Bid Manager/Writer

Southroads; Southland; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Southroads, a Southland civil contractor in New Zealand, is seeking a Bid Writer to coordinate the tender process across its civil construction operations. You will write clear tender submissions, align pricing and methodology with estimating and operations, and manage deadlines while ensuring accuracy and commercial soundness.

You will work with internal teams, refine bid content, and help strengthen future submissions by applying lessons learned from prior tenders.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating or managing multiple bids, tenders or proposals.
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to turn technical information into compelling content.
• Good commercial judgement and an understanding of what makes a strong tender submission.
• Confidence working with internal stakeholders and contributing to client discussions.
• Civil construction, infrastructure or a related technical industry background.
• Strong MS Office skills; Power BI or estimating software exposure would be useful but isn’t essential.

Responsibilities

• Writing clear, persuasive and well-structured tender responses.
• Coordinating multiple bids, contributors and competing deadlines.
• Working with estimating, operations and commercial teams to bring together pricing, methodology, risk and compliance information.
• Supporting client submissions, clarifications and negotiations throughout the tender process.
• Reviewing previous bid outcomes and applying lessons learned to strengthen future submissions.

Skills

Bid coordination

Technical writing

Written communication

Commercial judgement

Stakeholder management

Civil construction

Tools

Power BI

Estimating software

Job description

Shape compelling civil tenders, bringing together technical detail, commercial thinking and strong writing to help secure future work. If you enjoy taking technical information, commercial detail and input from multiple people and turning it into a clear, compelling submission, this could be a great next move.

We’re working with an established Southland civil contractor looking for a Bid Writer to take a key role in the preparation and coordination of tenders across its civil construction operations.

The role

You’ll be involved across the tender process, balancing multiple submissions and deadlines while ensuring each bid is accurate, commercially sound and tailored to the client.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Writing clear, persuasive and well-structured tender responses
• Coordinating multiple bids, contributors and competing deadlines
• Working with estimating, operations and commercial teams to bring together pricing, methodology, risk and compliance information
• Supporting client submissions, clarifications and negotiations throughout the tender process
• Reviewing previous bid outcomes and applying lessons learned to strengthen future submissions

What we’re looking for

You don’t necessarily need to have spent your entire career writing bids, but you will need to be comfortable working with technical information, deadlines and multiple stakeholders.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Experience coordinating or managing multiple bids, tenders or proposals
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to turn technical information into compelling content
• Good commercial judgement and an understanding of what makes a strong tender submission
• Confidence working with internal stakeholders and contributing to client discussions
• Civil construction, infrastructure or a related technical industry background
• Strong MS Office skills; Power BI or estimating software exposure would be useful but isn’t essential

The opportunity

You’ll join an established civil business with a strong presence across Southland and work closely with the people responsible for pricing, delivering and commercially managing its projects.

There is plenty of scope to make the role your own, improve how bids are developed and use what you learn from previous submissions to continually strengthen the approach to future opportunities.