Company: Wood
Skills: Business Development
Education: High School/Secondary
Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom
Skills: Business Development
Education: High School/Secondary
Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom
Overview / Responsibilities
We are helping our customers on their journey to reach Net Zero by actively playing a pivotal role in the decarbonisation of new and existing assets and have been selected by many clients to be their partner of choice to achieve their ESG goals and aspirations.
Wood is providing innovative and cutting edge solutions to deliver some of the world's largest and most complex Energy Transition projects in;
Wood is leading the way in all these sectors and is delivering leading projects now in these sectors, embedding digitalisation within the core design and delivery.
The success of our business relies on the skill and talent of our people and our culture differentiates by making Wood a stimulating, rewarding and challenging place in which to thrive. Our Inspired Culture is one of the three strategic pillars which underpins everything we do.
We have a fantastic opportunity at the spearhead of our efforts in tackling some of the world's toughest climate and environmental challenges to benefit future generations and if this sounds exciting, would love to hear from you
The Role
We are seeking a Business Development Director to help shape our aggressive growth ambitions across the EMEA region in the downstream energy and materials markets.
This is a senior, very high-profile position and pivotal to Wood's global success. You will be self driven and able to work in a dynamic and fast moving environment, with an ability to communicate and present at all levels of the business.
You will join our Europe and Africa Growth and Development team and become a key member of the UK Projects management.
As focal point for Business Development you will be responsible for identifying business acquisition opportunities for our downstream Centre of Excellence for project delivery in Reading, UK, where we provide world-class engineering and delivery of complex, mega-scale projects across EMEA.
The office has more than a thousand multi-discipline engineering professionals, highly skilled in all aspects of engineering design and project management, with specialists in every discipline.
The successful applicant will cement existing relationships and build new ones, providing market insight to support our growth strategy, ensuring we focus our business acquisition efforts toward opportunities where we have the best opportunity to win work.
You will leverage expertise from different parts of the business to market our complex system integration capabilities for our clients across EMEA. This will include connecting within Wood across the globe and naturally will involve some travel within UK and EMEA.
Primary focus will be upon the development and management of our prospect and client portfolio for FEED's, Detail Design, EPCM/EPC and PMC projects in downstream New Energy and Energy Transition markets.
Responsibilities to ensure Wood is best positioned to nurture new/existing client relationships include;
What We Can Offer
If this sets your pulse racing and you have the drive and passion to succeed, we'd love to hear from you.
Skills / Qualifications
Expected skills and experience
Qualifications:
Minimum Experience:
You may read these details and consider not applying because your knowledge, experience and skills base doesn't fully cover every item listed, and that's understandable. However, we'd still like to hear from you.
At Wood, we understand and acknowledge that everyone is different and there is no perfect candidate, we are committed to equal opportunities and want to access all the talent that is out there. We are committed to attracting a broad range of skills, knowledge and experiences and embrace differences.
This role may be a step up or part of your wider career development plan so even if you feel you don't have everything listed, if you believe have some of the experience, knowledge or skills to help us unlock solutions to the world's most critical challenges and grow your potential ....please register your interest and apply.
Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
We are helping our customers on their journey to reach Net Zero by actively playing a pivotal role in the decarbonisation of new and existing assets and have been selected by many clients to be their partner of choice to achieve their ESG goals and aspirations.
Wood is providing innovative and cutting edge solutions to deliver some of the world's largest and most complex Energy Transition projects in;
- Hydrogen
- Carbon Capture
- Biofuels
- Process and Chemicals
Wood is leading the way in all these sectors and is delivering leading projects now in these sectors, embedding digitalisation within the core design and delivery.
The success of our business relies on the skill and talent of our people and our culture differentiates by making Wood a stimulating, rewarding and challenging place in which to thrive. Our Inspired Culture is one of the three strategic pillars which underpins everything we do.
We have a fantastic opportunity at the spearhead of our efforts in tackling some of the world's toughest climate and environmental challenges to benefit future generations and if this sounds exciting, would love to hear from you
The Role
We are seeking a Business Development Director to help shape our aggressive growth ambitions across the EMEA region in the downstream energy and materials markets.
This is a senior, very high-profile position and pivotal to Wood's global success. You will be self driven and able to work in a dynamic and fast moving environment, with an ability to communicate and present at all levels of the business.
You will join our Europe and Africa Growth and Development team and become a key member of the UK Projects management.
As focal point for Business Development you will be responsible for identifying business acquisition opportunities for our downstream Centre of Excellence for project delivery in Reading, UK, where we provide world-class engineering and delivery of complex, mega-scale projects across EMEA.
The office has more than a thousand multi-discipline engineering professionals, highly skilled in all aspects of engineering design and project management, with specialists in every discipline.
The successful applicant will cement existing relationships and build new ones, providing market insight to support our growth strategy, ensuring we focus our business acquisition efforts toward opportunities where we have the best opportunity to win work.
You will leverage expertise from different parts of the business to market our complex system integration capabilities for our clients across EMEA. This will include connecting within Wood across the globe and naturally will involve some travel within UK and EMEA.
Primary focus will be upon the development and management of our prospect and client portfolio for FEED's, Detail Design, EPCM/EPC and PMC projects in downstream New Energy and Energy Transition markets.
Responsibilities to ensure Wood is best positioned to nurture new/existing client relationships include;
- Define and deliver effective strategies to gain new business
- Provide intelligence and insight into market conditions, competitors, relationship status and collaboration opportunities
- Identify new leads early and present to the business with recommendations for pursuit strategy
- Define new market entry requirements and win propositions, developing a clear route map to successful pre-qualification and bid submissions and communicate clearly to pursuit and proposal teams and messaging to transfer into proposals.
- Support execution strategies with information and intelligence on customer needs and drivers enhance the success of business winning
- Develop, maintain and broaden good business relationship with existing and prospective clients
- Develop clear and concise Win Plans, identifying win themes, differentiators and commercial insight
What We Can Offer
- A caring team culture; we support each other professionally and personally, encouraging knowledge sharing across all areas of the business
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across the emerging energy transition sectors
- Flexible benefits and working arrangements with a highly competitive renumeration package
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
- Wood provides excellent opportunities for career progression including international assignments and this specific role provides great visibility within the business globally and an opportunity to showcase your skills and capabilities.
If this sets your pulse racing and you have the drive and passion to succeed, we'd love to hear from you.
Skills / Qualifications
Expected skills and experience
- Candidate will have worked within an engineering contractors organisation in a senior or management role with experience of a business development environment
- A sound technical knowledge of New Energy, Refining and Petchem engineering in a large project delivery environment, from concept through to construction
- Experience in a commercial/proposals development role would be very advantageous
- Communicates effectively to build collaboration and influence stakeholders
- Thinks strategically to support business planning to meet company strategic goals and objectives
Qualifications:
- Degree qualified in an engineering subject or equivalent preferred, Process or Chemical engineering desirable
- Advanced computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft office tools, Word/Excel/PowerPoint, required
Minimum Experience:
- 10 years with at least 5 in a senior or client facing role
You may read these details and consider not applying because your knowledge, experience and skills base doesn't fully cover every item listed, and that's understandable. However, we'd still like to hear from you.
At Wood, we understand and acknowledge that everyone is different and there is no perfect candidate, we are committed to equal opportunities and want to access all the talent that is out there. We are committed to attracting a broad range of skills, knowledge and experiences and embrace differences.
This role may be a step up or part of your wider career development plan so even if you feel you don't have everything listed, if you believe have some of the experience, knowledge or skills to help us unlock solutions to the world's most critical challenges and grow your potential ....please register your interest and apply.
Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. At Wood our common purpose is to ‘unlock solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.’ Through the delivery of our Consulting, Project and Operations solutions across energy and the built environment we deliver exceptional returns for our clients, our people, our investors and the communities where we live and work. Visit us at www.woodplc.com and follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
