings

Candidate Profile 160157-726

  • Title: Account Manager

  • Location: South Central US

  • Products: Pipes, valves, fittings, tubular products

  • Channels: Distribution to OEMs, machine shops, fabricators

  • Marketplace: Industrial, PVF

  • Education: Bachelor's in Business and Marketing

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Process Instrumentation

Candidate Profile

  • Title: Sales Manager

  • Location: Western U.S

  • Product Background: Pumps, Instrumentation, Valves, Flow Meters

  • Channel Experience: End Users, Independent Representatives, OEMs, Distribution

  • Marketplace: Food & Beverage, Water & Wastewater, Power

  • Travel: Open to Travel 

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Plastics

Candidate Profile

  • Title: Sales Engineer

  • Location: Midwest U.S.

  • Product Background: Air and Hydraulic Cylinders

  • Markets: Plastics, Metal Forming, Aerospace, Private Defense

  • Channels: OEMs, Engineers

  • Travel: Open to Travel

  • Education: BS in Engineering

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Robotics

Candidate Profile

  • Title: Sales Engineer

  • Location: Southeastern U.S.

  • Products: Robots, Servo Motors, Pneumatics, Aluminum, Conveyers, PLC's, Control Panels

  • Channels: OEMs, End Users, Machine Builders

  • Marketplace: Automotive, Cable, Textiles, Food & Beverage,

  • Education: BSME

  • Travel: Open to Travel 

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Seals and Gaskets

Candidate Profile 155176-826

  • Title: Regional Sales Manager

  • Location: Midwest

  • Products: O-rings, oil seals, V-rings, hydraulic seals

  • Channels: Distribution

  • Marketplace: Food and beverage, mobile equipment, industrial

  • Education: Bachelor's degree, open to travel

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Semiconductor

Candidate Profile

  • Title: Account Manager

  • Location: Southwest, Open to Travel

  • Products: Instrumentation, Fluid Handling, Valves

  • Key Skills: Relationship Building, Technical Knowledge, Leadership, Management 

  • Markets: Semiconductor, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical, Refining

  • Channels: End Users, Engineer

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Valve

Candidate Profile 160949

  • Title: Sales Director

  • Location: Gulf Coast

  • Products: Industrial Valves; Flow Control Equipment; Pumps; Mechanical Service Solutions Related to Valve Systems

  • Channels: Direct Sales; Distribution; Strategic/Key Account Management

  • Marketplace: Oil & Gas; Petrochemical; Industrial Processing; Energy and Manufacturing Markets

  • Travel: Open to Travel

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Water/Wastewater

Candidate Profile 161173-726

  • Title: Business Development Manager

  • Location: Southeast US

  • Products: Industrial pumps, submersible pumps, aftermarket pump components, pump service contracts

  • Channels: Direct, dealer/distribution networks

  • Marketplace: Municipal water/wastewater, industrial, manufacturing, commercial

  • Education: Bachelor's in Business Administration

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Automation
Compressors
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Filtration

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Fluid Handling
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Hose & Fittings
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Hydraulics
Instrumentation

Lubrication

Material Handling

Mechanical Contractors

Mobile Attachments

Oil & Gas

Packaging
Power Generation
Power Transmission
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Pumps
Process Control
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