The Role
Develops and converts new business opportunities while expanding existing client accounts across onshore electrical engineering services. Provides technical leadership during early engagement, prepares proposals and tenders, manages bids through award, maintains CRM forecasts, and supports market intelligence and growth strategy. Requires strong LV/HV engineering knowledge, commercial awareness, proposal development skills, client relationship management, and travel to UK client sites.
Summary Generated by Built In
📍 North of England with regular requirements to visit the Hull office
🕒 Full‑time | Permanent
We are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to join our Engineering Services (Onshore) team. Reporting to the Engineering Services Manager, you will play a key role in developing new business opportunities and strengthening existing client relationships across the onshore electrical engineering sector.
This role focuses on identifying, developing and converting opportunities aligned with our diversified engineering services offering, including low voltage, high voltage, fire & gas, and hazardous area inspection and maintenance.
Key responsibilities
What we’re looking for
Qualifications (preferred)
Why join us?
You’ll be part of a technically strong, collaborative engineering services team with the opportunity to influence growth, shape client solutions and contribute to continuous improvement across the business.
Recruitment Agency Notice:
We are recruiting for this position directly and are not seeking agency support.
🕒 Full‑time | Permanent
We are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to join our Engineering Services (Onshore) team. Reporting to the Engineering Services Manager, you will play a key role in developing new business opportunities and strengthening existing client relationships across the onshore electrical engineering sector.
This role focuses on identifying, developing and converting opportunities aligned with our diversified engineering services offering, including low voltage, high voltage, fire & gas, and hazardous area inspection and maintenance.
Key responsibilities
- Identify and develop new client opportunities while growing existing accounts
- Act as the technical lead during early engagement, providing front‑end technical support
- Prepare, manage and submit technical proposals, tenders and quotations
- Lead and manage the Engineering Services bid process from opportunity to award
- Work closely with internal Business Development, Engineering and Marketing teams
- Maintain accurate opportunity and CRM data, including weighted forecasts
- Represent the business professionally at client meetings, industry events and exhibitions
- Provide market, competitor and client intelligence to support growth strategy
- Travel to client sites across the UK as required
What we’re looking for
- Qualified Electrical Engineer with at least 5 years’ experience in a similar technical or business development role
- Strong technical knowledge across LV/HV systems and electrical engineering standards
- Commercially aware, with the ability to identify value and cost-saving opportunities for clients
- Confident interpreting scopes, drawings, specifications and calculations
- Proven ability to develop technical solutions and convert them into winning proposals
- Strong communication, planning and organisational skills
- Self‑motivated, professional and comfortable working independently and collaboratively
- Full UK driving licence
Qualifications (preferred)
- Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical Engineering
- Ongoing commitment to professional development
- IEng or CEng registration (desirable, not essential)
- Membership of a recognised professional body (e.g. IET)
Why join us?
You’ll be part of a technically strong, collaborative engineering services team with the opportunity to influence growth, shape client solutions and contribute to continuous improvement across the business.
Recruitment Agency Notice:
We are recruiting for this position directly and are not seeking agency support.
Skills Required
- Qualified Electrical Engineer
- At least 5 years of experience in a similar technical or business development role
- Strong technical knowledge of low-voltage and high-voltage systems and electrical engineering standards
- Ability to interpret scopes, drawings, specifications, and calculations
- Experience developing technical solutions and converting them into winning proposals
- Commercial awareness and ability to identify client value and cost-saving opportunities
- Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Full UK driving licence
- Degree or HND/HNC in Electrical Engineering
- Ongoing commitment to professional development
- IEng or CEng registration
- Membership of a recognized professional body such as IET
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The Company
What We Do
Dron & Dickson is a UK specialist electrical supply and engineering services company focused on harsh, hazardous and industrial environments. It supplies electrical products from leading manufacturers and provides integrated procurement, installation, inspection and maintenance services. The company supports clients globally, including sectors such as oil and gas, renewable energy, marine, distilling and shipbuilding, helping keep operations safe, compliant and efficient.
