Technical Estimating & Bid Manager

At Concept Projects Group, we’re specialists in high-quality engineering and turnkey projects, construction and mechanical project delivery across a diverse range of sectors – including food & beverage, pharmaceutical, homecare, and logistics.

Our success depends on our people, and we’re looking for a Technical Estimating & Bid Manager to own the end-to-end preparation, coordination, quality assurance and timely submission of significant client quotations, RFQs and tenders, typically valued between £50,000 and £1 million+, with limits expected to increase as the business grows.

The role will convert client requirements into technically credible, commercially robust and professionally presented proposals, reducing dependency on Heads of Department and Managing Directors for quote production while retaining proportionate review and approval through the Delegation of Authority.

Opportunity Intake And Bid Planning

• Take ownership of allocated RFQs, tenders and significant enquiries from receipt through to approved submission.
• Review client information, drawings, specifications and commercial requirements; identify gaps, ambiguities, risks and required clarifications.
• Agree the bid plan, contributors, review points and internal deadlines needed to meet the client submission date.
• Determine whether a site visit, supplier input, subcontract pricing, design input or specialist technical review is required.
• Escalate early where the opportunity cannot be responsibly priced or submitted within the available information, time or resource.

Site Surveys And Scope Development

• Attend client sites with the Business Development Executive and relevant technical specialists where required.
• Capture the technical, operational and access information needed to define a safe and deliverable scope.
• Develop clear scopes of work, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, constraints and client dependencies.
• Identify likely delivery risks, temporary works, shutdown needs, permits, logistics, competence requirements and programme constraints.
• Ensure survey outputs and clarifications are recorded and available to reviewers and future delivery teams.
• Build detailed and auditable estimates covering labour, materials, plant, subcontractors, travel, accommodation, design, project management, preliminaries, contingency and other relevant cost elements.
• Develop labour hours, productivity assumptions, resource profiles and programme allowances with appropriate operational input.
• Request, obtain and evaluate supplier and subcontractor quotations for bid purposes within delegated authority and agreed procurement controls.
• Challenge omissions, inconsistencies, unsupported assumptions and cost or programme risks before the quotation reaches approval.
• Apply agreed overhead, margin, contingency and risk principles without committing outside delegated authority.
• Prepare estimate summaries and option comparisons that allow reviewers to understand the commercial logic and principal sensitivities.

Proposal And Tender Development

• Produce client-facing quotation and tender documents that clearly explain the proposed solution, scope, methodology, programme, assumptions, exclusions and commercial basis.
• Tailor submissions to the client RFQ and evaluation criteria rather than relying on generic content.
• Coordinate technical narratives, case studies, evidence, schedules and supporting information from internal contributors.
• Ensure the final submission is consistent across technical, programme and commercial sections.
• Maintain professional writing, document presentation, version control and naming standards.

Governance, Review And Submission

• Plan and coordinate proportionate technical and commercial reviews based on value, risk, complexity…