Business Development Engineer

Job Title:Business Development Engineer (Bilingual)

Location:Indianapolis Indiana

Reports to:EVP & Chief Marketing Officer and President & CEO

Job Description

The Business Development Engineer (Bilingual) is responsible for generating sales and revenue from new and existing customers for the company. And working with Project Managers / Project Specialists to estimate plan prepare and execute activities associated with the project. The bilingual Business Development Engineer assists the project team to ensure the project is done on time safely within budget and in accordance with established policies and procedures. He or she will be expected to coordinate with all parties including Japanese speaking clients owners suppliers subcontractors licensors and other parties to achieve the sale and promotion of projects to operations in a timely and quality manner.

Essential Functions

Promote Customer Relations

Contacts / visits existing 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 customers expectations.

Preconstruction Services

Participates in reviewing drawings and specifications.

Will estimate the cost and manhours needed on the project to complete tasks and achieve customer project expectations within budget and on schedule.

Involved in preconstruction planning regarding all aspects of budget and project schedule.

Project Start-up and Scheduling

Understands project specifications and the contracts general conditions; confirms that all materials and subcontract work is scheduled accurately and complies with contract documents and quality specifications.

Ensures all materials are properly tested according to specifications and ensures all test results are properly recorded.

Attends site visits/inspections of subcontractors and vendors to maintain the quality of work.

Project Administration Operations and Close-Out

Communicates with subcontractors and all related parties giving a consistent level of expectations and direction regarding schedules construction methods company policies and procedures permits safety quality control and other performance standards.

Attends daily/weekly project progress meetings with all subcontractor representatives and understands the upcoming days/weeks work to be performed and accomplished.

Ensures the project closeout process is finalized to settle all financial obligations demobilize all resources and hand off the project to the customer.

QUALIFICATIONS

Engineering Degree (Civil Mechanical or Electrical) &/or Construction Management Degree.

Candidates should have a minimum of 5 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 estimate 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 making necessary changes using customer input to make improvements and meeting or exceeding internal and external 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 dictate &/ or review daily logs monthly reports etc. as needed for clarification and updates of project progress.

Ability to communicate in both of English and Japanese fluently.

Working Environment:

Due to daily condition changes on construction projects when employees are outside of the office trailer or structure they must wear appropriate personal protective equipment as required by the companys safety policies and as required for weather conditions.

Must be able to work extended hours weekends and possible holidays as required by the project schedule to meet the customers deadlines.

The candidate may be required to travel to other geographic locations out of office up to 50% of his / her work time.