Lead Civil and Structural

Wood; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, Wood, is seeking a tender preparation specialist in Abu Dhabi. The role focuses on creating competitive proposals and requires collaboration with various engineering teams to ensure compliance with client inquiries. Ideal candidates should possess strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of engineering principles.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of engineering principles and project execution.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience in coordinating with various engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare competitive and compliant tenders and proposals.
• Coordinate with engineering disciplines for alignment.
• Ensure timely submissions of tenders.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Commercial awareness

Risk awareness

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

To prepare competitive and technically compliant tenders and proposals in response to client inquiries, ensuring alignment with company capabilities, commercial strategy, and client requirements.

Role Purpose

JOB DESCRIPTION

To prepare competitive and technically compliant tenders and proposals in response to client inquiries, ensuring alignment with company capabilities, commercial strategy, and client requirements.

For a key project, the opportunity will be provided to transition to the Engineering team upon award.

Responsibilities

• Analyse tender documents (RFPs, RFQs, ITTs) and identify key requirements for your discipline.
• Coordinate with other Engineering disciplines and other functions where there is a requirement to ensure alignment and common strategy for submission.
• Identify clarifications in line with the tender timescales.
• Prepare technical and commercial proposals, including CTR s, technical write-up, qualifications, input to schedule
• Ensure timely submission of tenders in accordance with client deadlines.
• Ensure that tendering material is kept up to date and accurate, to represent the company strategy and values.
• Technical & Commercial Evaluation:
• Conduct risk assessments and identify deviations or clarifications.
• Liaise with suppliers and subcontractors for quotations and technical data.
• Support through Wood approval process as required.
• Support negotiations and post-tender clarifications with clients.
• Documentation & Compliance:
• Ensure all tender documentation is complete, accurate, and aligned with client specifications.
• Maintain records of submitted tenders and track outcomes for continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Coordination:
• Collaborate with internal departments (engineering, finance, legal, etc.) to ensure proposal accuracy.
• Attend pre-bid meetings, site visits, and client presentations when required.
  

Role Purpose

JOB DESCRIPTION

To prepare competitive and technically compliant tenders and proposals in response to client inquiries, ensuring alignment with company capabilities, commercial strategy, and client requirements.

For a key project, the opportunity will be provided to transition to the Engineering team upon award.

Responsibilities

• Tender Preparation:
• Analyse tender documents (RFPs, RFQs, ITTs) and identify key requirements for your discipline.
• Coordinate with other Engineering disciplines and other functions where there is a requirement to ensure alignment and common strategy for submission.
• Identify clarifications in line with the tender timescales.
• Prepare technical and commercial proposals, including CTR s, technical write-up, qualifications, input to schedule
• Ensure timely submission of tenders in accordance with client deadlines.
• Ensure that tendering material is kept up to date and accurate, to represent the company strategy and values.
• Technical & Commercial Evaluation:
• Conduct risk assessments and identify deviations or clarifications.
• Liaise with suppliers and subcontractors for quotations and technical data.
• Support through Wood approval process as required.
• Support negotiations and post-tender clarifications with clients.
• Documentation & Compliance:
• Ensure all tender documentation is complete, accurate, and aligned with client specifications.
• Maintain records of submitted tenders and track outcomes for continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Coordination:
• Collaborate with internal departments (engineering, finance, legal, etc.) to ensure proposal accuracy.
• Attend pre-bid meetings, site visits, and client presentations when required.
  

Qualifications

Skills & Competencies:

• Have a mindset to challenge the norm: Identify innovative and efficient solutions to provide value to our clients
• Continuous improvement: Gathering best practice and lessons learned to ensure that we offer the best solutions to our clients
• Risk Awareness: Identify and understand the risks associated with the tender, assess and manage to ensure that the impact can be clearly articulated to Senior Management prior to submission.
• Commercial Awareness: Have a high-level commercial awareness to support the submission of accurate, competitive and compliant bids,
• Strong understanding of engineering principles and project execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  
  

Reports To

• Functionally reporting line to the Head of Discipline / Engineering Manager
• Contract reporting line to the Proposals Project Manager
  
  

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