Bid Manager in Blackburn

Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s Strategy of Growth? Due to company growth/expansion, Vital Energi Ltd are looking for a Bid Manager to work in our head office in Blackburn. The role involves being responsible for successfully winning new work by preparing and submitting high-quality proposals on time, managing department resources and staff, and ensuring compliance with company procedures. A key objective in this role is to improve profitability and enhance commercial advantage over competitors, whilst maintaining the highest standards of quality. This role works closely with a variety of different departments and requires strong leadership and interpersonal skills to develop good working relationships. A key responsibility for this role is maintaining/improving the company’s win rate and will have a direct impact on revenue and margin expectations.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage work winning tenders to ensure proposals are produced on time and result in successful outcomes, aligning with Work Winning Policies and Procedures.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills to successfully lead work winning teams made up of Design, Energy Solutions, Project Engineering, Estimating, Commercial and Quality departments.
• Undertake comprehensive reviews and fully understand all requirements of each tender/proposal, ensuring compliance. Ensure the wider team have a good understanding of the technical, commercial and quality requirements.
• Manage and monitor design development through the pre-commencement period working alongside our technical design engineers.
• Prepare and present proposals to prospective clients, demonstrating excellent presentation skills.
• Accumulate and maintain a high standard of tender submission material, utilising the companies Bid Library.
• Undertake post tender reviews, derive lessons learnt and feedback to the relevant departmental teams.
• Maintain the integrity of Quality Management Systems and ensure all necessary documentation for proposals is accurately recorded.
• Produce reports based on recorded information relating to success rates and competitor analysis for example.
• Engage with potential clients to build relationships and work as a key member/leader of the bid team.

The Company:

Vital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We are supporting Hospitals, Universities, New Build developments, Towns and Cities as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to decarbonise their buildings. We have and continue to work on ground-breaking projects throughout the UK which are supporting the UK’s Net Zero targets, such as the recently announced £1 billion low-carbon infrastructure project for Westminster. With plans to double our headcount over the coming years, supported by offices opening in new locations across the country and our strong investment pipeline, coupled with our expansion into new markets such as industrial power generation with our very own Energy-from-Waste facility, there is no better time to join the family here at Vital Energi.

Experience:

• Experience working in building services sectors/Civils or Electrical/mechanical engineering.
• Several years’ experience in bid management & proposals with responsibility for large value projects or a number of lesser projects at one time.
• Technical experience in the design, procurement and construction of mechanical and electrical infrastructure.
• Awareness of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM), including risk management and mitigation strategies relevant to building services/renewable energy projects.
• Previous experience in managing and improving department processes and resources.
• Previous experience of liaising and managing inter department contribution.

The package:

• Salary negotiable DOE
• Company Car
• Contributory Company Pension Scheme
• Non-contributory death-in-service insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 Days Holiday plus 8 days bank holidays.
• Additional holidays awarded in line with length of service
• Option to purchase/sell additional holidays
• Onsite gym/wellbeing centre at our Blackburn Head Office
• Discounted gym membership across the UK
• EV charging points where possible

Applications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful.

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Only applicants who are legally entitled to work in the UK and are currently resident in the UK are invited to apply.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.