Construction Tendering Specialist

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Excellent pension and benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career growth and training

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Construction Tendering Specialist to support tender submissions for substation, power infrastructure, and renewable energy projects across the UK. The role involves providing construction expertise during the tender phase, developing practical, buildable, and commercially competitive solutions with remote work flexibility and occasional travel to project sites and meetings.

Location: UK (Hybrid/Remote with occasional travel to Birmingham and project sites).

Qualifications

• Tendering, estimating, construction project delivery experience.
• Experience supporting projects through the tender phase.
• Understanding of construction methodologies and project sequencing.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge of CDM regulations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and support construction tender submissions for UK-wide projects.
• Develop construction methodologies, logistics plans, and delivery strategies.
• Produce construction and installation estimates for projects ranging from £500k to multi-million‑pound values.
• Review drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Attend project reviews, tender meetings, and stakeholder calls.
• Carry out site visits to assess buildability, risks, and site constraints.
• Coordinate inputs from engineering teams, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with HSE, quality, and CDM requirements.
• Support post‑tender clarifications and project handovers.
• Manage multiple tender opportunities simultaneously, typically supporting up to 10-15 projects at various stages.

Skills

Tendering

Estimating

Construction delivery

Drawings interpretation

CDM knowledge

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Substation experience

Renewables experience

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Construction Tendering Specialist to support the delivery of tender submissions for substation, power infrastructure, and renewable energy projects across the UK.

Working closely with the Construction Manager, you'll provide construction expertise throughout the tender phase, helping to develop practical, buildable, and commercially competitive solutions. This role offers a high degree of flexibility, with predominantly remote working and occasional travel to project sites and meetings.

Location: UK (Hybrid/Remote with occasional travel to Birmingham and project sites)

How You'll Make an Impact

The Opportunity

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Construction Tendering Specialist to support the delivery of tender submissions for substation, power infrastructure, and renewable energy projects across the UK.

Working closely with the Construction Manager, you'll provide construction expertise throughout the tender phase, helping to develop practical, buildable, and commercially competitive solutions. This role offers a high degree of flexibility, with predominantly remote working and occasional travel to project sites and meetings.

Location: UK (Hybrid/Remote with occasional travel to Birmingham and project sites)

How You'll Make an Impact

• Prepare and support construction tender submissions for UK-wide projects.

• Develop construction methodologies, logistics plans, and delivery strategies.

• Produce construction and installation estimates for projects ranging from £500k to multi-million‑pound values.

• Review drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.

• Attend project reviews, tender meetings, and stakeholder calls.

• Carry out site visits to assess buildability, risks, and site constraints.

• Coordinate inputs from engineering teams, subcontractors, and suppliers.

• Ensure compliance with HSE, quality, and CDM requirements.

• Support post‑tender clarifications and project handovers.

• Manage multiple tender opportunities simultaneously, typically supporting up to 10-15 projects at various stages.

Your BackgroundEssential

• Experience in tendering, estimating, construction, project management, or project delivery.

• Experience supporting projects through the tender phase.

• Understanding of construction methodologies and project sequencing.

• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications.

• Knowledge of CDM regulations.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

• Substation, HV, or transmission & distribution experience.

• Renewable energy project experience.

• Construction estimating and installation estimating experience.

• Utilities, EPC, or power infrastructure background.

What We Offer

• Inclusive Work Environment: We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.

• Excellent company pension and wide-ranging benefits schemes.

• Career Growth: Enjoy excellent career opportunities in a global company that supports your professional development.

• Supportive Team: Be part of a team with inspiring colleagues who collaborate and support each other.

• Work-Life Balance: We understand the importance of work‑life balance and offer flexible working arrangements.

• Top‑quality H&S culture alongside comprehensive training and personal development programmes.

More About Us

We offer fantastic opportunities to work on dynamic, high‑impact, and cutting‑edge industry initiatives that are making a crucial impact on society while providing the experience of working within a world‑leading global organisation.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of pioneering mission‑critical technologies across high‑voltage systems, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing one of the world’s most urgent energy challenges: meeting growing electricity demand while accelerating the decarbonization of power systems.

Headquartered in Switzerland, Hitachi Energy employs more than 50,000 people across 60 countries and generates revenues of approximately USD 16 billion.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission‑critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data centre, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.