Tendering Manager

United Infrastructure Ltd; Warrington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United Infrastructure Ltd is seeking a pragmatic Senior Commercial/Estimating professional to support the development of robust tender packages, balancing delivery risks with commercial opportunities in the UK infrastructure market.

You will lead multi-discipline input, guide pricing and governance, and manage a team to deliver accurate estimates and successful client engagements.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Law, or Business Studies; professional qualification preferred.
• Substantial leadership/management experience in a similar role.
• Experience in Transmission and Distribution or civils sector preferred.
• Strong risk awareness and ability to review figures.
• Ability to inspire and deliver with tight deadlines.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication.
• Ability to communicate complex principles across the organization.
• Collaborates across multi-disciplines with a practical, hands-on approach.
• Flexible to adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage tender budgets/cost codes, report costs, advise on budget requirements
• Lead pricing reviews, coordinating inputs from all necessary disciplines
• Guide estimating to align pricing with commercial strategy
• Coordinate contract reviews to ensure risk-appropriate qualifications
• Lead risk reviews and engage all disciplines
• Coordinate regional Commercial Manager engagement
• Lead bid clarification/qualification basis with client interface
• Lead commercial handovers to delivery team
• Oversee and facilitate supply-chain input
• Manage tender governance and review process
• Manage external support/consultants
• Line manage estimating and contracts team
• Client PoC for commercial/pricing negotiation

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Flexibility

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying, Law, or Business Studies

Professional qualification preferred

Job description

Support regional and functional leads in the development of effective tender packages considering the delivery risks and opportunities. Coordinating the input from a number of disciplines to ensure the robustness of commercial estimates and tenders while remaining competitive.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Manage tender budgets / cost codes, reporting on costs and advising on budget requirements
• Lead pricing reviews, coordinating inputs from all necessary disciplines
• Guide estimating to ensure pricing is aligned with commercial strategy
• Coordinate contract reviews making qualifications appropriate for risk profile
• Lead risk reviews appreciating likely risks to be considered and prompting engagement from all disciplines
• Coordinate regional Commercial Manager engagement and ownership
• Lead bid clarification / qualification basis with client interface
• Lead commercial handovers to delivery team
• Oversee and facilitate supply-chain input
• Manage tender governance and review process
• Manage external support / consultants
• Line management of estimating and contracts team
• Client PoC for commercial/pricing negotiation

Person Specification

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Law, or Business Studies, along with appropriate professional qualification (preferred), although other relevant experience will be considered
• Substantial experience in a similar role with consolidated leadership/management experience ideally gained within Transmission and Distribution or civils sector although not essential
• Instinctive appreciation of risks and figures when reviewing and approving work product by team.
• Inspire team to deliver promptly and accurately to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal, and presentation
• The ability to communicate complex principles effectively at all levels within the organization
• Ability to demonstrate teamwork, respect, integrity, innovation, and a client-driven approach
• Ability to collaborate across multi-disciplines at all levels of the business with a practical, hands-on approach
• Flexible to undertake varying work with changing priorities

Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.