Business Development Executive

McCarthy Recruitment; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

McCarthy Recruitment is hiring a Business Development Executive in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on identifying opportunities, engaging new customers and building long‑term relationships to deliver commercial solutions in the construction and infrastructure sector.

It’s a consultative, non-transactional sales position with a hybrid mix of office, field and customer‑facing activities. You’ll need energy, appetite to learn, and the confidence to speak with new contacts and potentially win

Qualifications

• Loves building relationships and talking to new people.
• Naturally curious, asks questions.
• Enjoys meeting customers face-to-face.
• Confident to pick up the phone and create opportunities.
• Gets a buzz from winning business and spotting opportunities.
• Wants to learn a specialist industry from experts.
• Self-motivated, resilient and able to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities and engage new customers.
• Build long‑term relationships and create commercial solutions.
• Work in a consultative, relationship-driven sales environment.
• Cover office, field and customer-facing activities as part of a hybrid role.

Skills

Relationship building

Cold calling

Face-to-face meetings

Phone outreach

Opportunity spotting

Self-motivation

Willingness to learn

Job description

Business Development Executive

Turn Waste Into Opportunity. Build Relationships. Make Great Money.

Some sales jobs are all about selling the same product to the same people every day.

This isn't one of them.

We're looking for a commercially minded, energetic Business Development Executive to join a growing, market-leading business operating in the construction and infrastructure sector. You don't need industry experience. In fact, we'd rather hire the right person with the right attitude.

What matters is that you're curious, driven, enjoy speaking to people and aren't afraid to roll your sleeves up to understand how things work.

One day you could be in the office identifying opportunities. The next, you're out visiting customers, walking a site, following a tipper lorry's journey, and uncovering commercial opportunities others have completely missed.

If the idea of spotting an opportunity, picking up the phone, building relationships and making things happen excites you, you'll fit right in.

What's the role?

You'll be helping construction businesses find smarter, more sustainable ways to move and reuse materials between sites.

Think soil, aggregates, excavated material and construction by-products that would otherwise become waste.

Your job is to identify opportunities, engage new customers, build long‑term relationships and create commercial solutions that benefit everyone involved.

This isn't a transactional sales role.

It's consultative, relationship-driven and genuinely makes a positive environmental impact.

We're looking for someone who:

• Loves building relationships and talking to new people
• Is naturally curious and asks questions
• Enjoys getting out from behind a desk and meeting customers face‑to‑face
• Has the confidence to pick up the phone and create opportunities
• Gets a buzz from winning business
• Can spot opportunities others overlook
• Wants to learn a specialist industry from experienced experts
• Is self‑motivated, resilient and happy working autonomouslyPrevious sales experience would be beneficial, but attitude, energy and a willingness to learn are far more important.

Why join?

• £35,000 basic salary
• Realistic OTE of £55,000+
• Established, growing and highly respected business
• Genuine career progression opportunities
• Hybrid mix of office, field and customer‑facing activity
• Family‑oriented culture with regular social and family events
• Supportive leadership team that genuinely invests in its people
• Unique, sustainable industry that's helping transform how construction materials are reused across the UKThe opportunity

This is the type of role where no two days are the same.

You'll be learning something new, meeting different people, solving commercial challenges and helping build a greener, more sustainable construction industry.

If you're ambitious, commercially aware and looking for a sales role that's a little different from the norm, we'd love to hear from you.

The Legal Bit:

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. By applying for this role, you are explicitly consenting for McCarthy Recruitment to hold and process your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. And your details will be added to our holding database. We process certain personal information about you for our legitimate business interests to identify and contact suitable candidates about positions that may be relevant to them. Details are set out in our privacy policy at privacy. If you wish to exercise your right to access, erase or restrict the processing of your data please contact us at the office and we will respond to your query