Bid Project Manager – Water and Wastewater Projects Søborg, Denmark

Krüger | Veolia; Gladsaxe Kommune; On-site; DKK 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Veolia in Denmark seeks a Bid Project Manager to drive bid processes for large water and wastewater projects, coordinating technical, commercial, and process inputs from multiple disciplines. You will lead end-to-end bid development, ensuring timely submission and competitive, well-structured proposals.

The role emphasizes collaboration with colleagues across disciplines and borders, translating complex data into compelling bids while maintaining Veolia's standards and quality.

Qualifications

• Experience with tender management and complex bid processes.
• Ability to translate technical input into clear, competitive bids.
• Structured, organized approach to coordinating inputs across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead bid processes end-to-end from initiation to submission.
• Write technical and nontechnical tender descriptions with cross-team input.
• Collect and structure technical, commercial and process inputs into a unified proposal.
• Develop winning strategies in collaboration with colleagues.
• Plan and manage schedules, resources and milestones throughout the bid.
• Ensure high quality and compliance with Veolia standards in all bid materials.

Skills

Tender management

Bid coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Commercial awareness

Education

Water/environmental engineering degree

Job description

Bid Project Manager - Water and Wastewater Projects

Company Description

We are Veolia's water technology expert in the Nordic region and a leading player in the development and implementation of advanced water solutions. We work to ensure sustainable water supply and wastewater treatment through innovative technologies, professional project management, and strong process expertise. We design and engineer plants that deliver sustainable solutions within water and wastewater treatment, both domestically and internationally.

Would you like to help win the projects that shape the future of water solutions?

We are looking for a Bid Project Manager who can drive and coordinate bid processes for large and complex water and wastewater projects, primarily within public tenders.

You will play a central role in our bid activities, helping to set the direction for how we compete, collaborate, and win, always in close cooperation with your colleagues in the bid team and our skilled specialists.

Job Description

Your role

Based on your past experience with tenders for large and complex water and wastewater treatment projects, you will lead the bid process from initiation to submission. You will work with a broad portfolio of customer segments within wastewater treatment, treatment plants, and waterworks for both Danish and Norwegian clients. In addition, you will participate in collaborative project models, where early dialogue, trust, and commercial understanding are key to developing the best possible solutions.

You will hold a central coordinating role, bringing together contributions from multiple disciplines and ensuring that technical, commercial, and process-related inputs are combined into one coherent and well-structured bid. You will be responsible for ensuring that pricing, schedules, and key contractual terms align logically and competitively.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving and coordinating bid processes end-to-end and ensuring timely submission
• Writing both technical and nontechnical descriptions of the tender independently and with input from other parties
• Collecting and structuring technical, commercial, and process-related inputs into a unified proposal
• Developing winning strategies in close collaboration with colleagues
• Planning and managing schedules, resources, and milestones throughout the bid process
• Ensuring high quality and compliance with Kruger's standards in all bid materials

Qualifications

Who are you?

You have a relevant education preferable within water and environmental engineering that enables you to understand the technical specifications of water and wastewater treatment plants in order to develop customized solutions for clients.

You have documented experience with tender management and complex bid processes from relevant industries. You thrive at the intersection of technology, process, and business. You work in a structured and goal-oriented manner and ensure progress and quality in bid execution. You are able to maintain overview in complex processes, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and ensure coherence in proposals—even under high pace and tight deadlines.

We imagine that you:

• Have relevant technical insight, within water, wastewater, or process plants
• Are able to translate technical input into clear, coherent, and competitive bids
• Communicate clearly and collaborate naturally across disciplines and stakeholders
• Have strong commercial understanding and an eye for risk, scope, and competitive parameters
• Thrive in environments with short deadlines and maintain focus on the overall proposal

As a person, you are curious, proactive, and a strong collaborator—also across disciplines and national borders.

Fluency in Danish and preferably also Norwegian, both written and spoken, is required. Additionally, the ability to communicate effectively in English is expected.

Additional Information

We offer

With us, you will have a role with responsibility, influence, and strong opportunities for professional development. You will become part of an informal and highly competent professional environment where collaboration and knowledge sharing are a natural part of everyday work.

We offer flexibility, allowing you to create balance between a meaningful working life and your private life.

About Veolia

Our mission is to create innovative solutions that drive the green shift in water and ensure clean water for future generations. Your work could include designing treatment plants, removing environmentally hazardous substances from wastewater, developing membrane technology for drinking water, or implementing solutions that climate-proof our cities against flooding. You could also help advise municipalities or optimize process water for the pharmaceutical and food industries.

We create results through diversity. At our company, engineers, technicians, fitters and specialists from many countries collaborate to develop tomorrow's water services and technologies.

Do you want to join?

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.