Assistant Manager, Bids and Business Development

Surbana Jurong; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Prostruct, part of Surbana Jurong, is a specialist consultancy for protective technology and civil & structural engineering. We are based at SJ Campus in Singapore and seek an Assistant Manager for Bids and Business Development to support growth and delivery of our security and engineering services.

The role develops opportunities across security and infrastructure, coordinates tender submissions and technical inputs, engages clients and partners, and supports project mobilisation, commercial

Qualifications

• Two to four years of experience in business development or bid coordination.
• Experience in engineering, construction, infrastructure, built environment, or security consultancy preferred.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary submissions and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Market and opportunity development: research security consultancy opportunities and build a qualified pipeline.
• Client and stakeholder engagement: follow-ups with developers, asset owners, agencies, architects, engineers, contractors, and partners.
• Proposals and tenders: manage EOIs, prequalifications, quotations, fee proposals and tender submissions; coordinate inputs and deadlines.
• Service positioning: assist with marketing materials and case studies for services such as security risk assessment and blast engineering.
• Commercial administration: assist with fee build-ups, subconsultant quotations, revenue forecasting, and WIP monitoring.
• Project mobilisation and operations: project setup, resource schedules, deliverable registers, document control, and subconsultants.

Skills

Bid coordination

Business development

Client engagement

Proposal development

Project administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Part of SJ Group, Prostruct is a specialist consultancy for Protective Technology and Civil & Structural Engineering. Established in 2012, we have grown to be one of Singapore’s leading blast consulting firms. We offer integrated and customised solutions for protecting buildings and infrastructure against blast and other effects, therefore designing for the safe storage across multiple industries. Based in our SJ Campus at 38 Cleantech Loop, we are looking an Assistant Manager for Bids and Business Development to support the growth and effective delivery of our Prostruct security and engineering consultancy. The role develops opportunities across security, protective design, infrastructure, buildings, and mission‑critical facilities; coordinates technical proposals and client engagement; and supports project mobilisation, commercial administration, and business operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Market and opportunity development: Research public- and private‑sector opportunities in security consultancy, protective design and engineering for infrastructure, buildings, data centres, and other mission‑critical facilities; identify decision‑makers and maintain a qualified pipeline.
• Client and stakeholder engagement: Follow‑ups with developers, asset owners, government agencies, architects, engineers, contractors, and strategic partners.
• Proposals and tenders: Manage expressions of interest, prequalifications, quotations, fee proposals, and tender submissions; coordinate technical inputs, project references, CVs, compliance schedules, approvals, and deadlines.
• Service positioning: Support the preparation of marketing materials and case studies for services such as security risk assessment, security‑by‑design, blast and protective security engineering, threat and vulnerability assessment, security systems planning, and multidisciplinary engineering consultancy.
• Commercial administration: Assist with fee build‑ups, subconsultant quotations, contractual documentation, revenue forecasting, and work‑in‑progress monitoring.
• Project mobilisation and operations: Project setup, resource schedules, deliverable registers, document control, subconsultants, and internal kick‑off activities.
• Resource and delivery support: Work with technical leads and project managers to monitor workload, programme, deliverables, risks, changes, and actions, escalating issues where necessary.
• Business systems and reporting: Maintain accurate customer relationship management, tender, project, and commercial records; prepare reports on pipeline, order intake, hit rate, revenue, utilisation, project status, and outstanding actions.
• Governance and confidentiality: Support compliance with company procedures, client security requirements, tender conditions, contractual obligations, quality management processes, and the secure handling of sensitive project information.
• Process improvement: Develop templates, trackers, standard operating procedures, and knowledge resources that improve proposal quality, project administration, collaboration, and operational efficiency.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Engineering, Security Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Two to four years of relevant experience in business development, bid coordination, consultancy operations, project administration, or professional services; experience in an engineering, construction, infrastructure, built‑environment, or security consultancy is preferred.
• Working understanding of the consultancy business cycle, including lead identification, prequalification, proposal development, appointment, project mobilisation, delivery, invoicing, and close‑out.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical submissions, interpret tender requirements, manage compliance schedules, and obtain timely inputs from security specialists, engineers, and project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare accurate proposals, capability statements, presentations, correspondence, reports, and meeting records.
• Commercial awareness and confidence working with consultancy fees, budgets, contracts, subconsultant costs, variations, invoices, revenue forecasts, and performance data.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

SJ is a diverse collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create a smart and sustainable future. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 in its member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA, SMEC and Surbana Jurong, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to shape a better future. Its technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors including transportation, water, aviation, healthcare, hospitality and renewables. A global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery, SJ has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans in more than 60 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally. SJ is #23 in Engineering News-Record’s 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms, #14 in World Architecture 100 2024, and Asia Pacific FM Technology Provider of the Year 2022, awarded by International Facility Management Association.