Jensen Hughes
Jensen Hughes
Jensen Hughes is an international engineering and consulting firm focused on safety, security, and risk. Its multidisciplinary teams advise clients through fire protection engineering, accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, forensic investigations, and security risk consulting. The company serves sectors including government, healthcare, science and technology, and energy, offering opportunities for professionals interested in technical consulting and resilience-focused work. Founded in 1939, Jensen Hughes continues to build on its longstanding expertise in fire protection engineering while helping organizations address complex safety and security challenges.

Business Development Specialist – Fire Engineering

Drive business development for Jensen Hughes’s fire engineering and building safety consultancy services across the UK and Ireland. Manage client opportunities, proposals, CRM pipelines and order conversion.

Description

  • Identify relevant client groups and develop business opportunities across the UK and Ireland
  • Pursue leads, enquiries, bids and framework opportunities through to next steps
  • Present Jensen Hughes’s fire engineering, fire safety, building safety and related risk services to clients
  • Create proposals, capability statements, CVs, case studies, qualification documents, framework submissions and other client materials with technical and marketing colleagues
  • Engage current and prospective clients through calls, meetings and written communication
  • Address client questions and coordinate contributions from fire engineers and subject matter experts
  • Develop client relationships, support key accounts, assist with renewals and uncover opportunities to expand service portfolios
  • Track the opportunity pipeline and move proposals toward order conversion
  • Keep CRM and sales records accurate across clients, opportunities, bids, orders, renewals and market contacts
  • Understand client priorities involving fire safety, compliance, building safety, asset management, due diligence and project delivery
  • Bring Operations, technical leaders and subject matter experts into opportunities to strengthen bid quality
  • Track market trends, sector changes, competitor activity and regulatory developments in the UK and Ireland
  • Contribute to annual growth plans, client development campaigns and regional service-line initiatives

Requirements

  • Essential: strong written and spoken business English
  • A degree-level qualification is preferred, alongside at least two years of experience in business development, bid coordination, sales support, account support or a comparable client-facing role
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or another CRM system is preferred
  • Experience with UK and Ireland public-sector procurement, framework or tender portals is preferred
  • Background in professional services, engineering consultancy, construction, fire engineering, fire safety, building safety, security, risk, property or the broader built environment is preferred
  • Confidence using CRM platforms, databases and reporting tools
  • Ability to work independently, prioritise effectively and complete agreed actions
  • Strong coordination and organisational abilities, close attention to detail and the capacity to manage multiple deadlines
  • Ability to deliver consistently in a busy, client-focused consultancy setting
  • Comfort working independently and within a broader regional team
  • Excellent client service, communication and listening abilities
  • Commercial and creative thinking, with the ability to find practical solutions and establish clear next steps

Benefits

  • Full-time salaried role with no commission
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Global Employee Networks that support career development and provide forums for sharing experiences
  • Equal opportunity employment

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