Business Development Specialist

Airswift; Reading; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Business Development Specialist to join its Reading-based team for a 12-month, full-time contract. The role focuses on business development, economic modelling, and commercial analysis within the oil, gas, and petrochemical sectors.

You will support project planning through FEED, EPC and construction phases and coordinate with multiple internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor Degree in Engineering and strong skills in IRR, NPV and

Qualifications

• Strong economic analysis skills (IRR, NPV, payback) and ability to model scenarios.
• Experience coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams across technical, commercial, finance and legal.
• Proven ability to develop business cases and support investment decisions.
• Comfort with RFIs/RFPs/NDAs and complex commercial proposals.

Responsibilities

• Develop business opportunities and support strategic growth initiatives.
• Perform economic modelling and commercial analysis to inform investment decisions.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across engineering, commercial, finance, legal, supply chain and operations.
• Assist planning activities through FEED, EPC and construction phases and support project governance.

Skills

Economic modelling

Stakeholder coordination

Project governance

Excel/Access proficiency

Communication (English)

Planning & scheduling

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Tools

Excel

Access

Job description

Job Title: Business Development Specialist

Duration: 12 Months

Schedule: 5 days a week in the office

Location: Reading, United Kingdom

This opportunity sits within a major energy and chemicals environment supporting strategic growth, project evaluation, and investment decision-making across refining and petrochemical value chains. The role combines business development, economic modelling, commercial analysis, and stakeholder coordination, while also supporting project planning activities through FEED, EPC, and construction phases. This position offers involvement in high-impact work spanning business cases, optimisation studies, scope control, risk management, and project execution.

Required Experience

• Experience in the oil and gas industry, refinery, and petrochemical projects
• Experience supporting planning and project execution activities across FEED, EPC, and construction phases
• Experience developing business cases, evaluating strategic opportunities, and supporting investment decisions
• Experience coordinating with technical, commercial, finance, legal, supply chain, operations, engineering, licensors, consultants, suppliers, partners, and offtakers
• Experience managing scope, schedule, cost, risks, milestones, and project governance deliverables
• Bachelor Degree in an Engineering discipline

Required Skills

• Good working knowledge of industry standards and procedures, including international standards
• Strong capability in economic analysis, including IRR, NPV, capital payback, break-even, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis
• Experience managing and providing quality assurance for LP models and economic models
• Ability to prepare, coordinate, and evaluate RFIs, RFPs, NDAs, and commercial proposals
• Strong planning, organisation, and project coordination skills
• Ability to support project execution planning, scope change management, interface management, and project closeout
• Good knowledge of English, both written and verbal
• Good knowledge of database management through Excel and Access
• Strong problem-solving skills, open and effective communication, safety awareness, and intercultural awareness

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.