Title:  Bid Manager

About John Holland:

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We've always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.

That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the role:

As a member of the Precontracts Team this role successfully converts prospect to projects by leading a bid team in the submission of assigned tenders. You will establish effective Tender planning, management strategies and processes, and leading Tender teams to ensure that the likelihood of winning and successfully delivering an individual prospect is maximised. 

What you will do:

• Manage the overall delivery of the project tender submission so that there is the maximum likelihood of winning and successfully delivering the project
• Tender management: Prepare various plans for project conversation and manage their implementation; Assign and manage resources to deliver the tender within budget, time and quality standards; Monitor and guide workflow during the tender, review progress against delivery milestones and take effective remedial action as required
• Tender development: Develop strategies for successful conversion of the prospect to a project; Interpret tender requirements accurately and fully; Develop and modify work processes, technology, or products to meet tender requirements; Identify commercial innovations to positively differentiate JH from competitors; Ensure tender complies with risk, safety, quality, environment and community management requirements; Ensure submissions are accurate and complete
• Commercial and financial management: Ensure strong contract, commercial and financial risk management, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue; Ensure that the tender is financially viable, margin expectations can be met and risk complies with corporate guidelines
• Client relationship management: Support the Business Development Manager to develop and actively manage client and industry partner relationships; Negotiate terms and conditions of the tender with the client
• People management: Provide direction, manage workloads, develop capability and foster a high performance tender team within a positive employee relations environment
• Stakeholder management: Ensure that stakeholders are actively engaged; Partner with and coordinate the input of internal subject matter experts and external designers, vendors and sub-contractors to ensure an accurate and financially viable tender

To be successful in this key role, you must have:

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Sciences, Project Management or Construction Management
• 10+ years of construction, project management, tendering or operations experience
• Business development and client relationship management
• Program management
• Leadership of teams
• Stakeholder management
• Contractual, legal, commercial and legislative compliance and regulatory frameworks, systems and key risks

What's in it for you when you join John Holland:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice packaging options available.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with superannuation and up to an extra 18 weeks of superannuation paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two additional John Holland Days to prioritise health and wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you'll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you'll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion and diversity is part of how we work and do what we do at John Holland. Our active commitment to being an employer of choice is evident in the delivery of our Gender Equality Strategic Plan supported by our Pride, Celebrate Women, RAP and Grow networks.

Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it's flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.