Drainage Apprentice: Hands-On Training & Full-Time Growth

RWR Health; Southland; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

RWR Health in New Zealand is seeking a Bid Writer to help shape compelling civil tenders by combining technical detail, commercial insight and strong writing. You’ll coordinate with estimators, operations and commercial teams to prepare submissions across multiple bids and deadlines.

The role focuses on turning complex information into clear, persuasive tender responses, ensuring accuracy and compliance, and applying lessons from previous bids to secure future work.

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.

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 writing

Tender coordination

Stakeholder collaboration

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"