Senior Bid Manager

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment; Castlebar; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid/WFH arrangement

Senior role reporting to Contract/Dir

Career progression in bid function

Job summary

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment is assisting an established Irish civil engineering business in Castlebar to recruit a Senior Bid Manager. You will own the tendering process from start to finish, coordinating with commercial, technical and operations teams to craft competitive submissions.

Reporting to the Contract Director, you will drive bid strategy, manage complex tenders, and develop the bid function as the business grows in the Irish and UK markets, with a flexible hybrid working

Qualifications

• Significant bid management experience in civil engineering/infrastructure.
• Experience on public sector infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of water and wastewater utilities.
• Experience managing complex tenders end-to-end.
• Experience across Irish and/or UK markets.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
• Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Leadership or mentoring experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and submission of major tenders from initial review through to final submission.
• Assess new opportunities and support decisions around bid/no-bid strategy.
• Coordinate input from commercial, engineering, estimating and operational teams.
• Develop clear, compelling and commercially competitive tender submissions.
• Review contract documentation, specifications, pricing information and client requirements.
• Manage tender programmes, ensuring submissions are delivered accurately and within deadlines.
• Engage with clients, consultants and internal stakeholders throughout the tender process.
• Contribute to pricing, commercial reviews, risk assessments and value engineering discussions.
• Ensure tender submissions comply with public procurement requirements.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of bid processes, systems and templates.
• Help build and develop the existing bid team as the function expands.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the infrastructure and water/wastewater market.

Skills

Bid management experience

Public sector experience

Water/wastewater knowledge

Tender management

Ireland/UK markets

Stakeholder coordination

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Team leadership

Job description

We are working with an established and growing Irish civil engineering and infrastructure business on a Senior Bid Manager position in Castlebar. It's a really important hire for them, reporting directly to the Contract Director, and they're looking for someone who can take real ownership of the tendering function as the business continues to grow. Day to day, you'd be leading tenders from start to finish and working closely with the commercial, technical and operational teams to put together strong, competitive submissions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and submission of major tenders from initial review through to final submission.
• Assess new opportunities and support decisions around bid/no-bid strategy.
• Coordinate input from commercial, engineering, estimating and operational teams.
• Develop clear, compelling and commercially competitive tender submissions.
• Review contract documentation, specifications, pricing information and client requirements.
• Manage tender programmes, ensuring submissions are delivered accurately and within deadlines.
• Engage with clients, consultants and internal stakeholders throughout the tender process.
• Contribute to pricing, commercial reviews, risk assessments and value engineering discussions.
• Ensure tender submissions comply with public procurement requirements.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of bid processes, systems and templates.
• Help build and develop the existing bid team as the function expands.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the infrastructure and water/wastewater market.

Requirements

• Significant experience in bid management, estimating, pre-construction or tendering within civil engineering/infrastructure.
• Experience working on public sector infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of water and wastewater projects, utilities or related infrastructure.
• Experience managing complex tenders from opportunity stage through to submission.
• Previous experience working across the Irish and/or UK infrastructure markets.
• The ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage competing deadlines.
• Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring or developing a team would be highly advantageous.

Offer

• Flexible hybrid/WFH arrangement
• Senior position reporting directly to the Contract Director
• Significant opportunity to develop and lead the existing bid function
• Long-term career progression within a growing infrastructure business