Bid Manager, Engineering

Location: UK based - Travel to UK projects/client meetings as required

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager – Mechanical & Electrical to lead and coordinate major M&E tender opportunities across our UK business.

This is a Preconstruction role with responsibility for managing the complete bid process from initial tender review through strategy, development, adjudication, submission, client negotiation and ultimately handover into project delivery
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The Bid Manager will be part of a multidisciplinary tender team comprising Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Engineering Managers, Mechanical & Electrical Engineers, Schedulers/Planners, Procurement and Operations personnel
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The role is focused on coordination & POC for the bid
, ensuring that the engineering solution, commercial position, programme, procurement strategy and construction methodology are fully aligned into a competitive and deliverable tender proposition.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Mechanical & Electrical tenders across the UK business from receipt through to final submission and negotiation.
• Establish the bid strategy, tender programme, responsibilities and key deliverables for each opportunity.
• Lead and coordinate the wider tender team including QS, Commercial, Engineering, Planning, Procurement and Operations.
• Chair tender kick-off meetings, progress reviews, risk reviews and final tender adjudications.
• Ensure clear understanding and ownership of the complete Mechanical & Electrical scope.
• Coordinate development of the technical solution, commercial proposal, tender programme and project delivery strategy
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• Ensure alignment between the estimate, engineering solution, construction methodology and programme.
• Drive identification of value engineering, Off-Site Manufacturing (OSM), prefabrication, procurement and programme opportunities
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• Coordinate engagement with key suppliers and subcontractors in conjunction with the QS and Procurement teams.
• Establish and manage the tender Risk & Opportunity Register
  , ensuring key risks are identified, quantified and appropriately addressed.
• Coordinate commercial and contractual reviews with the Commercial Manager.
• Ensure major design, procurement, resource and programme assumptions are understood and reflected within the tender.
• Lead client tender meetings, clarification meetings, presentations and post-tender discussions as required.
• Ensure all tender submissions are technically compliant, commercially robust, competitive and deliverable
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• Coordinate final tender adjudication and senior management approval prior to submission.
• Maintain oversight of the UK M&E tender pipeline and identify future bid resource requirements.
• Following successful award, lead a structured tender-to-project handover
  , ensuring the delivery team fully understands the scope, price, programme, assumptions, risks and client commitments.

Requirements

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Strong experience managing complex Mechanical & Electrical tenders within the UK construction market.
• A background in M&E contracting, building services, engineering, commercial management or preconstruction.
• Experience leading tender teams.
• Strong understanding of M&E construction, procurement, commercial management and project delivery.
• Ability to understand and challenge engineering, commercial, cost and programme assumptions
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• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of tender and contractual risk.
• Experience developing tender strategies and presenting proposals to clients.
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tender opportunities and competing deadlines.
• Experience with in Data Centres, Mission Critical, or other technically complex projects would be highly advantageous.