Aerospace Quality Bids & Proposals Lead

TXM Recruit; Ampthill; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

TXM Recruit is partnering with a leading defence organisation to recruit a Quality Bids & Proposals Coordinator. The role focuses on shaping proposals, ensuring quality requirements are understood, accurately costed and supported by achievable resource plans.

You will work across Business Development, Programme Management, Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering to identify quality obligations and risks in each bid.

Qualifications

• Background in Quality Engineering, QA or Manufacturing Quality.
• Experience supporting bids, tenders or proposals in defence/aerospace or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with AS9100 and quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements, specs and drawings to scope quality work for bids.
• Develop BOEs with costings and resource estimates for proposals.
• Validate labour hours, inspections and delivery approaches with SMEs.
• Capture assumptions, dependencies and exclusions in bid submissions.
• Identify quality risks and mitigation actions for bids.
• Determine equipment, tooling, training and certification needs.
• Represent Quality in bid reviews and sign-off meetings.
• Maintain bid templates and reusable proposal content.
• Ensure bid activities meet regulatory and company requirements.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Quality Assurance

Manufacturing Quality

Bids/Tenders Support

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

TXM Recruit is partnering with a leading defence organisation to recruit a Quality Bids & Proposals Coordinator. The role focuses on shaping proposals, ensuring quality requirements are understood, accurately costed and supported by achievable resource plans.

You will work across Business Development, Programme Management, Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering to identify quality obligations and risks in each bid.