BD Manager - Engineering Services

Business Development Manager – Engineering Services

Location: Houston, TX (Travel Required)

Drive Growth. Build Relationships. Shape the Future of Industrial Engineering.

A rapidly growing engineering and industrial services organization is seeking an experienced Business Development Manager – Engineering Services to lead the expansion of its engineering consulting business across North America.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a commercially driven professional with an established network in industrial markets who enjoys developing new business, building strategic client relationships, and selling high-value engineering solutions.

Working directly with executive leadership, you'll play a key role in growing a newly expanded Engineering Services division while leveraging the resources and reputation of an established industrial services organization.

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute strategic business development plans to achieve revenue and growth objectives.
• Identify, qualify, and secure new engineering service opportunities across industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, government, municipal, and commercial sectors.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline through networking, referrals, industry events, and strategic partnerships.
• Lead client meetings, technical presentations, proposals, RFQs, and RFP responses.
• Develop long-term relationships with plant managers, engineering leaders, owner/operators, EPC firms, contractors, municipalities, and government agencies.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and technical teams to develop customized client solutions.
• Negotiate commercial agreements and support contract execution.
• Represent the company at conferences, trade associations, and customer events.
• Monitor market trends, competitive activity, and emerging opportunities.
• Maintain accurate sales forecasts and pipeline reporting.

Engineering Services You'll Be Selling

Our client provides a comprehensive portfolio of engineering consulting services, including:

Corrosion & Metallurgical Engineering

• Corrosion studies
• Damage mechanism assessments
• Field replication analysis
• Chemical treatment evaluations

Mechanical Engineering

• Pressure vessel design
• Piping design and stress analysis
• Welding engineering
• Process mechanical systems
• Equipment specification
• Energy efficiency solutions

Maintenance Engineering

• Reliability programs
• Preventive & predictive maintenance
• Asset management
• Facility condition assessments
• Small capital projects
• Long-term maintenance agreements

Reliability Engineering

• Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
• Fitness-for-Service (FFS) studies
• Mechanical Integrity programs
• Digital Twin technologies
• Compliance audits
• Process Safety Management consulting

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of business development, sales, or engineering experience within industrial engineering services
• Proven success selling engineering consulting services to industrial clients
• Strong relationships throughout the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Power, Mining, Manufacturing, or Heavy Industrial sectors
• Demonstrated history of winning large engineering service contracts
• Excellent presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• Experience managing opportunities through CRM platforms such as Salesforce
• Willingness to travel extensively

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• MBA or Master's Degree
• Experience selling to government, municipal, or infrastructure clients
• Strong understanding of reliability engineering, asset integrity, inspection, mechanical integrity, API/ASME standards, and maintenance engineering

Why Join?

• High-impact role reporting directly to executive leadership
• Opportunity to help build and scale a growing Engineering Services division
• Entrepreneurial culture with significant investment in growth
• Diverse industrial client portfolio across multiple sectors
• Ability to influence strategy while driving meaningful revenue growth
• Established organization with an excellent reputation across engineering and industrial services