Business Development Manager

Kier Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive growth across transportation and infrastructure sectors, building lasting client relationships and positioning Kier as a trusted delivery partner. Location is nationwide with hybrid working, reporting to the business development director.

You will identify opportunities, develop early win strategies, and attend industry events across the UK. Strong knowledge of highways, rail, aviation, and ports, plus travel ability, are essential to

Qualifications

• Experience in transportation or civil infrastructure procurement.
• Established relationships with UK clients and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to identify opportunities and grow accounts.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities and develop early win strategies for transportation sector projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, consultants and partners.
• Create and maintain capture plans to clarify bid strategies.
• Provide market intelligence and maintain a pipeline aligned with business goals.
• Attend industry events and promote Kier's capabilities.

Skills

Transportation industry knowledge

Client relationship building

Bid strategy

Market intelligence

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Job description

We're looking for a Business Development Manager to join our Kier Infrastructure team, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future growth of our business. This is an exciting opportunity to identify and secure new opportunities across the transportation and infrastructure sectors, build lasting client relationships, and help position Kier as a trusted delivery partner.

Location: Nationwide – hybrid working

Hours: Permanent Fulltime 37.5 per week

Salary: £47.500 - £57,500 per year + private healthcare + £5,900 annual car allowance + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

Role

As a Business Development Manager, you'll be across our transportation sectors including highways, rail, aviation and ports, building meaningful relationships with clients, consultants and partners to position Kier for success. This is a results-driven role within our clients and markets team, where collaboration and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. Reporting to the business development director, your day to day will include:

• Identifying opportunities and developing early win strategies for transportation sector projects
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, consultants and supply chain partners
• Creating and maintaining capture plans to ensure bid strategies are clearly understood
• Providing market intelligence and maintaining a pipeline of opportunities aligned with business goals
• Attending industry events, meetings and conferences to promote Kier's capabilities

What are we looking for?

This role of Business Development Manager is ideal if you have:

• Strong understanding of transportation, highways, infrastructure, or civil engineering procurement, including contracts, frameworks, bid processes, and project opportunities.
• Established relationships with UK clients and stakeholders, with a solid understanding of the transportation and infrastructure market.
• Proven ability to build trusted partnerships, identify new business opportunities, and develop long-term client relationships that drive growth.
• Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, influencing stakeholders and bringing together expertise to create winning solutions.
• Self-motivated, commercially minded, and comfortable travelling across the UK, including occasional overnight stays, to support client engagement and business development activities.

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and Inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.