Business Development Specialist

ECS Southwest, LLP; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS Group of Companies in Carrollton, TX is seeking a motivated Business Development/Proposal Coordinator to support the growth of our geotechnical and environmental consulting practice. You will contribute to lead generation, proposal development, and cross-office collaboration.

In this role you will identify leads, coordinate proposal opportunities, manage social media content support, and assist with market research and planning.

Qualifications

• BS in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or similar preferred, but not required
• 0 - 3 years of business development experience

Responsibilities

• Identifying and researching leads for new work and proposal leads, lunch and learns, and other business development tasks
• Support project team by coordinating proposal opportunities and presentations for both prime and teaming arrangements
• Maintain consistent interaction with multiple offices including principals, directors, managers, and others to effectively support business development strategy
• Assisting with business development plan development and budgets
• Identifying, tracking, and coordinating conference, industry, and award opportunities
• Supply content and coordinate with Social Media Team for support of social media, marketing campaigns, and website and industry conferences
• Ensure that messages are supportive of and consistent with company strategy, deliver content via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, email, or direct mail through the corporate marketing group
• Conduct market research to keep up with changing demographic and other relevant issues to assist with evaluating business development and communication activities and to monitor emerging issues
• Assist with maintaining and updating databases
• Additional research, administrative tasks, and or special projects as needed

Skills

Business development

Lead generation

Proposal coordination

Market research

Communication

Social media coordination

Education

BS in Business Administration

Tools

CRM software

MS Office

Job description

Responsibilities

• Identifying and researching leads for new work and proposal leads, lunch and learns, and other business development tasks
• Support project team by coordinating proposal opportunities and presentations for both prime and teaming arrangements
• Maintain consistent interaction with multiple offices including principals, directors, managers, and others to effectively support business development strategy
• Assisting with business development plan development and budgets
• Identifying, tracking, and coordinating conference, industry, and award opportunities
• Supply content and coordinate with Social Media Team for support of social media, marketing campaigns, and website and industry conferences
• Ensure that messages are supportive of and consistent with company strategy, deliver content via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, email, or direct mail through the corporate marketing group
• Conduct market research to keep up with changing demographic and other relevant issues to assist with evaluating business development and communication activities and to monitor emerging issues
• Assist with maintaining and updating databases
• Additional research, administrative tasks, and or special projects as needed

Qualifications

• BS in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or similar preferred, but not required

• 0 - 3 years of business development experience

About Us

ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee-owned with more than 3,000 employees in 100+ offices and testing facilities coast to coast. ECS is currently ranked #60 in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms (April 2026), #148 in Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2025) and #50 in Zweig Group's Hot Firm List (May 2025). For additional information about ECS, visit: www.ecslimited.com.

ECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.