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Bid Manager

NG Bailey
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    Bepton, England, United Kingdom
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    Bepton, England, United Kingdom
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Estimator / Bid Manager

UK‑Wide (Travel Required)
Permanent
Competitive + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom is currently recruiting an Estimator / Bid Manager responsible for LV to 132kV substation construction and asset replacement projects for our DNO and/or Private Network Owner Customers. 

Whilst home location is not a major factor for this role, applicants should be aware this is a country wide role.  Willingness to travel as required to customer sites is an essential part of the role. 

The successful applicant will be required to fully review tender enquiry packs and determine the scope and requirements for tender returns.  They will be required to attend site visits to properly assess requirements of the enquiry or delegate this responsibility to others with clearly communicated objectives and expectation. 

From the information gained from the site visit, the successful applicant will then be expected to produce a detailed, fully costed proposal based on direct labour costs and from quotes sourced from our supply chain partners.  When producing costed proposals due account needs to be taken of the sequence in which activities the project will be undertaken, activity durations, resource levels required and the overall methodology of delivering the project to an overall programme of works. 

Once completed, the costed proposal will be submitted to Senior Management for review, determination of risk and profit, leading to approval to submit to the customer.

For successful tenders, the applicant will then compile and pass over a fully detailed handover pack to the Freedom Operations team and implement our process tools to adjust the opportunity pipeline of the Freedom Networks business.

Responsibilities:

You will:

  • Review tender enquiry pack, resolve scope queries, then ensure that the preparation, review and submittal of customer proposals are estimated accurately and consistently incorporating compliance to customer specifications/documents, validation of our technical solution and value engineering.
  • Be able to negotiate post tender with our customers to capture any late scope changes and to prepare and submit best and final offers.
  • Establish excellence in our tendering preparation and submittal, ensuring we achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction (internal & external) resulting in business growth in our targeted areas.
  • Have management of the overall tendering process from receipt of enquiry to submittal, then post tender negotiations.  Co-ordination of all internal and external cost elements to ensure all risks are identified and mitigation plans established in line with company policies and procedures.
  • Ensure a high degree of collaboration and teamwork is established with customer representatives, and with all Freedom business units and stakeholders to maximise opportunity levels for all aspects of our UK business.

Requirements

You will have:

  • Higher qualification within an Engineering discipline - ideally in HV Power Engineering.  
  • Practical experience in the application of CDM 15 regulations and the ability to produce draft Construction Phase Plans.
  • Minimum 5 years HV engineering experience within a Projects environment focussed on HV and EHV Substation works.
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in a commercial estimating, bidding and customer facing environment.
  • A practical working knowledge of high voltage electrical substations and the equipment found within would be beneficial.

Next Steps: 

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.  

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. 
About Us 
 

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.


Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies


Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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  • Bepton, England, United Kingdom

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