Business Development Manager – Water and Wastewater Services - Southeast England

Location: Maidstone, Kent, with occasional UK travel

We are supporting a growing specialist engineering business in the appointment of a Business Development Manager to help expand its service offering across the water, wastewater, local authority, leisure and light-industrial markets.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially driven professional with experience in technical sales or business development. You will focus on securing service and maintenance contracts covering pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, booster sets and associated mechanical and electrical assets.

The Role

You will manage the complete business-development process, from identifying prospective customers and conducting site visits through to preparing proposals, negotiating commercial terms and securing contracts.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Identifying and developing new service-contract opportunities
• Promoting planned maintenance, reactive support, asset refurbishment, compliance and optimisation services
• Building relationships with facilities managers, council engineers, estates teams, leisure operators and water-company asset managers
• Conducting site assessments to identify asset condition, operational challenges and opportunities for improvement
• Preparing quotations, commercial proposals, tenders and framework submissions
• Managing opportunities from initial engagement through to contract award
• Working closely with engineering and service-delivery teams to ensure contracts are accurately scoped, priced and mobilised
• Developing existing accounts and identifying opportunities for additional services
• Maintaining accurate pipeline, forecasting and CRM information