Established 40-Year Engineering Business | Mining & Heavy Industry

An opportunity is available for an experienced Business Development Manager to join a well-established Brisbane engineering business with more than 40 years of experience delivering precision engineering and manufacturing solutions to industry.

Working across mining, resources, materials handling, infrastructure and heavy industry, you'll take responsibility for developing new business while strengthening relationships with an established customer base.

This role will suit someone who combines commercial capability with genuine technical understanding - ideally having started their career in a trade, engineering or technical environment before moving into business development, sales, estimating or another customer-facing role.

The Role
Working closely with the Managing Director and wider technical team, you will:

- Develop and manage relationships with customers across mining, resources and heavy industry
- Identify and convert new business opportunities across existing and new markets
- Spend time with customers understanding operational problems and identifying potential engineering solutions
- Work with engineering, estimating and workshop teams to develop commercially and technically appropriate solutions
- Manage opportunities from initial engagement through quotation, negotiation and close
- Re-engage existing and previous customers while developing new accounts
- Build a robust pipeline and provide market intelligence back into the business
- Represent the company at customer sites, meetings and industry events

About You




We're looking for an experienced BDM or technical sales professional who already understands how to develop relationships and generate opportunities within industrial markets.
Ideally, you will bring:

- Proven experience in business development, technical sales or a strongly customer-facing commercial role
- Existing relationships or networks across mining, resources, materials handling, engineering or heavy industry
- A technical background - trade qualifications, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, machining or similar would be highly regarded
- The ability to understand drawings, specifications and customer requirements and communicate effectively with technical teams
- A track record of developing long-term customer relationships rather than purely transactional sales
- Strong commercial judgement and the confidence to identify, pursue and close opportunities
- The ability to operate autonomously while remaining closely connected to the engineering and workshop teams

You don't need to be an engineer, but you do need enough technical understanding to have credible conversations with engineers, maintenance teams, procurement professionals and operational leaders.

Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join an established Australian engineering business with a strong technical capability, long-standing customer relationships and four decades of industry experience.

You'll have the opportunity to build on that reputation, develop new markets and have a genuine influence on the commercial growth of the business.

If you're an experienced BDM who enjoys selling technical solutions and building relationships across industry, we'd love to hear from you.

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