Southeast Water Market Leader

Mead & Hunt, Inc; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Parental leave

401K with company match

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Mead & Hunt is seeking a dynamic business developer to grow our water practice in the Southeast and across our national platform. You will cultivate relationships with public clients, lead cross‑selling opportunities, and help shape a strategic growth plan with the One Water National Market Leader.

The role offers flexible remote-work options with reporting to the Florida regional office and travel up to 75% to support projects and client meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field and at least five years of marketing experience.
• If no degree, at least nine years of relevant experience with five years in industry.

Responsibilities

• Learn the Municipal Water/Wastewater industry and cross-selling opportunities.
• Engage with current and prospective public clients to expand Mead & Hunt's services.
• Communicate with clients and staff via web conferences, phone, LinkedIn, and in-person meetings.
• Maintain CRM with forecasts, dates, costs, and proposal status.
• Draft and develop technically written proposals from SMEs and partners.
• Identify new sales leads and coordinate introductory meetings and follow-ups.
• Support proposal development for the Sales team and ensure proper reviews.
• Participate in trade associations and regional/national events.
• Understand market drivers including regulatory topics and funding.
• Participate in Go/No Go processes for proposals.
• Coordinate cross-market group meetings and share lessons learned.
• Assist with regional growth projections and goal setting.
• Prepositioning for strategic pursuits in water in FL, GA and the Carolinas.

Skills

Business development

Account management

Client engagement

Cross-selling

CRM experience

Proposal development

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Travel-ready

AI tools familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

CRM software

LinkedIn

AI tools (Copilot/ChatGPT)

Job description

Mead & Hunt has an exciting opportunity for a business developer. This role is specifically focused on growing the water business in the Southeast United States and across business units for Mead & Hunt. This person will have the opportunity and support to grow this role into a position of national prominence and cultivate a key leadership position within the firm.

The individual will join a well-established water supply and wastewater treatment group with a strong portfolio of nationally recognized projects and considerable technical expertise. This person will be responsible for working with existing and new public clients to leverage that expertise into expanded relationships and service offerings from Mead & Hunt. Project delivery will take the form of traditional professional services, design-build management and engineering/procurement/construction (EPC) contracting. With the resources available through Mead & Hunt, the professional in this role will have an opportunity to make their mark in providing engineering and client services that meet and exceed our clients' expectations and goals.

Flexible remote-work options are available and candidate will report to the nearest regional Florida Mead & Hunt office. Please indicate location preference when applying. In this role, the individual will be traveling up to 75%.

Essential Duties

• Learn and familiarize oneself with the Municipal Water/Wastewater industry while comprehending how these services can translate to cross-selling opportunities within Food & Beverage and other manufacturing industries to better support customers' water and wastewater needs.
• Discover and engage with current and potential customers to learn their business and understand how Mead & Hunt can support their organization's initiatives; continuously follow up to improve customer satisfaction and ensure repeat business communicating any concerns and solutions to the One Water National Market Leader.
• Communicate effectively with clients and internal staff using digital media such as web conferences, phone calls, LinkedIn, and in-person meetings when applicable.
• Meet regularly with the One Water National Market Leader and Marketing to communicate needs, foreseeable concerns, goal achievement progress and any other updates.
• Operate within our CRM system on a frequent basis ensuring consistent updates for other appropriate users.
• Draft and develop technically written proposals using information from subject matter experts, vendors, and partners.
• Identify new sales leads and clients for prospective project development; assist with outlines of customized series of questions while documenting project history and coordinating introductory meetings and any follow-ups.
• Support proposal development for the Sales team in the following tasks: developing an outline of the project or tasks with the client; identifying comparable example proposals with the One Water National Market Leader; drafting proposals or supporting the proposal team with preparing sections; coordinate and handle peer review and support the subject matter expert in the task; ensure proposals run through the appropriate review process, are reviewed by leadership, and document updates in CRM.
• Participate in trade associations and events regionally/nationally upon approval by the One Water National Market Leader.
• Understand and keep current on market drivers such as regulatory compliance topics and funding.
• Participate in Go/No Go process for proposals.
• Participate in trade associations specific to the municipal waste/wastewater industry and identify potential events to promote Mead & Hunt's business while sharing technical information references with Mead & Hunt subject matter experts.
• Coordinate and facilitate client and vendor meetings; attend meetings and document activities such as agenda, minutes, action items, and follow-up with tasks assigned until complete.
• Manage the CRM by maintaining a forecast including accurate information on important dates, cost, probability of proposals won and anticipated project durations; ensure the Marketing team is aware of proposal due dates while following up on pending actions in addition to documenting future action steps and any sales calls.
• Coordinate and facilitate cross market group meetings (One Water, Food & Beverage & GHGR); draft and develop meeting agenda and content with Client Managers including project updates and learned lessons from staff following completed projects; review with One Water National Market Leader and execute.
• Assist with meeting and developing regional growth projections and goal setting for yourself and client managers.
• Prepositioning for and identifying strategic pursuits within the water market in FL, GA and the Carolinas.

The successful candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field from an accredited college or university AND at least five (5) years of marketing experience, including at least three (3) within a relevant industry

OR

• If no degree, must have at least nine (9) years of relevant experience with five (5) years within a relevant industry

The ideal candidate will have any/all of the following:

• 15+ years of experience preferred
• Florida PE license or ability to obtain within six months
• Background in water/wastewater services.
• Proven track record in business development with such clients as municipalities, government agencies, food and beverage facilities and/or industrial processing facilities.
• Robust time and expense management skills with the ability to prioritize while calmly working under pressure to meet deadlines and changing demands.
• A creative mind with good written and verbal communication skills, along with interpersonal skills.
• Highly resourceful and self-motivated individual that can work independently and within a team.
• Ability and drive to visit with prospective clients
• Experience or familiarity with generative AI-driven tools, platforms, or systems (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to enhance productivity, automate tasks, and reduce errors
• Ability for travel

If you're highly communicative, self-motivated and approach sales efforts with an energetic attitude, a passion for sustainable solutions within the water industry, manage strict deadlines and adaptive to changing markets, you'll do well in this role.

About the Firm:

Founded in 1900, Mead & Hunt is an employee-owned firm boasting more than 1400+ engineers, architects, planners, construction, and support staff in 50+ offices nationwide. Mead & Hunt has been recognized as one of the Best Firms to Work For by CE News and ranked 82nd in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms list.

Mead & Hunt proudly offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, paid sick leave, parental leave, a 401K plan with a generous company match, life and disability insurance, and an employee assistance program.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

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