Senior Bid Manager - Lead Tender Strategy (Hybrid/WFH)

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment; Castlebar; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/WFH arrangement

Senior role reporting to Contract Dir.

Career progression in infrastructure

Job summary

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment is partnering with an established Irish civil engineering and infrastructure business to appoint a Senior Bid Manager in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

The role leads tenders end-to-end, coordinating with commercial, technical and operational teams to deliver competitive submissions. Reporting to the Contract Director, you will drive bid strategy, pricing, risk reviews and continuous process improvement while expanding the bid function and staying abreast of market

Qualifications

• Significant experience in bid management, estimating or tendering within civil engineering/infrastructure.
• Experience working on public sector infrastructure projects is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of water and wastewater projects or related infrastructure is advantageous.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation and submission of major tenders from initial review to final submission.
• Assess new opportunities and support bid/no-bid decisions.
• Coordinate input from commercial, engineering, estimating and operations teams.
• Develop clear, compelling and commercially competitive tender submissions.
• Review contract documents, specifications, pricing and client requirements.
• Manage tender programmes and ensure on-time submissions.
• Engage with clients, consultants and internal stakeholders throughout the tender process.
• Contribute to pricing, risk assessments and value engineering discussions.
• Ensure compliance with public procurement requirements.
• Support development and improvement of bid processes and templates.
• Assist in building and developing the bid team as function expands.

Skills

Bid management

Estimating

Tendering

Civil engineering

Job description

Harper Finley Professional Recruitment is partnering with an established Irish civil engineering and infrastructure business to appoint a Senior Bid Manager in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

The role leads tenders end-to-end, coordinating with commercial, technical and operational teams to deliver competitive submissions. Reporting to the Contract Director, you will drive bid strategy, pricing, risk reviews and continuous process improvement while expanding the bid function and staying abreast of market