Bid & Tender Control Lead - Project Controls & Commercial

Construction; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Construction is seeking a Project Controls coordinator to own bids and tenders from enquiry through submission. You will lead bid coordination, drive cost control discipline, support estimating, and manage document control standards to ensure accurate, current information and auditable records.

You will work with Operations Managers and project leaders to improve tender quality, pricing assumptions, and cost visibility while promoting continuous improvement and high professional standards across

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls, tendering, mechanical estimating (Piping) or similar project support roles.
• Strong bid management and organisation skills with attention to detail.
• Good understanding of estimating, pricing build-up, cost control and commercial risk.
• Proven ability to apply governance and controlled processes to bid decisions.
• Strong documentation discipline including version control and auditable records.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of bids and tenders from enquiry to submission, meeting deadlines and approvals.
• Create estimates within agreed norms and obtain sign-off from Operations managers.
• Lead the bid/no-bid process and ensure risks are understood and input is gathered.
• Coordinate tender responses by collecting technical, operational, commercial, and delivery information from managers and SMEs.
• Support and develop estimating activities ensuring robust, commercially sensible cost estimates.
• Work with Operations Managers, HSE-Q officer and project leaders on pricing assumptions, labour, equipment, subcontract costs and risk provisions.
• Drive cost control through budgeting, cost tracking, variance reporting and early risk detection.
• Produce clear project controls information to support management decisions (tender status, cost visibility, observations).
• Own document control standards for tenders and project controls documentation with secure handling of controlled documents.
• Ensure bid files, calculations, pricing schedules and approvals are organised and auditable.
• Support handover from tender to delivery with clear scope, assumptions, exclusions, risks and commitments.
• Identify opportunities to improve bidding, estimating, cost reporting and document control through standardisation and lessons learned.
• Collaborate with Operations Managers and wider business to drive shared success across divisions.
• Maintain strong customer focus by ensuring tenders are professional, structured and aligned to client requirements.
• Promote high standards and disciplined governance in bid, cost control and document control activities.

Skills

Project controls

Tendering

Commercial coordination

Estimating input

Cost control

Document control

Governance

Communication

Analytical ability

Professionalism

Job description

Construction is seeking a Project Controls coordinator to own bids and tenders from enquiry through submission. You will lead bid coordination, drive cost control discipline, support estimating, and manage document control standards to ensure accurate, current information and auditable records.

You will work with Operations Managers and project leaders to improve tender quality, pricing assumptions, and cost visibility while promoting continuous improvement and high professional standards across