Bid Director

Ledcor Construction, Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 113,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Ledcor Construction, Inc. in Vancouver seeks a seasoned Bid Director to drive end-to-end bid pursuits for our Design-Build team. You will orchestrate cross-functional groups to prepare market-competitive, compliant proposal responses aligned with financial goals.

This role focuses on large, multi-month pursuits in Design-Build and allied delivery models, including opportunities in defence sectors. Join Ledcor to lead winning strategies and ensure seamless client handover to project teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of large-scale project bid management experience, with a preference for Design-Build or P3 experience.
• Experience supporting bids or projects within the defence sector, including familiarity with government or military procurement processes, is preferred.
• Knowledge of the local construction market and trends, with the ability to support bid-win strategies.
• Ability to interpret contract language and legal requirements.
• Understanding of financial modelling for Design-Build-Finance (DBF) projects.
• Experience drafting operational plans and other technical documents.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, SharePoint) and document collaboration tools such as Bluebeam.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business development and internal stakeholders to develop winning pursuit and proposal strategies.
• Lead and manage the full bid process, ensuring alignment with senior stakeholders and adherence to pursuit schedules.
• Coordinate with design, estimating, operations, and proposal teams to develop competitive submissions.
• Support estimating teams with pricing strategies, resource planning, and project pursuit planning.
• Develop pursuit plans and preliminary schedules to guide bid management.
• Act as the primary point of contact for client communications and ensure effective handover to project teams.
• Maintain bid documentation and manage RFQ/RFP submissions while capturing lessons learned to improve future pursuits.

Skills

Bid management

Stakeholder alignment

Contract interpretation

Financial modelling (DBF)

Tools

MS Office

Bluebeam

Job description

Description

Are you a seasoned Bid Director ready to take charge of end-to-end bid pursuits for our Design-Build Construction team? As our Bid Manager, you will play a pivotal role in orchestrating our operational and functional teams preparing proposal responses, ensuring they are market-competitive, compliant and contributing to the achievement of our financial goals.

This dynamic position offers the opportunity to work on new projects and program proposals, including large and complex endeavours, occurring over many months. Our projects focus on Design-Build and Alternate Procurement Delivery models, including projects within the defence sector.

Join our team in Vancouver and play a vital role in securing and delivering exciting projects for our Design-Build group.

Essential Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business development and internal stakeholders to develop winning pursuit and proposal strategies.
• Lead and manage the full bid process, ensuring alignment with senior stakeholders and adherence to pursuit schedules.
• Coordinate with design, estimating, operations, and proposal teams to develop competitive submissions.
• Support estimating teams with pricing strategies, resource planning, and project pursuit planning.
• Develop pursuit plans and preliminary schedules to guide bid management.
• Act as the primary point of contact for client communications and ensure effective handover to project teams.
• Maintain bid documentation and manage RFQ/RFP submissions while capturing lessons learned to improve future pursuits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of large-scale project bid management experience, with a preference for Design-Build or P3 experience.
• Experience supporting bids or projects within the defence sector, including familiarity with government or military procurement processes, is preferred.
• Knowledge of the local construction market and trends, with the ability to support bid-win strategies.
• Ability to interpret contract language and legal requirements.
• Understanding of financial modelling for Design-Build-Finance (DBF) projects.
• Experience drafting operational plans and other technical documents.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, SharePoint) and document collaboration tools such as Bluebeam.

Working Conditions

• Office based position

Compensation

$113,200.00 - $155,650.00

This is the expected base pay range for this role. Individual base pay will be determined based on a variety of factors including experience, knowledge, skills, education and location.

Our competitive total rewards package provides compensation and benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. We offer exciting, challenging work with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge.

Additional Information

Ledcor Building offers full-service construction for commercial, residential, institutional, and light industrial projects, along with expertise in green building. Our depth of knowledge and expertise come from building hundreds of projects – of all sizes – across North America each year.

Our workplace culture has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace in North America.

Employment Equity

At Ledcor we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion should be part of everything we do. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.

Our True Blue team consists of individuals from all backgrounds who contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to Ledcor. We are committed to continuing to build on our culture of empowerment, inclusion and belonging.

Adjustments will be provided in all parts of our hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance by submitting a request via email. For more information about Ledcor’s Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, please visit our I&D page.