Assistant Business Development - Barnsley - AmcoGiffen

Description

Overview

Category: Strategy & Development

Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Contract Type: Permanent

The Perks

• Competitive Salary (negotiable based on experience)
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Generous Holidays – 25 days + bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Volunteer Days
• Pension & Life Insurance
• Health & Wellness Benefits – Medicash Health Cash Plan & Rewards
• Career Growth – Investment in your professional development
• Employee Voice – Influence decisions and contribute to positive change

Are you ready to support strategic growth and play a key role in shaping future opportunities? We're looking for a proactive Assistant Business Development professional to join our team, helping identify new opportunities, strengthen client relationships, and contribute to the continued success of our business.

This role supports the delivery of our national growth strategy and helps position AmcoGiffen as a trusted client partner across pre‑contract and work‑winning activities. You will assist in engaging with industry stakeholders, extending our reach into existing and emerging markets.

Working closely with the Head of Business Development and collaborating across a matrix of Regional and Discipline leads, you will help coordinate engagement across our chosen markets and sectors. You will contribute to shaping our framework and relationship‑based sales approach, supporting the assessment and prioritisation of opportunities that drive sustainable growth. You will also assist in gathering insights on growth markets to inform operational planning.

Why Join Us

We're at the forefront of infrastructure innovation, delivering cutting‑edge projects across rail, civil engineering, and energy sectors. Our fast‑paced environment thrives on collaboration, delivering landmark capital projects and long‑term frameworks.

Our portfolio includes:

• Civil Infrastructure: Structures, Earthworks, Tunnels, Renewals & Maintenance
• Building Works: New stations, Access for All schemes, station improvements
• Rail Systems: Electrification & Plant, Telecoms, Minor Signalling
• Power & Energy: National Grid, Scottish Power, SSE long‑term frameworks
• Aviation: Airside and landside civil engineering frameworks
• Environment: Flood & Coastal, MEICA, Renewals & Maintenance

Your Impact as Assistant Business Development

In this supporting role, you will:

• Engage & Support — Assist in maintaining client relationships, attending site visits, and supporting bid presentations.

Research & Contribute — Help assess market trends, gather intelligence, and contribute to the development of winning strategies.

• Coordinate Opportunities — Support bid/no‑bid processes, tender preparation activities, and opportunity tracking.

Collaborate Across Teams — Work with internal stakeholders to help develop solutions aligned with client needs and business priorities.

Your contributions will help shape how we approach future business opportunities and ensure our growth activities align with strategic objectives.

What You Bring

To thrive in this role, you'll need:

• Experience in business development, client‑facing, account support, or work‑winning roles within the built environment
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Commercial awareness and a proactive, results‑focused mindset
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities
• Degree‑level education or equivalent experience
• Confidence engaging with stakeholders at all levels
• Alignment with AmcoGiffen SPIRIT values: Safety, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Teamwork

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen? You will be joining a reputable and firmly established engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments. We deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high‑quality public and private sectors, including rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and more.

Diversity & Inclusion

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and continually evolve our journey through training, awareness, forums and engagement activities to encourage participation at all levels. Diversity & Inclusion is embedded in our SPIRIT core values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro‑actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and for the customers and communities we serve. It doesn't matter what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual orientation, union membership, nationality, race, religion or social class is, or any other personal characteristics not directly related to the job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing — Operating from a people‑first perspective, we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have a large number of colleagues who are trained mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24/7 counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

Recruitment Manager