Senior Tender Planner - (Closing date - 30/11/2025)
Posted 23 hours 7 minutes ago by Esh Group
About the role: We are recruiting a highly skilled and experienced Senior Tender Planner to lead the development of professional tender programmes and associated construction methodologies. This role will also involve providing critical support to the Bid Manager through the preparation of high-quality written responses, ensuring the submission of competitive and compliant bids. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong planning expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to contribute effectively within a collaborative bidding environment.
Responsibilities- Thorough review of tender documentation to determine key information, e.g. project constraints which provide the foundation for tender programmes
- Attendance at site visits to ensure full understanding of proposed schemes
- Meetings with subcontractors, designers and stakeholders to ensure accurate programme allowances, driving best value and innovative proposals
- Produce well-constructed and considered logic linked tender programmes built from first principle planning, with defined critical path and resource allocation
- Produce phasing plans, traffic management plans and methodology diagrams to support tender reviews and quality questions
- Liaise with the Bid/Technical Manager and tender teams and play a part in the successful conclusion of each tender opportunity
- Attend tender settlements and present the programme, preliminaries and logistical aspects
- Produce labour and plant schedules that reflect the nature of each individual project
- Contribute to the risk and opportunity schedule
- Confidence in attending Client interviews, mid tender briefings etc
- Advise site team and/or senior management of areas of concern
- Develop skills of other planning staff
It is not possible for this document to totally encompass or define all tasks that may be required of the post holder. The outlined duties may therefore vary from time to time without materially changing either the character or level of responsibility.
Qualifications- Minimum 5 years' site leadership experience within Civil Engineering
- Experienced user of Microsoft Project (Primary) and Primavera P6 (Secondary)
- Experience planning a range of Civil Engineering Schemes - values £0.5m - £10m
- UK driving licence
- Good IT Skills
- Flexible 'can do, will do' attitude
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Good analytical/logic skills
- Able to work on own initiative when required
- Good communication skills written & face to face
- If I am not successful this time, can I apply again? Yes, everyone is encouraged to apply again when a suitable role becomes available.
- Do you have an equal opportunities policy? Yes, anyone applying to work at Esh will be treated equally in line with our policy. We strive to recruit from the widest and most diverse talent pool available.
- What will you do with my information? In line with GDPR legislation, we treat your information with the strictest confidence. It will not be shared with third parties.
- How does the interview process work? Our interview process is based on individual role requirements. We use competency-based questions and may also use other selection tools such as presentations or psychometric testing. It may sound daunting, but it isn't - you will be given sufficient guidance prior to your interview.
- Are travelling expenses reimbursed for interview? Sorry, unfortunately not.
- Can I apply for the position if the closing date has passed? Sorry, unfortunately not. Please check our current vacancies on our website or sign up to receive vacancy alerts.
- Is there a 'Refer a Friend' scheme? Yes, if one of our team recommends you and you're successful, they could earn up to £500 as long as they are not part of the selection process.
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