Senior Bid Manager OCU Utilities · Borehamwood, Stockport

Opals Group; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in infrastructure engineering is seeking a Bid Manager to join their team. The role involves managing and completing bidding activities, ensuring high-quality proposals while working under pressure. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in bid management within the utilities or engineering sector.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within bid management.
• Attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Management and completion of quality bidding activities.
• Working with bid writers to produce bids and proposals.
• Ensuring bid folders are managed appropriately.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Project management skills

Job description

OCU provides end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets,with extensive experience in renewable energy, highways, and marine infrastructure projects.

A new and exciting opportunity fora Bid Manager has been newly created, based in Stockport or Borehamwood, the Bid Manager will be responsible forproducing and submitting winning bids that capture and address the clients’ needs. You will do this with passion and flair to support an upward trending tender scoring and success rate.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Management and completion of quality bidding activities from start to finish.

• Working with any bid writers to produce exceptionally written bid and proposals.

• Using effective project planning to manage deadlines including production planning and question allocation.

• Attending client bid sessions and workshops where required.

• Develop value engineering and cost effective solutions
• Managing the quality element of the bid, providing a clear brief to any supporting writers

• Communicating effectively at all levels to get the information you need.

• Ensuring bid folders are up to date and managed appropriately.

• Completion of Invitation to Tenders (ITT).

Skills and Experience

• A passion for working in bid and proposals ideally within the utility, engineering sector
• Proven experience within bid management

• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills with meticulous attention to detail

• Strong organisational and project management skills with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines

• Excellent organisational skills are essential

Company Information:

OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.