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Job Description
Costain is seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Bid Manager to join our Natural Resources Division Work Winning team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in leading and managing the bid process to secure new projects and opportunities for the company. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work with a highly skilled team and contribute to the growth and success of Costain.
Responsibilities
- Bid Leadership: Lead and manage the end-to-end bid process, ensuring the submission of high-quality, competitive, and compliant bids.
- Strategy Development: Develop and implement winning bid strategies, aligning with the company's goals and objectives.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including clients, partners, and subcontractors, to gather necessary information and build strong relationships.
- Team Management: Line management of bid managers, mentorship and guidance to bid team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
- Risk Management: Identify and assess risks associated with bids, developing mitigation plans to address potential challenges.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure that all bid submissions meet the highest standards of quality, accuracy, and compliance with client and Costain governance requirements.
- Continuous Improvement: Monitor and evaluate bid performance, implementing lessons learned and best practices to enhance future bids.
- Reporting: Provide regular updates and reports to senior management on bid progress, outcomes, and key metrics.
Qualifications
- Education and Experience: Degree or equivalent experience in business, engineering, or a related field. Minimum of seven years of experience in bid management, preferably within the construction, engineering, or infrastructure sectors, either from a professional services or contracting background. A relevant professional qualification (e.g., APMP) is highly desirable.
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary bid teams, delivering successful outcomes.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and persuasively.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail.
- Project and Bid Management: Proficiency in project and bid management methodologies and tools, ensuring effective planning and execution of bid activities.
- Client Focus: Demonstrated ability to understand client needs and develop tailored solutions that meet or exceed expectations.
Personal Attributes
- Innovative: Creative and curious thinker with a proactive approach to identifying opportunities and solving problems.
- Resilient: Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, maintaining a positive and resilient attitude.
- Collaborative: Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of building effective working relationships.
- Organised: Highly Organised and capable of managing multiple bids simultaneously.
- Committed: Dedicated to continuous improvement and professional development.
About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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