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Location: Indianapolice, IN
Salary: $80k
Visa Sponsor: Yes
Language: English: Business Level, Japanese: Business Level
Detail: Job Title: Business Development Specialist (Bilingual)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Reports to: EVP & Chief Marketing Officer and President & CEO
Company Overview
The company is a U.S.-based industrial construction and engineering firm specializing in mechanical, electrical, and rigging services. It provides end-to-end solutions including planning, consulting, equipment installation, plant relocation, and full-scale manufacturing facility construction.
With experience across industries such as automotive, battery, chemical, and food processing, the company supports complex industrial projects from concept through completion. It works closely with global clients, delivering high-quality projects with a strong focus on safety, efficiency, and reliability.
Position Summary
This role is responsible for driving business development and revenue growth within industrial construction and engineering projects. The position works closely with project teams to support estimation, planning, and execution while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Promote Customer Relations
• Contacts / visits existing and potential clients to develop new business opportunities
• Builds effective relationships with customers, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values to meet and exceed the customer’s expectations.
Preconstruction Services
• Participates in reviewing drawings and specifications.
• Assists with estimating the costs and manhours required to complete the project
• Participates in preconstruction planning, regarding all aspects of budget and project schedule.
Project Start-up and Scheduling
• Understands project requirements and the contract’s general conditions and confirms that all materials and subcontract work is scheduled accurately and complies with contract documents and specifications
• Ensures that all materials are in conformance with the customer’s expectations.
• Attends site visits/inspections of subcontractors and vendors to ensure the quality of work
Project Administration, Operations, and Close-Out
• Communicates with subcontractors and all related parties to ensure that expectations are met.
• Attends routine project progress meetings with subcontractor representatives and understands the upcoming days/week’s work to be done.
• Ensures the project closeout process is finalized to hand off the project to the customer.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Construction Management Degree preferred.
• Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of experience in the industrial or construction field.
• Working knowledge of construction contract language and terms
• Ability to multitask and have excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to assist with estimating project costs considering the appropriate labor, materials, and equipment necessary for estimation and execution of the project.
• Ability to problem solve and execute changes in the schedule as needed, making decisions under tight deadlines.
• Ability to organize people, tools, and equipment and plan/manage multiple activities to accomplish desired results.
• Working knowledge of and ability to apply OSHA safety standards.
• Commitment to quality by evaluating project-related processes and effecting changes as necessary to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Proficiency in using a personal computer (PC) and company communication tools, such as email, internet, and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office, Outlook, Project).
• Ability to create &/ or review daily logs, monthly reports, etc. as needed for clarification and updates of project progress.
• Ability to communicate fluently in both of English and Japanese.
