Senior Business Development Manager

Select Recruitment Specialists Ltd; Broadland; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

KPI-based bonus

Job summary

Select Recruitment Specialists Ltd is assisting an ambitious engineering business in recruiting an experienced Business Development Manager to lead new business activity across the UK power, energy and infrastructure markets. This is a genuine hunting role with success measured by qualified opportunities, orders secured and profitable revenue delivered.

You will proactively identify customers across transmission, DNOs, renewables, data centres and major infrastructure, building structured

Qualifications

• Proven track record in B2B business development or sales.
• Ability to engage senior decision-makers and technical stakeholders.
• Commercially astute with a strong sales pipeline.
• Sector experience in high-voltage electrical engineering, power, renewables or infrastructure is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new customers across transmission and distribution, DNOs, renewables, BESS, data centres and major infrastructure programmes.
• Build relationships with decision-makers across Tier 1 contractors, EPCs, OEMs, developers and engineering consultants.
• Develop opportunities ahead of formal tender, secure RFQs and convert these into contracted orders.
• Build structured account plans for strategically important customers.
• Own and maintain an accurate, credible sales pipeline through to contract award.
• Support Bid-No Bid decisions, tender strategy and commercial negotiation alongside the Commercial and Engineering teams.
• Report weekly on pipeline, order intake and market intelligence directly to the CEO and management team.

Skills

Hunter mentality

Senior stakeholder mgmt

Pipeline management

B2B sales

Job description

Are you a natural hunter who thrives on turning a cold introduction into a signed contract? And do you want a genuine seat at the table, shaping the growth of an ambitious engineering business, rather than just chasing this month's quota?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

The Opportunity

Our client is a well‑established and rapidly growing business within the UK electrical engineering and power infrastructure sector. As part of an ambitious growth strategy, they are seeking an experienced and commercially driven Business Development Manager to build and lead new business activity across the UK power, energy and infrastructure markets. This is a genuine new‑business hunting role. Success will be measured on qualified opportunities generated, orders secured and profitable revenue delivered – not on activity alone.

What You'll Be Doing

• Proactively identifying and developing new customers across transmission and distribution, DNOs, ICPs, renewables, BESS, data centres and major infrastructure programmes
• Building relationships with decision‑makers across Tier 1 contractors, EPCs, OEMs, developers and engineering consultants
• Developing opportunities ahead of formal tender, securing RFQs and converting these into contracted, profitable orders
• Building structured account plans for strategically important customers
• Owning and maintaining an accurate, credible sales pipeline through to contract award
• Supporting Bid‑No Bid decisions, tender strategy and commercial negotiation alongside the Commercial and Engineering teams
• Reporting weekly on pipeline, order intake and market intelligence directly to the CEO and management team

What's On Offer

• A fantastic basic salary with genuine high earning potential through a KPI-focused bonus structure
• Car allowance
• A pivotal, high-visibility role reporting into senior leadership
• Genuine influence over the direction of a business in an active growth phase
• The opportunity to shape strategic account development from the ground up

About You

• Proven track record in business development or sales, ideally managing complex, long-cycle B2B opportunities
• A confident, credible communicator able to engage senior decision‑makers and technical stakeholders alike
• Commercially astute, target-driven and comfortable owning a significant pipeline
• Sector experience within high-voltage electrical engineering, power, utilities, renewables, BESS, data centres or major infrastructure would be a strong advantage – but a proven hunter mentality and genuine ambition to grow into the sector will also be considered
• Willing and able to travel throughout the UK