- Industrial automation
- Building automation
- Access control
Sales and engineering talent for industrial and building automation
The best salespeople know the tech. The best engineers know the customer.
We recruit both: technical solution selling professionals, sales leaders, and customer-facing engineers who know PLC/SCADA, BAS and HVAC controls, or access control well enough to sell it, scope it, and stand behind it.
Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas. Contingency and retained search.
Working with Symco OT
- Fees
- Contingency or retained
- Guarantee
- 6 months on every placement
- Candidates
- We vet and interview every one. No resumes passed along.
Sales and engineering talent for automation and building systems. Nothing else.
We don't recruit accountants, nurses, or software sellers. We recruit the people who sell, design, and support automation and building systems, and we understand how sales and engineering work together to win a project.
Four kinds of seats. One connected team.
Technical sales & solution selling
- Territory Manager
- Account Executive
- Outside Sales
- Business Development Manager
Sales engineering
- Sales Engineer
- Applications Engineer
- Pre-Sales Engineer
Sales leadership
- Regional Sales Manager
- Director of Sales
- VP of Sales
Engineering & projects
- Controls Engineer
- Automation Engineer
- BAS Engineer
- Project Manager
The systems our candidates sell, scope, and support
Industrial automation →
- PLCs
- Allen-Bradley ControlLogix / CompactLogix, Siemens TIA Portal, Schneider, Omron, Mitsubishi, Beckhoff
- SCADA / HMI
- Ignition, FactoryTalk, Wonderware, WinCC
- Process & motion
- Drives, instrumentation, DCS, robotics: FANUC, ABB, Yaskawa
Building automation →
- BAS platforms
- Johnson Controls Metasys, Siemens Desigo, Honeywell, Tridium Niagara, Distech, Automated Logic, Schneider EcoStruxure
- Controls & protocols
- HVAC controls, DDC, BACnet, LonWorks, energy management
Access control & security
- Access control
- Lenel OnGuard, Software House C•CURE, Genetec, AMAG, Brivo
- Video & integration
- Milestone, Avigilon, Axis; fire and life safety integration
We don't just match brand names. We find the salespeople who can explain them and the engineers who can stand in front of a customer.
Commissioned Search™
In your world, nothing goes live until it's commissioned: tested, proven, and handed over. We hire the same way.
- 1
Scope
We learn the territory or project, the buyers, the systems, and what great looks like.
- 2
Source
We go after people already winning somewhere else, including those who aren't looking.
- 3
Field-test
We screen sales and technical depth together: the number they carried, what they sold, who they sold to, and the systems they know.
- 4
Commission
One strong candidate at a time, with the proof up front. Then we stay through offer, counteroffer, and start date.
Real questions. Sales and engineering, side by side.
Keywords don't tell you who can do the job. These questions do.
Industrial automation
“Walk me through your biggest PLC/SCADA deal: who the engineer was, who signed, and what almost killed it.”
“A line keeps faulting after a ControlLogix firmware update. How do you isolate it without stopping production?”
Building automation
“How do you sell a Niagara upgrade to a facility director who thinks the old system works fine?”
“A Niagara front end keeps losing BACnet devices. Where do you start?”
Access control
“How do you win a multi-site access control refresh when the incumbent integrator has the relationship?”
“Walk me through configuring a two-factor reader policy in OnGuard or C•CURE for a secure area.”
Typical recruiter vs. Symco OT
| Category | Typical recruiter | Symco OT |
|---|---|---|
| Industry focus | Any industry | OT only: industrial, BAS, access control |
| Screening | Keyword match | Sales and technical depth screened together |
| Candidate presentation | Stack of resumes | We vet and interview every candidate. No resumes passed along. |
| Guarantee | Often 90 days | 6 months on every placement |
| Fees | Varies | Contingency or retained, defined up front |
6-month guarantee on every placement
If a placed hire leaves or is let go within six months, we run a replacement search at no additional fee.
Full terms are in our fee agreement.Start a searchThe best territories and projects never get posted.
If you've been winning and wondering what's out there, we'll tell you the truth about pay, quotas, and which companies are worth it. Confidential. No fees for candidates.
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Base, commission, and total pay for technical sales and sales engineering roles in Texas. Plain numbers, no fluff.
Straight answers
How are fees calculated?
A percentage of first-year compensation, defined up front in our agreement. Searches run on contingency or retained terms.
Do you work on retainer?
Yes. We run both contingency and retained searches. Most clients start with a single contingency search. For sales leadership searches we also offer retained options.
Do you charge candidates?
Never.
What areas do you cover?
Based in Dallas–Fort Worth, recruiting across Texas and nationwide when the fit is right.
Tell us about the seat.
Hiring for a technical sales, sales leadership, or engineering seat? Tell us the role, the systems, and the territory. We'll tell you what the search will take.