Business Development Manager
Job ID: 1813910
Reference Code: MH-Business-Development Manager
- Up to $150,000
- Richmond Hill, L4B 3L6
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Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Business Development Manager for a direct hire opportunity in Richmond Hill, ON within the industrial facilities and infrastructure construction sector. This role is ideal for a construction professional with strong project management experience, technical knowledge of electrical, communications cabling, and mechanical systems, and a proven ability to build long-term relationships with developers, general contractors, owners, and industry partners.
The Business Development Manager will play a key role in driving growth, identifying profitable market opportunities, and helping shift projects from a traditional tender approach to a more collaborative design assist model. This is a high-visibility role with direct interaction with senior leadership, internal pursuit and operations teams, and external decision-makers.
This opportunity offers a collaborative, professional environment where business development, estimating, project management, and operations teams work closely together to secure and deliver successful construction projects. Candidates who enjoy relationship building, strategic growth, technical discussions, and seeing opportunities progress from early pursuit through execution will find this role highly rewarding.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute business development strategies to secure new construction projects and expand market opportunities.
- Build, maintain, and grow relationships with developers, general contractors, owners, and key industry stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to transition projects from tender-based work to design assist partnerships.
- Collaborate with pursuit, estimating, and operations teams to support proposals, RFPs, RFQs, project submissions, and client presentations.
- Lead contract negotiations, communicate project expectations, and support smooth handoffs from signed contract to project execution.
- Maintain sales pipeline reporting, financial updates, market research, and project opportunity tracking.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $100,000 to $150,000 per year.
- Direct hire opportunity.
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Additional Skills
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Drive new business development within electrical, communications cabling, and mechanical construction markets.
- Develop long-term partnerships with developers, contractors, owners, and industry stakeholders.
- Support proposal, RFP, RFQ, negotiation, and project transition activities.
- Provide high-level project oversight from early-stage pursuit through handoff to operations.
- 5+ years of construction industry experience, including some hands-on field or technical exposure.
- At least 5 years of project management experience, or equivalent construction leadership experience.
- Strong technical understanding of electrical, communications cabling, and mechanical systems.
- Experience supporting the full project lifecycle, including early negotiations, scope development, proposal support, contract discussions, and project handoff.
- College degree in a related field or a trade license in construction, business, construction management, engineering, or a related discipline.
- Strong understanding of construction phases, project delivery processes, and coordination requirements.
- Proven ability to build relationships from the ground up with developers, general contractors, owners, and industry partners.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, planning, and time management skills.
- Strong organizational and administrative abilities with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to communicate professionally with all levels of internal and external stakeholders.
- Willingness and ability to travel as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Existing network within the Ontario construction, development, general contracting, or industrial infrastructure market.
- Experience with design assist, design build, or early contractor involvement project models.
- Background working with multi-trade construction scopes involving electrical, mechanical, and low-voltage or communications systems.
- Experience preparing technical write-ups, client-facing submissions, and strategic pursuit materials.