Business Development Advisor

 

Main characteristics

Location

City of Glasgow

Company

Luddon Construction Ltd

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Construction / Skilled Trades

Job summary

One of the Countrys leading privately owned Construction Company, Luddon Construction Ltd is an extremely successful and well-founded Civil Engineering, Building and Surfacing Contractor based in Glasgow, with operations and projects now spanning throughout the whole of the UK.

We are currently recruiting for a Glasgow Head Office based Business Development Advisor to join our established Pre-Construction team. The ideal candidate should be self-motivated, ambitious, organised and confident.

This exciting role and opportunity attracts an excellent remuneration package including market leading annual salary and a further full extensive staff benefits package, together with the all important opportunities for career development and upward progression within a successful and established team environment.

Having initially gained a level of knowledge, experience and understanding of the Company following your commencement with us as a Business Development Advisor, with our full support and guidance your responsibilities will evolve to include the following:

* Identifying and attracting new and potential business opportunities within a range of construction industry sectors including; Power & Energy, Renewables, Industrial, Food and Drink, Retail, Housing, Drainage and Road Surfacing

* Building and developing existing and new client relationships

* Pro-actively managing, hosting and participating in a range of client hospitality events

* Producing reports and Company literature using InDesign Software and Microsoft packages

* Reporting into and communicating daily with the Senior Business Development Manager

* Travelling to locations within Scotland to meet potential and existing clients

* Strategic diary management

* Retaining business data such as current and upcoming tenders and existing projects etc

* Working collaboratively alongside the Estimating and Pre Construction department

* Working to important deadlines

* Contributing and presenting confidently to external clients and within Divisional Management monthly meetings

For our Business Development Advisor role we are looking for the following Skills and Experience:

Essential

* Positive and proactive personality and approach

* You will be organised with a high attention to detail

* IT literacy MS Packages Teams, Access, Word, Excel

* Full UK Driving Licence

* You will have the ability to retain business data

* Must be competent to present within a management setting

Desirable

* Previous experience in a Business Development or similar role

* Previous experience of driving and contributing to business growth

* Construction background knowledge and/or experience

* Graduate Degree/HND/HNC in a Hospitality, Retail or a Business related sector

* InDesign Software experience

Application deadline: 22/03/2024

We are only able to consider applications from Candidates eligible to work in the UK and that are current UK residents