Job Type: | permanent | Duration: | |
Category: | Editorial or Writing | Recruiter Reference: | MP-52862-311 |
URL for Applications: | Apply Here | Salary: | Competitive with Benefits |
To lead the quality aspects of proposal submissions for civil engineering works following company procedures; working with other members of tender teams to develop customer solutions promptly and to a high standard to secure sufficient work by value and type to meet the company's objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Read the tender documents to appreciate requirements – alerting the Bid Manager to any key issues.
- Work with the Bid Manager, to define and incorporate win strategies into bid submissions and to understand the quality section scoring requirements.
- Develop delivery plans for bids per company procedures.
- Obtain buy-in from Business Units for bids to support response development.
- Co-ordinate and produce all supporting documentation required for bid submissions, applying Barhale pillars and values to create differential for our bids.
- Ensure all tender meetings are held and recorded, under company procedures.
- Attend key tender meetings (start-up, mid-term review and adjudication minimum)
- Assemble bid documents and ensure delivery to customer's requirements.
- Evaluate all documentation and gain a complete understanding of the client project brief to identify deliverables.
- Define ‘what the client seeks to buy and how Barhale can differentiate itself in meeting that needs’ Develop and record Case Studies for the projects that Barhale deliver.
- Present key customer requirements
- Present basis of bid (non-estimating)
- Ensure the bid is prepared following company procedures.
- Ensure sign-off of the bid and any significant post-tender amendments by an authorised person.
- Develop Case Studies of works in progress Prepare “Tender Handover packs.”
Key measures and targets
- Able to describe the quality submission scoring requirements.
- Writes responses that reflect and talk to the client's requirements whilst scoring at least 80% of the available marks.
- Responses delivered in line with the client’s defined tender programme
Key relationships
- Work alongside the tendering teams to produce a coherent and consistent tender submission, and develop and sell the winning strategy.
- Provide handover documents to Business Unit teams following contract award.
Person Specification:
The successful candidate is likely to meet all the following criteria:
- Understanding of commercial aspects including terms and conditions and procurement models used in civil engineering.
- Strong organisational skills that enable the bid process to be a well-coordinated and timely process
- Experience in one or more of the civil, water, waste, rail, or tunnelling sectors.
- Knowledge of current HSEQ requirements.
Knowledge and Experience
- Understanding commercial aspects including terms and conditions and procurement models used in civil engineering.
- Strong organisational skills that enable the bid process to be a well-coordinated and timely process
- Experience in one or more of the civil, water, waste, rail, or tunnelling sectors.
- Knowledge of current HSEQ requirements.
Qualifications
- Good written English including technical writing.
- Have attended a formal bid writing training course.
- Able to deliver high-quality, compelling output promptly against the client’s submission programme.
- Able to review and improve written bid submissions.
Personal Qualities
- Able to work with senior personnel within Barhale.
- Confident dealing with customers at a senior level
- Strong personal motivational skills
- Team ethos