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Account Executive – Engineering Staffing

Kelly
Detroit, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 10/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/26/2026

Kelly Services is seeking an Account Executive for our Engineering Staffing division! We’re the 4th largest engineering staffing company in the U.S. and we placed over 2,500 engineering candidates last year.


Job Title: Account Executive – Engineering

Location: Remote

Territory: Detroit, MI

Salary Range: $70K - 80K/year Uncapped Commissions!

Final annual compensation will be based on experience and may vary by geographic location.


We currently have Business Development opportunities within our Engineering division, with experience in Advanced Manufacturing and Automation vertical.


  • Focus within the Advanced Manufacturing and Automation engineering vertical
  • As an experienced seller in your vertical industry of focus, you’ll solve our prospects’ engineering challenges through selling our statementworX suite of SOW solutions (outcome based deliverable Projects and Programs) and traditional contract, temp to hire and direct hire service lines
  • Initiate and conduct meetings with potential and current strategic Engineering business leaders experiencing or expecting growth
  • Utilize research/data/technology and industry insights to generate value to engineering functions with goal of establishing strategic relationships and Kelly Engineering as an expert in Engineering Services delivery
  • Nurture loyal relationships and understanding of the motivators and trends that drive growth
  • Qualify partnership potential and gain commitment from executives/decision-makers, engineering directors, engineering managers, etc.
  • Influence and partner with a team of specialized engineering recruiters. We all work cohesively together to provide the best workforce solutions in the industry
  • Be accountable to the highest standards of activity, success, teamwork and ultimate production of results


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree is strongly preferred
  • Minimum 2 years of proven business-to-business Engineering Services sales, preferably in the focus industry vertical
  • Solutions oriented, consultative and the ability to have a strategic sales approach
  • Be able to build long-term sales relationships with stakeholders
  • Be curious and passionate about solving the world’s most challenging engineering needs and connecting talented people with meaningful careers
  • Staffing Industry experience required


Benefits:

  • 3 weeks’ vacation (first full year)
  • 5 mental health/wellbeing/sick days 4 additional PTO days off
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • 401K match
  • Access to Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Option to purchase 5 extra vacation days


Why Kelly?

Together we change lives. Kelly is a team of experts driven by our belief that the impact of the right person in the right job is limitless. No matter where you are in your career journey you can apply your knowledge and passion to move people, organizations, and communities forward. You’ll have opportunities to grow your expertise and capabilities, both professionally and personally. As a team we celebrate inclusion, caring and collaboration. As a company we value your contribution, we work with integrity, and we always put people first – so your impact really will change lives.


Working at Kelly means being part of a global team making people-work connections that count, because we believe helping people become who they’re meant to be benefits us all. At every location and every level within our company, Kelly’s people are unique in their understanding and commitment to helping people create better futures and helping companies across the globe compete, prosper, and grow. The work we do matters. Helping people transform their lives matters. Shaping the future of work matters. If you have a passion for helping others, what’s next for you may very well be joining our internal global team and working to make a difference.


Kelly Services is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce, including, but not limited to, minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, sexual orientation, gender identity. Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law.


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Salary : $70,000 - $80,000

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