About Us
At DIALOG Fitzroy, we design, build and maintain complex industrial assets across New Zealand and Australia. With over 65 years of experience, we've built a reputation as a trusted partner to clients in energy, petrochemicals, dairy, pharmaceuticals, geothermal, water treatment, and tank terminals.
Lead Winning Bids. Drive Growth. Shape Success.
DIALOG Fitzroy is seeking a highly motivated and commercially astute Tendering and Bid Lead to take ownership of our bid and tendering process. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled proposal professional who thrives on leading cross‑functional teams, developing winning strategies, and delivering high‑quality submissions that support business growth.
About the Role
You will play a critical role in converting qualified opportunities into profitable work and ensuring the business maintains a strong pipeline of future opportunities.
This is a permanent, full‑time role based in New Plymouth, Taranaki.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end‑to‑end tender process, coordinating cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality, compliant, and competitive bids.
- Develop winning proposal strategies and compelling customer‑focused submissions that clearly demonstrate DIALOG Fitzroy's capabilities and value.
- Collaborate with project managers, estimators, engineers, and technical specialists to develop pricing, methodologies, project plans, and commercial responses.
- Manage tender governance processes, ensuring contractual, commercial, operational, and delivery risks are reviewed and addressed.
- Monitor tender performance, customer feedback, and lessons learned to continually improve bid quality and success rates.
- Own and manage the CRM system, maintaining accurate opportunity pipelines, reporting, and lead management processes.
- Support business growth by analysing market trends, customer needs, competitor activity, and pipeline data to improve lead conversion and tender outcomes.
- Maintain proposal resources, templates, capability statements, and supporting business development content.
- Champion health, safety, and environmental compliance by promoting a strong safety culture and supporting company HSE initiatives.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Proven experience in tendering, bid management, proposal writing, business development, or a related field.
- Strong project coordination and stakeholder management skills.
- Exceptional written communication and document development capabilities.
- Experience working with CRM systems and opportunity pipeline management.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to understand contractual and operational requirements.
- Strong analytical and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- The ability to influence and lead cross‑functional teams without direct authority.
- Experience in engineering, construction, energy, industrial services, maintenance, or infrastructure sectors would be highly regarded.
Why Join DIALOG Fitzroy?
- Diverse projects and industries - deliver challenging multidisciplinary projects.
- Career growth - opportunity to provide assistance on larger projects, promoting development, and access to certified training.
- People first culture - we value mentoring, collaboration, and developing the next generation of project leaders in a positive, safe and professional work environment.
- Competitive benefits - competitive salary package for relevant skills and experience and discounted medical insurance.