Director of Business Development - ECS Ltd

• Develop, implement, and lead a strategic business development plan in collaboration with principals, branch managers, and regional leaders. This plan will focus on increasing growth (financial and brand recognition of ECS) and success in the greater Philadelphia region (for all ECS services) and the broader mid-Atlantic region (for facilities and environmental services). 
• Serve as a liaison with business development staff in all ECS mid-Atlantic offices to assist the local and regional facilities and environmental office captains in promoting business development activities, including cross-selling ECS services, leveraging existing client relationships, and tracking significant project pursuits.
• Conduct regular check-in meetings with business development staff and office captains across MA offices to liaise on facilities and environmental collaboration on business development tasks.
• Further develop and diversify market opportunities consistent with strategic initiatives by performing marketplace research and analyses.
• Implement innovative processes and creative solutions to improve Business Development practices and leadership.
• Coach engineering staff on building successful client relations and business development strategies.
• Lead and mentor the business development staff.
• Develop client relationships, maintain the client database, generate leads, and follow-up with clients. 
• Actively hold a professional association board seat on a national level committee.
• Supply content and coordinate with social media Team to support social media, marketing campaigns, website, and industry conferences. Ensure that messages are supportive of and consistent with company strategy, deliver content via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, email, or direct mail through the corporate marketing group.

• BS in Business Administration, Marketing or a related field – MBA/MKT preferred

• 15+ years of direct sales/marketing with experience in consulting, marketing services, advertising, service delivery, and launch strategy.

ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee-owned with more than 2,700 employees in 90+ offices and testing facilities across the United States. ECS is currently ranked #64 in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms (April 2024) and #28 in Zweig Group’s Hot Firm List (June 2024). To learn more about us, click here.

We love our employees and we show this through providing some great benefits, including paid time off, health and other insurance plans, retirement and college savings plans, and more. Click here to learn more about the great benefits at ECS.


ECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.