Oldham, United Kingdom | Posted on 12/08/2024
As a Bid Manager, you will be responsible for:
* Motivating and leading a bid team that includes both internal (estimators, design professionals, MEP professionals and planners) and often external (supply chain and consultants) resources.
* Working closely with your team to develop the commercial strategy.
* Managing the customers’ expectations through informal and formal ‘health checks’, adopting a professional and considerate approach to maintain good working relations.
* Developing and incorporating project strategies to achieve the company’s sustainability objectives.
* Ensuring regular monitoring and reporting on progress, managing potential risks and opportunities, and instigating pre-emptive and corrective actions as required.
* Maintaining continuous professional development of yourself and your team to ensure appropriate technical awareness, implementing best practices and driving continuous improvement.
* Maintaining a ‘one team’ approach throughout to create a seamless transition from preconstruction to operations.
* Coordinating inception workshops with our customers and using your proven listening skills to ensure we truly understand our customers' 'Why', gaining vital information that will enable your bid team to go the extra mile.
Requirements
Essential and Desirable Criteria
Experience in managing diverse technical input, understanding complex construction schemes and leading the bid process will help you thrive in this role. If you have previously worked in a construction technical role, including but not limited to Operations, Planning, Commercial, Design or Estimating, this will help you hit the ground running.
In return
We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, discounted or full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.
Additional Information
At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in and we are happy to support agile working wherever possible. We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.
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