Are you an experienced Tender Planner who enjoys working some of the UK’s largest and most critical infrastructure projects?
Do you have strong foundation & background in civil engineering?
Do you want to join a company that rewards drive and ambition?
If so, this may be the role for you!
The Opportunity
Provide support to bid teams through the provision of efficient and effective planning, scheduling and planning deliverables function for any work type and any value, and subsequently contribute to post tender negotiations and handover to the project team. Provide support to the project management team through the provision of an efficient and effective planning, scheduling and project performance reporting function.
Your duties and responsibilities will be:
Ability to develop detail within an existing programme and can coach others
Ability of update and monitor progress within the working programme and can coach others
Ability of introducing change into a programme.
Ability to resource and cost load programmes.
Have an understanding of the introduction & evaluation of risk in programmes
Using appropriate methods to check programme robustness.
Ability to provide routine and one-off programme outputs.
Tender Specific Planning Skills
Assimilate and interpret information from tender documentation.
Contribute to bid winning strategy
Develop programme structure and content independently working with bid team.
Ensure communication & transfer of knowledge post award.
Contribute to tender written submission.
Any other duties consistent with your status and seniority, as necessary to meet the needs of the Business of the Company.
Develop & maintain effective working relationships
Gather and monitor information for both progress and feedback and can coach others
Ability to produce and communicate programme information in a variety of forms
You will have the following qualifications & experience:
Experience working with bid, tender or work winning teams extensively
Background of working on site or a strong civil engineering background
Demonstrable, broad understanding and working knowledge of construction methods and outputs.
Proven understanding of commercial and contractual requirements and awareness of change
Proven skills in planning software, principally P6, and can coach others.
Thorough experience and understanding of programming techniques.
Give advice and support on short term programmes to construction teams.
Understand how to make an analytical assessment of programmes.
Ability to evaluate supply chain programmes.
Understand and comply with business processes and systems.
Ability to work to defined timescales.
Establish and maintain Internal and External Project Controls reporting.
It’s great if you also have the following:
Tier 1 main contractor experience
Tunnelling experience / Heavy civils
The setting for the role
Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business