What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Development Manager position at ECS Southwest, LLP?
Responsibilities
- Work directly with the Director of Business Development, Principals, engineering staff, and current and future clients to implement business development strategies to increase growth and success
- Coach Engineering staff on successful client interaction and business development strategies
- Conduct market research to keep up with changing demographic and other relevant issues to assist with evaluating business development and communication activities and to monitor emerging issues
- Participate in networking groups, attend various associations, and maintain a client database to generate leads and relationships with clients
- Actively hold a professional association board or committee seat
- Maintain a client database, generate leads, and follow-up with clients
- Additional responsibilities may include managing and mentoring business development team members
- Supply content and coordinate with Social Media Team to support of social media, marketing campaigns, website, and industry conferences
- Ensure that messages are supportive of and consistent with company strategy, deliver content via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, email, or direct mail through the corporate marketing group
Qualifications
- BS in Business Administration, Marketing, or similar, preferred
- 5-10 years of business development experience
About Us
ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee-owned with more than 3,000 employees in 100 offices and testing facilities coast to coast. ECS is currently ranked #66 in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms (April 2025), #148 in Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2025) and #50 in Zweig Group's Hot Firm List (May 2025). For additional information about ECS, visit: www.ecslimited.com.
ECS is an Equal Opportunity [EO] employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or other protected category. E-verify and federal drug-free work place compliant.