Senior Bid Coordinator

Coffey; Galway; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employer pension contribution

Discounted healthcare plans

Maternity and paternity pay

Career development

Long-term opportunities

Job summary

Coffey is seeking a Senior Bid Coordinator to join our bid team. You will lead prequalification and tender submissions, coordinate input from key stakeholders and ensure high-quality content that reflects Coffey's brand.

The role involves working across offices in Athenry, Maynooth, Rathcormac with a hybrid pattern (3 days in office, 2 days remote). You will mentor junior bid coordinators and drive improvements in future submissions.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing successful bid and tender submissions.
• Experience in construction, engineering, utilities or related sector.
• Excellent writing, proofreading and communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Experience with Irish public and private sector tendering.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate prequalification and tender submissions from receipt to final submission.
• Review tender documentation, identify requirements and coordinate input from key stakeholders.
• Write, edit and proofread high-quality proposal content that reflects the Coffey brand.
• Manage communications relating to ongoing tenders and prequalification submissions.
• Record client feedback and identify opportunities to improve future submissions.
• Maintain the bid library, tender registers and departmental records.
• Monitor tender portals and identify suitable opportunities.
• Support reporting requirements within the tendering team.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and peer support to Bid Coordinators through tender and PQQ reviews.

Skills

Bid coordination

Technical writing

Stakeholder coordination

Project management

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Tender management systems

Job description

About The Role

Senior Bid Coordinator

Locations: Athenry, Co. Galway, Maynooth, Co. Kildare or Rathcormac, Co. Cork (Hybrid – 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home)

• Competitive salary
• Employer pension contribution
• Discounted healthcare plans
• Maternity and paternity pay
• Career development
• Long-term opportunities

We're looking for a Senior Bid Coordinator to join our experienced Bid team. As a Senior Bid Coordinator, you'll play an important role in helping Coffey secure major infrastructure projects by producing high-quality pre-qualification and tender submissions that showcase our expertise and capability.

What you’ll do

• Manage and coordinate prequalification and tender submissions from receipt to final submission.
• Review tender documentation, identify requirements and coordinate input from key stakeholders.
• Write, edit and proofread high-quality proposal content that reflects the Coffey brand.
• Manage communications relating to ongoing tenders and prequalification submissions.
• Record client feedback and identify opportunities to improve future submissions.
• Maintain the bid library, tender registers and departmental records.
• Monitor tender portals and identify suitable opportunities.
• Support reporting requirements within the tendering team.
• Provide guidance, mentoring and peer support to Bid Coordinators through tender and PQQ reviews.

About You

To succeed as a Senior Bid Coordinator, you will have:

• Experience preparing successful bid and tender submissions.
• Experience within construction, engineering, utilities or a related sector.
• Excellent technical writing, proofreading and communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Experience of the Irish public and private sector tendering environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and tender management systems.
• A full driving licence where required for business travel.
• The legal right to work in Ireland.

At Coffey, we're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and supported. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

About Us

Coffey is a family-owned Irish infrastructure company with over 50 years of experience delivering projects across the Water, Energy, Civil Engineering, Transportation and Building sectors. With offices in Athenry, Maynooth and Rathcormac, we've grown into one of Ireland's leading infrastructure specialists while retaining the family-business culture that defines us. Guided by our values of Do the Right Thing, Do it Better and Do it Together, we offer long-term careers, opportunities to work on major infrastructure projects and a genuinely collaborative working environment.