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We are recruiting a Bid Manager to join a specialist contractor based near Newbury. They have exceeded all their targets and budgets for 2024 and have secured pipelines of work for 2024/25 and due to the volume of opportunities are looking to increase their preconstruction team.

They target single stage, negotiated and framework opportunities and are secured on a range of national and local authority frameworks and work on bids in the partnership housing, apartment and one off spec development worlds and are happy looking at developments valued between £2 and £20 million.

They have an excellent preconstruction team consisting of bid managers, estimators, design team, building services and commercial experts who form a team for each bid and work as a team to achieve the best possible result.

Duties as a Bid Manager include Develop strategy and decide if compliant tender is feasible If desirable, produce non-compliant tender or alternative proposal in parallel. Produce & monitor Bid Programme, Response Tracker and Budget Communicate requirements to bid team, Ensure timely submission in required format, Provide technical and operational input to the proposed technical solution. Identify all project risks and mitigate as appropriate.Write, contribute to or review technical and SHESQ responses. Ensure the submission complies with the tender requirements.Agree estimating strategy with the Estimator or Estimating Manager. Lead procurement of designers, subcontractors and suppliers Chair meetings and interviews with prospective partners on critical packages. Agree Project Programme Strategy with the Planning Manager. Providing technical support to the Project Planner. Review the Project Programme. Ensure tender response review gateways are achieved. Implement mitigation measures when there is programme slip, to ensure subsequent milestones are met. Issue, Manage and respond to Technical Queries to and from Client and suppliers Where an alternative or non-compliant proposal is desirable and there is sufficient time, Devise a strategy and ensure that it is produced in parallel with the proposal. He will contribute to and manage the production of all documents, programmes, drawings, plans, proposed methods and risk assessments for the alternative submission.

They offer and operate a hybrid working based on business case decisions - up to 3 days in the office and 2 at home on a traditional week but client meetings, site visits etc. need to be factored in so its a flexible target.

Opportunities like this are rare and would suit someone with experience of working within a preconstruction team on framework bids so if you are looking to move to a young and growing business or are frustrated at a Tier 1 now is the time to make the move to a business going places.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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