Summit
Base pay range
$130,000.00/yr - $160,000.00/yr
Location Fully Remote role with travel to clients and corporate as needed. Midwest Focus (IN, OH, MI, IL, KY Preferred)
Compensation Six figure base, full benefits, vehicle + performance incentives tied పై markets and project development.
About Summit EPC Summit EPC is a specialized design-build construction partner serving food and beverage, food processing, cold storage, and light industrial manufacturing clients across the Midwest and beyond. We work directly with owners and operators to design and deliver complex, high-performance facilities where operational reliability, process integration, and schedule certainty are critical.
About this Role We are seeking a Business Development Leader to help shape the next chapter of Summit EPC’s growth. This is not a transactional sales role. It is a market-development and relationship-driven leadership role focused on building long-term project pipelines in targeted industries and geographies.
You will lead the development of new and adjacent markets by leveraging personal deep industry relationships, technical credibility, and an understanding of how capital projects are conceived, designed, funded, and delivered.
Success in this role creates a clear path to expanded leadership responsibility, including Director-level or Executive-level roles as Summit EPC continues to scale.
Market and Opportunity Development
Identify, pursue, and develop new project opportunities aligned with Summit EPC’s strengths in food and beverage production, food processing, cold storage, and light industrial manufacturing
Expand Summit EPC’s presence in adjacent and complementary markets aligned with design-build, design-assist, or bid-build opportunities.
Build and manage a pipeline of qualified opportunities across the Midwest, with emphasis on IN, OH, MI, IL, and KY while capturing national opportunities that make sense strategically.
Relationship-Driven Business Development
Cultivate trusted relationships with facility owners, operators, and developers
Build partnerships with architects, engineers, specialty consultants, and equipment suppliers
Position Summit EPC early in project acquisition, feasibility, and conceptual design phases
Represent Summit EPC at industry events, client meetings, and regional market engagements
Strategic Collaboration and Leadership
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Collaborate closely with engineering, preconstruction, and operations teams
Provide market intelligence and feedback to leadership regarding trends and growth opportunities
Help refine Summit EPC’s go-to-market strategy as the company expands into new verticals
What We Are Looking For
5‑10+ years of experience in design and/or construction project development for light industrial manufacturing facilities.
Experience with food and beverage, food processing, cold storage, or manufacturing facilities with extensive systems, equipment, and facility design/construction exposure.
Established Midwest‑based industry relationships and market credibility.
Strategic thinker with a relationship‑first mindset.
Comfortable engaging executive, operational, and technical stakeholders.
Strong communicator able to translate operational needs into buildable solutions.
SJ?
Self‑directed, entrepreneurial,ише ам opportunities? * driven by building long‑term value.
Aligned with a culture centered on integrity, collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
Benefits
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
అంటూ?
Why Summit EPC
Direct access to senior leadership and influence on company strategy
Opportunity to build new markets correlated with high impact within a growth mindset company彩票代理? Clear runway for advancement into Director-level or Executive-level leadership roles
Collaborative, high‑trust environment where leaders are NJ promoted?
Long‑term, relationship‑driven approach to business development \ bst?
Organization that invests in people and promotes from within
Competitive base compensation and performance‑based incentives
Flexibility to operate regionally while remaining closely connected to leadership
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function
Business Development and Strategy/Planning
Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing, Construction, and Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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Location Fully Remote role with travel to clients and corporate as needed. Midwest Focus (IN, OH, MI, IL, KY Preferred)
Compensation Six figure base, full benefits, vehicle + performance incentives tied పై markets and project development.
About Summit EPC Summit EPC is a specialized design-build construction partner serving food and beverage, food processing, cold storage, and light industrial manufacturing clients across the Midwest and beyond. We work directly with owners and operators to design and deliver complex, high-performance facilities where operational reliability, process integration, and schedule certainty are critical.
About this Role We are seeking a Business Development Leader to help shape the next chapter of Summit EPC’s growth. This is not a transactional sales role. It is a market-development and relationship-driven leadership role focused on building long-term project pipelines in targeted industries and geographies.
You will lead the development of new and adjacent markets by leveraging personal deep industry relationships, technical credibility, and an understanding of how capital projects are conceived, designed, funded, and delivered.
Success in this role creates a clear path to expanded leadership responsibility, including Director-level or Executive-level roles as Summit EPC continues to scale.
Market and Opportunity Development
Identify, pursue, and develop new project opportunities aligned with Summit EPC’s strengths in food and beverage production, food processing, cold storage, and light industrial manufacturing
Expand Summit EPC’s presence in adjacent and complementary markets aligned with design-build, design-assist, or bid-build opportunities.
Build and manage a pipeline of qualified opportunities across the Midwest, with emphasis on IN, OH, MI, IL, and KY while capturing national opportunities that make sense strategically.
Relationship-Driven Business Development
Cultivate trusted relationships with facility owners, operators, and developers
Build partnerships with architects, engineers, specialty consultants, and equipment suppliers
Position Summit EPC early in project acquisition, feasibility, and conceptual design phases
Represent Summit EPC at industry events, client meetings, and regional market engagements
Strategic Collaboration and Leadership
toet? \ologicallyguir?
Collaborate closely with engineering, preconstruction, and operations teams
Provide market intelligence and feedback to leadership regarding trends and growth opportunities
Help refine Summit EPC’s go-to-market strategy as the company expands into new verticals
What We Are Looking For
5‑10+ years of experience in design and/or construction project development for light industrial manufacturing facilities.
Experience with food and beverage, food processing, cold storage, or manufacturing facilities with extensive systems, equipment, and facility design/construction exposure.
Established Midwest‑based industry relationships and market credibility.
Strategic thinker with a relationship‑first mindset.
Comfortable engaging executive, operational, and technical stakeholders.
Strong communicator able to translate operational needs into buildable solutions.
SJ?
Self‑directed, entrepreneurial,ише ам opportunities? * driven by building long‑term value.
Aligned with a culture centered on integrity, collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
Benefits
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
అంటూ?
Why Summit EPC
Direct access to senior leadership and influence on company strategy
Opportunity to build new markets correlated with high impact within a growth mindset company彩票代理? Clear runway for advancement into Director-level or Executive-level leadership roles
Collaborative, high‑trust environment where leaders are NJ promoted?
Long‑term, relationship‑driven approach to business development \ bst?
Organization that invests in people and promotes from within
Competitive base compensation and performance‑based incentives
Flexibility to operate regionally while remaining closely connected to leadership
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function
Business Development and Strategy/Planning
Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing, Construction, and Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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