Civil Tender Writer | Bids & Proposals

Lumsden School; Southland; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumsden School in Southland is seeking a Bid Writer to coordinate tender submissions for civil construction projects. You’ll balance deadlines, ensure accuracy, and tailor bids to client needs.

You’ll work with estimating, operations and commercial teams to assemble pricing, methodology, risk and compliance information, and you’ll review past bid outcomes to improve future submissions.

Qualifications

• Experience turning technical information into clear bid content.
• Ability to coordinate multiple bids, contributors and deadlines.
• Strong written communication and commercial judgement.

Responsibilities

• Writing clear, persuasive and well-structured tender responses.
• Coordinating bids, contributors and deadlines.
• Working with estimating, operations and commercial teams to assemble pricing, methodology, risk and compliance information.
• Supporting client submissions, clarifications and negotiations.
• Reviewing previous bid outcomes to strengthen future submissions.

Skills

Bid writing

Stakeholder coordination

Technical writing

Commercial judgement

Civil construction knowledge

Tools

MS Office

Power BI

Estimating software

Job description

Lumsden School in Southland is seeking a Bid Writer to coordinate tender submissions for civil construction projects. You’ll balance deadlines, ensure accuracy, and tailor bids to client needs.

You’ll work with estimating, operations and commercial teams to assemble pricing, methodology, risk and compliance information, and you’ll review past bid outcomes to improve future submissions.