Senior Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager – mua - based out of any Murphy/ mua site, mainly home based but with travel to clients 

MUA Group is an independent electricity and gas distribution network operator, connecting homes and businesses to essential energy infrastructure. We’re also a regulated water and wastewater company, adopting water and wastewater networks across Britain.

Our mission at MUA is to help build better and more sustainable places to live and work, by adopting and operating multi-utility networks nationwide.

Business Development Manager – mua
 
What you will be doing

Build long lasting relationships with clients and relevant individuals to process and establish tender enquires and tender submissions.
Follow the submission of bids to attend meetings, negotiate and record all changes to the bid, involving the construction phase team as appropriate and finally hand the preconstruction phase of the project over to the construction phase leadership and delivery team.
Liaise with Commercial Manager and Business Unit Heads on resources and business processes, to ensure that the preconstruction resource pool is an appropriate size, with suitable blend of skill-sets, for the projected workload.
Manage the bid process from PQQ to Client Submission
To drive the direction to new markets inline with the Murphy Values
Ensure disciplines work interactively and communicate effectively and specific outputs are produced consistently and to appropriate standards.
Reviews, challenges and approves project estimates at the appropriate level; giving due consideration to level of design and available information, risks, planning, support services, SHES and 3rd parties.
Works with site commercial teams to ensure estimating budgets & programmes are reflective of actual delivery experience.
Represents the preconstruction team at management meetings and interfaces with other departments / teams.
Promote interaction with the appropriate functional leaders for to facilitate successful development of solutions to problems and estimates.
Ensure the preconstruction team proactively manages knowledge to facilitate continuous improvement & innovation.
Upkeep resource databases in estimating software packages with latest available resource cost information.  
Who we are looking for

Multi Utility Sector experience preferred but not essential
Working in the Industrial and Commercial  Markets
Knowledge of iDNO/DNO  Networks
Forward thinking, mature attitude, with the ability to build long term commercial relationships
Great track record as a Business Development professional
Experience of bid-writing/tendering
Valid UK driving licence