Senior Bid Manager

About this Role: This is a great opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Senior Bid Manager to work with the regional office of a leading Tier 1 national contractor to manage complex D&B tenders for schemes in the South Coast area. The scope of works includes education buildings for schools and universities, sport and leisure, healthcare, and defence schemes ranging in size from £25m to £100m+. These will typically be a mixture of mini-competition on national and regional frameworks and competitive tenders. Frameworks include DfE, P23, CCS, and DEOP. You will be responsible for running schemes from early stages of enquiry or early client engagement onwards, working closely with the estimators, design managers, and planners. Once at the preferred bidder stage, you will work through the PCSA process with the team from RIBA stage 2 through to stage 4; at this point, the PM will also become more involved in the process moving towards construction. Bid Management role to include: Prequalification Client liaison Win strategy Methodology Tender program Value engineering Compilation of contractors proposals Tender interviews Second stage negotiations through to financial close Handover to project construction team and commencement on site About the Company: This busy division of a larger main contracting group is based in Southampton and has an annual turnover of circa £150m+ with a solid pipeline of secured work and future opportunities in the area. The geographical patch covers mainly Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire. This main contractor has a high level of ongoing community engagement, a proven successful track record of project delivery across its sectors, and enjoys the close support of a framework director for each sector. Requirements including certificates and Qualifications: You will ideally be degree qualified from a Project Management, Estimating, or Design Management background. Candidates from a non-technical background will also be considered if you have some proven experience of marketing, bid writing, or management with another main contractor. You will possess excellent communication and negotiation skills, a keen technical and commercial approach, strong planning and problem-solving ability, initiative, and a positive approach, plus the drive and tenacity to lead a successful bid. You will ideally have a proven track record of successful project procurement and delivery with another Tier 1 main contractor. High standards, attention to detail, and the drive to pursue and secure workload for the business will be well rewarded with an excellent salary, benefits, promotional, and development prospects. For more information on this contract, please contact Martin Olney on (phone number removed) or send your CV to (url removed).

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