Onsite Business Development Manager – Inspection Services

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About the role

  • Business Development Manager at LRQA focusing on securing industrial inspection services in B2B markets. Responsible for developing strategies and maintaining client relationships.

Responsibilities

  • Identify, target, and secure new logo clients for industrial inspection services, with a strong focus on project-based opportunities
  • Develop and execute proactive business development strategies to penetrate new markets, sectors, and customer segments
  • Own the full sales lifecycle from lead generation through qualification, bid submission, negotiation, and contract award
  • Build senior-level relationships with engineering, procurement, quality, and asset integrity stakeholders within target organisations
  • Lead the pursuit of inspection projects including PED, ASME, Welding, Container, and PSSR-related scopes
  • Drive early engagement on upcoming capital projects, shutdowns, maintenance programmes, and regulatory-driven inspections
  • Lead and contribute to strategic bids and tenders, shaping technical scope, commercial strategy, and value propositions
  • Collaborate with internal technical, operations, and delivery teams to ensure proposals are competitive, deliverable, and margin-aligned
  • Position and introduce new inspection services added to the portfolio through acquisitions and service development
  • Maintain a robust new business pipeline with accurate forecasting and reporting

Requirements

  • Proven success in winning new logo business and securing inspection-led projects in a B2B industrial environment
  • Strong technical and commercial understanding of industrial inspection services, including PED, ASME, Welding, Container, or PSSR inspections
  • Experience selling into complex industrial organisations such as energy, manufacturing, process, or infrastructure sectors
  • Demonstrable ability to originate and close high-value, project-based opportunities
  • Confidence presenting technical and commercial solutions to senior engineering, procurement, and executive stakeholders
  • Experience managing bids, tenders, and proposals, with a strong grasp of pricing strategy and margin control
  • Knowledge of the business assurance or TIC (Testing, Inspection & Certification) sector is highly advantageous.

Job title

Business Development Manager – Inspection Services

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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