Due to a forthcoming retirement, a succession plan is in place and because of this the position of
Growth Lead (Advisory & Digital Solutions) has become available to join our thriving
Advisory & Digital Solutions sector
.
Advisory & Digital Solutions is a core part of Costain’s strategy to broaden our mix of services and grow margin performance. We work across all sectors helping our priority customers access the whole of Costain to help them solve their most complex infrastructure problems across the asset lifecycle.
As a Growth Lead, you will bring together
Business Development capability coupled with both specialist knowledge of
Advisory Services & Digital product solutions & broad industry disruptive thinking to ensure we bring the most innovative solutions to our customers enduring issues, enabling people and planet to thrive.
You will collaboratively with the sector/key account teams
(Transportation, Energy, Water, and Defence & Nuclear Energy), consultancy and other teams and provide a ‘one-team’ Costain response. Shape opportunities with Advisory & Digital Consultants and customers based on their outcomes, to feed into the wider Advisory & Digital Solutions pipeline. Challenge customer thinking and proactive market thinking – spotting the white space and pursue opportunities to provide Advisory Services & Digital product Solutions currently being utilised by your clients across the business to expand growth and return on investment
This is a
homebased role with visits to clients & project sites in the UK and our offices
(Worle, London, Manchester) as and when required so flexibility and mobility to travel is essential.
This position has a
competitive salary dependent on skills and experience, in addition to a
fantastic benefits package including pension contribution matched up to 10%.
We have a vibrant, challenging and growing business, with project environments that provide tremendous opportunities for everybody. We know that by being a more diverse company we will be more innovative, have a greater understanding of our clients’ needs and will deliver smarter, more inclusive solutions for them. Our goal is to have a workforce that is representative of society and the communities in which we work. As an inclusive, family friendly employer we believe that everyone matters, and we are committed to ensuring that everyone has the same opportunities to be able to reach their full potential.
Role Requirements
- Significant consulting sales/business development experience at Senior level ideally within our core markets: Transportation, Energy, Water, and Defence & Nuclear Energy.
- Entrepreneurial and inspiring consulting knowledge & skills
- Excellent communicator and relationship builder with strong written skills
- Knowledge of current and emerging technologies
- Relationship building and account management experience
- Champions Sustainability Safety, Health and Environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and helping the environment and communities to thrive.
- Having integrity by always doing the right thing in the right way.
- Must be customer focussed by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating and meeting their needs.
For a full job description, please contact careers@costain.com quoting the vacancy number.
About Costain
At Costain, we help to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.
We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK’s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
Your application
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: careers@costain.com
We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.
We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/
Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
Closing date
Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
