Job Description:

Our client is a well-established, fast-growing engineering business serving the UK's power transmission and distribution network. They design, manufacture, install, test and commission high-voltage electrical infrastructure, and they are scaling quickly. They are now looking for a Senior Business Development Manager to create and win the next wave of National Grid and power sector opportunities.

This is a genuine new-business hunting seat reporting directly to the Founder & CEO. Success is measured on qualified opportunities, orders secured and profitable revenue delivered, not on activity alone.

What You'll Be Doing

• Identifying and winning new customers across National Grid, the Distribution Network Operators, Tier 1 and EPC contractors, OEMs, developers and ICPs
• Opening doors with decision-makers across procurement, engineering and commercial teams, and developing opportunities well before formal tender
• Securing RFQs and invitations to tender, then converting them into profitable, contracted orders and framework agreements
• Building account plans for strategic customers and growing the business from transactional supplier to trusted delivery partner
• Owning an accurate, credible pipeline through to contract award, and supporting Bid or No Bid decisions and commercial negotiation with the Commercial and Engineering teams
• Reporting weekly on pipeline, order intake and market intelligence directly to the CEO

What You'll Bring

• Essential: proven experience working in or selling into National Grid and the UK power transmission and distribution sector, with an understanding of how its procurement works
• Essential: a hunter's mentality and a track record of creating new business, not just servicing inbound enquiries
• The confidence to engage senior decision-makers and the credibility to talk to engineers and commercial teams alike
• Strong negotiation skills and experience managing complex, long-cycle B2B sales
• A willingness to travel throughout the UK
• Existing relationships across DNOs, Tier 1 contractors, OEMs or EPCs would be a real advantage

What's On Offer

• A basic salary with genuine six-figure earning potential through a KPI-focused bonus
• Car allowance
• A high-visibility Director role with direct access to the Founder & CEO
• Real influence over the direction of a business in an active growth phase
• The chance to build strategic accounts from the ground up

Interested?

This is a confidential search managed exclusively by Select Recruitment Specialists. For a full briefing and a confidential conversation, please contact Emma Baylis at Select Recruitment Specialists.