Bid Manager (NZ)

Filtec; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Filtec, a leading water treatment solutions provider in New Zealand, seeks a Bid Manager to drive pre-award activities from Auckland while supporting nationwide remote roles. You will estimate budgets, coordinate design resources, and craft compelling tender submissions to win projects.

The role emphasizes bid strategy, scheduling with MS Project, and ensuring all aspects of the tender are thoroughly priced for municipal and industrial clients.

Qualifications

• Experience estimating budgets and pricing for bids.
• Ability to coordinate design resources for pre-award phase.
• Strong understanding of bid strategy and contracting risks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare EOI/ROI documentation.
• Estimate detailed pricing and budget.
• Identify resources and timelines for winning offers.
• Lead bid strategy and progress reviews.
• Ensure full scope of works is priced and tender submitted.
• Develop Bid Programme / Delivery Schedules using MS Project.
• Manage ITT and RFQ processes with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Oversee post-tender clarifications and handover to project teams.

Skills

Bid management

Estimating

Project coordination

WBS estimation

Education

Engineering degree or Eng. Mgmt.

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

This 'Bid Manager' role is based in Auckland, working Nationwide. Are you living outside Auckland? No worries, our team hire remote engineers for this

14th October, 2026

FILTEC is the most successful privately owned of Water Treatment Solutions business throughout New Zealand, with two offices in Australia. FILTEC is well regarded for its engineering expertise and high quality of workmanship, which has built a strong reputation, proven track record and enabled double digit year on year growth for over three decades.

FILTEC works with a plethora of municipal and industrial clients “from Watercare right through to Wineries”.

Project Delivery here is a fulfilling career, our team enjoy the interesting variety of their roles and rewarding sense of accomplishment. Our 'hands on' approach is satisfying, and our culture is authentic (a recent hire of ours said 'I see now the smiles on your socials aren't fake').

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

We are seeking a ‘Bid Manager’ to focus on the ‘pre-award’ stage of the project lifecycle. We don’t consult by analyzing ‘Options’ and ‘Feasibility’ – we’re a pure design & construct contractor. FILTEC’s use our expertise is renowned in NZ and we are often invited to make submissions. In this role, you’ll be estimating WBS and coordinating the design resources.

The success when jobs are won, keeps the pipeline of project work flowing for our Engineering and project delivery teams who turn the concept into a detailed design, then manage the build and commissioning. Your tasks are:

• Preparation of EOI/ROI Documentation
• Preparation of financial budget and estimation of detailed pricing
• Identifying resource requirements, timeline and partnership to create a winning offer
• Bid strategy and preparation including management of progress review and update meetings
• Ensuring a full scope of works has been priced.
• Development of Bid Programme / Delivery Schedules using Microsoft Project
• Ensuring appropriate identification of contractual and scope risks. Mitigation where appropriate.
• Management of ITT and RFQs to Sub-contractors and suppliers
• In-house estimation of mechanical items, installation and P&G.
• Writing of the tender submission including all technical, commercial and sales strategy
• Responsible to lead post tender correspondence and clarifications
• Effective handover of won-work to Project Managers post award

IDEAL TIME TO JOIN:

• We have transformed our org chart; this role is vacant due to a promotion the entire Project team is 'Under new leadership' due to promotions within.
• FILTEC is thriving, sustained success = continued career opportunities
• Our current strategy involves diversification, innovation and sustainability
• We invest in sophisticated new systems & technologies (and apply AI effectively) with more agility than large corporations – a Bid Manager will benefit from some best in class AI generated innovation, which means less heavy lifting for you!

SUCCESS PROFILE

• 1) Passion & Experience: working closely with a team of bright design experts to estimate and bid
• 2) Ambition to join dynamic, protean firm; rather than ordinary, generic D&C contractor
• 3) Tertiary qualifications such as a Degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical or Process Engineering OR Engineering Management ideal but not essential if you have experience in QS or Estimation
• 4) A background in Water Treatment is beneficial but not essential – any other ‘Engineer, Procure, Install’ OR ‘Design & Construct’ experience is valued (EPC / D&B)

Are you reading this advert ... but would rather a ’Project Engineering or PM role? we're hiring for those vacancies too!

NEXT STEPS:

Role exclusively available with FILTEC alone, no third parties.

You require the right to work in Australia / New Zealand; we will inherit those of you with a visa, but are unable to sponsor from scratch at this time.