Year 1–8 Teacher — Growth, Literacy & Maths Mastery

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

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.