Business Development Manager Civil Engineering and Geosynthetics
Job Title: Business Development ManagerCivil Engineering and GeosyntheticsIndustry Sector: General Civil Engineering, Environmental Markets, Marine, Coastal Works, Fluvial Works for River Erosion, Speciality Projects, Landfill, Flood Defence, Geotextiles, Geocomposite, Cupate Products, Gas and Water (Fluid) Drainage, Geosynthetics, Consulting Engineers, Civil Engineer Contractors, Main Contractors and Civil & Drainage Merchants/ Distributors
Area to be covered: Nationalbased North
Remuneration: £55,000 + £5,000 bonus
Benefits: Car allowance and full benefits packageThe role of the Business Development ManagerCivil Engineering and Geosynthetics will involve:
National field sales role promoting a wide manufactured range of geotextiles, geocomposite and cuspate products
50% of your time focused on marine projects (coastal works and fluvial projects for river erosion)
45% of your time targeting the general civil engineering projects (remediation, brown field developments, infrastructure projects) and 5% specialty projects (e.g. large events)
Acting as the sector specialist nationally
Project led role, 30% of time will be new business orientated selling through specification to consulting engineers
70% of your time account developing relationships with civil engineering contractors and specialist sub contractor end users (our clients is very well known within the top 10 civil engineering contractors as well as the corresponding merchants / distributors)
Small element of the role will be product management and marketing
Revenue responsibility for circa £1.5m, area currently performing on budget year to date (Marine projects out performing general civil engineering currently)
First 6-8 weeks you will need access to Yorkshire based office for product learning and development
Conducting CPD presentations
Once established in the role it is likely youll spend 50% of your time on the road visiting consulting engineering and civil engineering contractors/ working from home and 50% working from the office
The ideal applicant will be a Business Development ManagerCivil Engineering and Geosynthetics experience with:
Ideally field sales experience with consulting engineering and civil engineering contractors
Open to a civil engineer looking for first field sales role
Ideally some sort of engineering qualification
Ideally familiar with the process of specification in the civil engineering markets balancing the input of clients, consultant engineers, civil engineering contractors, sub contractors and civil and drainage merchants / distributors
Knowledge ofgeotextiles, geocomposite and cuspate products is not essential as full product training will be provided
An understanding of civil engineering tendering
Self-starter and autonomous in nature
The Company:
Est. 30 years+
Circa £9m turnover
25+ employees
Mitchell Maguire is a specialist construction field sales recruitment consultancy, dealing exclusively with construction field sales jobs, construction field sales vacancies and specification field sales positions within: General Civil Engineering, Environmental Markets, Marine, Coastal Works, Fluvial Works for River Erosion, Speciality Projects, Landfill, Flood Defence, Geotextiles, Geocomposite, Cupate Products,Gas and Water (Fluid) Drainage, Geosynthetics, Consulting Engineers, Civil Engineer Contractors, Main Contractors and Civil & Drainage Merchants/ DistributorsTPBN1_UKTJ