Power & Renewables Business Development Lead

Kirby Group Engineering; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent package on offer with room f

: negotiations

Job summary

Kirby Group Engineering is seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager to grow our Power & Renewables Unit across Europe. You will identify opportunities, engage customers and stakeholders, and position Kirby to win major projects in energy and infrastructure sectors.

You’ll work with operations, estimating and pre-construction teams to develop win strategies, manage long-cycle sales, and build a robust pipeline that aligns with revenue targets and strategic growth.

Qualifications

• Proven business development experience within engineering, construction, infrastructure, utilities, energy, power, renewables or related sectors.
• Strong understanding of project-based sales environments and long-cycle opportunity management.
• Experience building relationships with senior stakeholders and influencing decision-makers.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to understand customer challenges and develop tailored solutions.
• Strong networking, communication and presentation skills.
• Experience managing sales pipelines, forecasting activity and CRM systems.
• A proactive mindset with the confidence to identify opportunities and pursue them independently.
• Ability to work effectively across technical, commercial and operational teams.
• Knowledge of European energy, power or renewable markets would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring market activity, sector investment trends and future spending plans across Europe to identify growth opportunities.
• Identifying and qualifying project opportunities and managing them through the sales pipeline to tender stage.
• Building strong relationships with end clients, developers, contractors, consultants, design partners and specialist vendors.
• Mapping key decision-makers, influencers and stakeholders across target accounts and projects.
• Developing and maintaining a healthy pipeline of qualified opportunities aligned with revenue targets.
• Generating new leads through customer meetings, networking, industry events, referrals and proactive business development activity.
• Working closely with Business Unit leadership, pre-construction teams and bid specialists to support winning strategies.
• Gathering and communicating market intelligence, customer requirements, competitor activity and project insights.

Skills

Business development

Stakeholder engagement

Sales forecasting

CRM systems

Networking

Strategic thinking

Job description

Kirby Group Engineering is seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager to grow our Power & Renewables Unit across Europe. You will identify opportunities, engage customers and stakeholders, and position Kirby to win major projects in energy and infrastructure sectors.

You’ll work with operations, estimating and pre-construction teams to develop win strategies, manage long-cycle sales, and build a robust pipeline that aligns with revenue targets and strategic growth.