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 chang
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 Manager 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 Manager
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. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
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 working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business 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 as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn't matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant 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 large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified 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 hour, 7 days a week 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