Business Development Specialist

Take Your Construction Career to the Next Level!

Kleinfelder, a Forbes' Top Employer for Engineers in North America, is committed to a people-first culture, technical excellence, and creating opportunities where employees can thrive!

Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Construction Services team is looking for you! From construction management and observation/inspection services to laboratory testing and materials and forensic engineering, our Construction Services market helps to develop and maintain America's infrastructure and supply chain and is a recognized industry leader with more than 25 accredited laboratories.

Step into Your New Role

We're looking for a proactive, relationship driven Business Development Specialist to help grow our presence in the greater Salt Lake City area. In this client facing role, you'll build relationships, identify new opportunities, support early pursuit strategy, and represent our firm across the region. If you're energized by meeting people, uncovering client needs, and helping shape winning pursuits, this is the role for you.

Position Responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships with clients through regular outreach and meetings.
• Identify new opportunities by tracking client needs, programs, and upcoming procurements.
• Support technical teams with early positioning and client insights.
• Prepare talking points, briefing notes, and engagement materials for client meetings.
• Maintain accurate opportunity and client activity tracking in CRM systems.
• Coordinate with proposal and marketing teams to support pursuit planning and follow up.

Experience/Education:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Business, Communications, Engineering, or similar field.
• 5–10 years of experience in business development, client relations, or sales.
• Experience in consulting engineering or professional services preferred.
• Strong communication skills and confidence engaging directly with clients.
• A proactive mindset, strong organization, and the ability to work across teams.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• High impact role directly tied to building client relationships and shaping future work.
• A collaborative team environment with support from technical and market leaders.

Following an offer, candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete employment reference checks, verification of professional licensure and/or educational credentials, a motor vehicle report (MVR), and a comprehensive background check.

Move Forward with Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder and its' subsidiaries and affiliates, has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver.

Progress with an Employer that Values You Kleinfelder, and its' subsidiaries and affiliates, is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity.

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder, and its' subsidiaries and affiliates, is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

Notice to Third Party Agencies Please note that Kleinfelder, and its' subsidiaries and affiliates, does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder, and its' subsidiaries and affiliates, will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder, and its' subsidiaries and affiliates, explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.