Bid Director: Strategic Tender Lead

UGL Limited; Geelong; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

UGL Transport is seeking a Bid Director to lead the strategy and execution of competitively tendered projects. You will manage client relationships, coordinate tender preparation, and drive from proposal submission to contract award.

Key responsibilities include coordinating documentation, risk assessment, reporting on tender progress, and ensuring compliance with governance and record-keeping requirements.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications – Engineering, Commerce, Law
• Broad understanding of construction, maintenance and infrastructure sectors
• Alternately, operational background with high exposure to business development activity/tendering
• Demonstrated experience in delivering successful and profitable tenders
• Exceptional time management skills, capability to ensure deadlines are met; work with minimal supervision.
• Successful win track record in EPC, PPP complex bids

Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate Tender documentation including cross functional requirements and ensure tender gate documentation is completed and submitted on time, within budget and in compliance with company policy and standard procedures.
• Review documentation ensuring a full and complete understanding of the technical and commercial commitment to which the Company will be obligated.
• Coordinate and initiate risk assessment and management activities to evaluate all commercial, financial, legislative and resource risk associated with the tender.
• Provide regular reports and recommendations on the progress of the tender and proposal.
• Develop and maintain a positive relationship with the internal functional leads, the customer and relative site operations as necessary
• Identify the legislative, industrial, political, cultural and economic environment within which the contract would be performed and the impact of this.
• Coordinate the collation of information required to prepare the submission of the bid proposal. e.g. engineering, suppliers, human resources.
• Coordinate the development, preparation and issue of requests for quotation.
• Review subcontractor submissions and evaluate their compliance, accuracy and competitiveness.
• Maintain an effective system for responding to customer questions relating to the bid proposal.
• Liaise with all stakeholders to ensure the tender and submission is accurate and viable.
• Develop systems to ensure successful handover from proposal to contract initiation.
• Coordinate an effective and accurate record management system.
• Ensure compliance with all record keeping requirements.

Skills

Tender management

Bid strategy

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Engineering, Commerce, or Law

Construction/infrastructure experience

Tools

MS Office

Project management software

Job description

UGL Transport is seeking a Bid Director to lead the strategy and execution of competitively tendered projects. You will manage client relationships, coordinate tender preparation, and drive from proposal submission to contract award.

Key responsibilities include coordinating documentation, risk assessment, reporting on tender progress, and ensuring compliance with governance and record-keeping requirements.