Business Development Associate

**Requisition ID: 271151**
- ** Relocation Authorized: None**:

- ** Telework Type: Part-Time Telework**:

- ** Work Location: Sydney, NSW**

**About the Role**

We are currently looking for a Business Development Associate to join our Defence Team within the Public Infrastructure business line. The focus of this role will be to support in the execution of our strategy to support AUKUS in Australia, specifically delivery of infrastructure to support the nuclear submarine program.

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for a wide variety of Business and Strategy Development and coordination duties in support of members of Public Infrastructure team in Australia, focusing on defence.
- Provides overall business support through the handling and referral of action items and the performance of assigned project tasks.
- Assists in the management of information resources within the assigned office and throughout the organization.
- Leads in development of communications and marketing strategies to articulate key differentiators.
- Support the business development team and Australian MD with business strategy development.
- Develops presentations and monthly updates.
- Conducts research for, provides input to, and coordinates the preparation of strategic and operating plans.
- Work with Business Development to understand competitors and customer motivations.
- Marketing and Stakeholder Management, Manage overall stakeholder plan for Defence in Australia.
- Manage key professional body relationships with support from Business Development Manager such as the Australian Nuclear Association, AIDN, SIA and others the defence space.

**About You**
- A recognized degree in a nuclear engineering or scientific discipline, and/or significant experience in similar roles or within the Australian nuclear sector.
- Strong communication skills, good listener, clear and concise writing ability
- Interest in creating strategies based on market assessments, trends, customer understanding and competitive landscape.
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver project objectives.
- Ability to obtain an Australian Baseline or NV-1 security clearance or equivalent from the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency.

**Company Overview**

Bechtel helps clients deliver projects of purpose that create a lasting positive legacy globally. These projects create jobs and grow economies; improve the resiliency of the world's infrastructure; connect communities to resources and opportunities; get us closer to net zero; tackle critical environmental challenges to protect people and the planet; and accelerate progress to make the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

Bechtel has been delivering both projects in the nuclear sector and projects in Australia for over 70 years. In 1951 we completed the construction of the first reactor to general electrical power from nuclear fission, the Atomic Energy Commission’s Experimental Breeder Reactor-1 in Idaho. Since then, we’ve gone on to perform engineering and/or construction services on more than 150 nuclear plants worldwide. We’ve been involved with both the UK and the US nuclear submarine programs, continuously supporting naval reactors in the USA since 1956. We are committed to bringing this extensive experience to support the success of Australia’s nuclear submarine program.

Bechtel commit to supporting our client’s goals while promoting our values of fairness, diversity, inclusion, trust and collaboration guided by our Vision, Values and Commitments

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