Bid Manager - UK - 145398

Location: UK based - Travel to UK projects/client meetings as required

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager - Mechanical & Electrical to lead and coordinate major M&E tender opportunities across our UK business.

This is a Preconstruction role with responsibility for managing the complete bid process from initial tender review through strategy, development, adjudication, submission, client negotiation and ultimately handover into project delivery.

The Bid Manager will be part of a multidisciplinary tender team comprising Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Engineering Managers, Mechanical & Electrical Engineers, Schedulers/Planners, Procurement and Operations personnel.

The role is focused on coordination & POC for the bid, ensuring that the engineering solution, commercial position, programme, procurement strategy and construction methodology are fully aligned into a competitive and deliverable tender proposition.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Mechanical & Electrical tenders across the UK business from receipt through to final submission and negotiation.
• Establish the bid strategy, tender programme, responsibilities and key deliverables for each opportunity.
• Lead and coordinate the wider tender team including QS, Commercial, Engineering, Planning, Procurement and Operations.
• Chair tender kick-off meetings, progress reviews, risk reviews and final tender adjudications.
• Ensure clear understanding and ownership of the complete Mechanical & Electrical scope.
• Coordinate development of the technical solution, commercial proposal, tender programme and project delivery strategy.
• Ensure alignment between the estimate, engineering solution, construction methodology and programme.
• Drive identification of value engineering, Off-Site Manufacturing (OSM), prefabrication, procurement and programme opportunities.
• Coordinate engagement with key suppliers and subcontractors in conjunction with the QS and Procurement teams.
• Establish and manage the tender Risk & Opportunity Register, ensuring key risks are identified, quantified and appropriately addressed.
• Coordinate commercial and contractual reviews with the Commercial Manager.
• Ensure major design, procurement, resource and programme assumptions are understood and reflected within the tender.
• Lead client tender meetings, clarification meetings, presentations and post-tender discussions as required.
• Ensure all tender submissions are technically compliant, commercially robust, competitive and deliverable.
• Coordinate final tender adjudication and senior management approval prior to submission.
• Maintain oversight of the UK M&E tender pipeline and identify future bid resource requirements.
• Following successful award, lead a structured tender-to-project handover, ensuring the delivery team fully understands the scope, price, programme, assumptions, risks and client commitments.

Requirements

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Strong experience managing complex Mechanical & Electrical tenders within the UK construction market.
• A background in M&E contracting, building services, engineering, commercial management or preconstruction.
• Experience leading tender teams.
• Strong understanding of M&E construction, procurement, commercial management and project delivery.
• Ability to understand and challenge engineering, commercial, cost and programme assumptions.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of tender and contractual risk.
• Experience developing tender strategies and presenting proposals to clients.
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tender opportunities and competing deadlines.
• Experience within Data Centres, Mission Critical, or other technically complex projects would be highly advantageous.