Construction - Proposals Engineer

Application Details

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• Manage opportunities from prequalification through contract award.
• Identify value propositions and win themes.
• Develop winning commercial strategies.
• Ensure quality, technical and price submissions.
• Conduct contract review, risk management, clarifications and customer interviews.
• Maintain full responsibility for bid quality and maximise technical and commercial marks.
• Deliver compliant and commercially sound bids on time.
• Target and analyse leads to align bidding activity with group strategy and backlog goals.
• Act as senior point of contact for customer procurement and key partners throughout the bid process.
• Challenge design/estimating teams to add value to bids.
• Ensure best value from the supply chain.
• Manage bid qualification processes and recommend go/no‑go decisions.
• Coordinate inputs from design, project delivery and other stakeholders.
• Develop and structure an industry‑leading proposals team.
• Prepare and review commercial aspects of bids, ensuring all services are priced.
• Provide key input into business strategy and development.
• Manage the department budget and resolve complex technical, strategic and business issues.
• Implement continuous improvement, post‑bid reviews, and post‑contract award handover to delivery teams.
• Support business development through client meetings and presentations.
• Review and improve bid procedures and governance processes.

• Industrial construction

• Not specified

Essential

• Minimum 5 years of proven capability in delivering successful bids for major construction projects in the industrial sector.
• Background in the UK water sector and experience of bid management from opportunity identification through bid submission.
• Demonstrable track record of opportunity identification, win strategies, commercial strategies, and solution design.
• Full knowledge of the competitive marketplace.
• Excellent presentation and customer‑facing ability.
• Exceptional commercial intuition and risk management skills.
• Ability to manage complex, multi‑workstream opportunities.
• Experience implementing or improving processes and procedures for efficient working.
• Degree in Engineering or Quantity Surveying.
• Minimum experience:
  
  5 years.
• Minimum qualification:
  
  Level 7 (including Diploma & Ordinary Bachelor Degree).

Desirable

• Administration, Analytical, Communications, Computer Literacy.
• Collaboration, Decision Making, Flexibility, Initiative.

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