Bidding Engineer

Manage bid operations and ensure complete proposal preparation & timely submission with total compliance to the company processes.

• Lead the review of the bid pipeline with sales teams.
• Coordinate major projects during the bid process until handover for implementation.
• Review of tender documents on receipt to ensure its completeness.
• Organise and take part in bid initiation & review meeting.
• Ensure that clarifications are raised well in time to get better clarity on bid submission.
• Co-ordinate & follow-up to ensuring post bid clarifications are addressed.
• Assist the sales team to prepare an Opportunity Review for bid / no bid decision.
• Prepare budgets and securing the necessary funding to meet bid management needs
• Report on bid management plans and giving monthly status reports to senior management
• Ensure that commercial submissions to tenders are fully complied with all necessary details.
• Proactively work with the Procurement Group to ensure Vendors RFQ Technical and Commercial Bid Evaluations are completed in a timely manner.
•  Prepare / Review the preparation of the construction schedule, providing man hours and equipment requirement for each activity and also ensure correctness to capture anticipated duration and manning.
• Develop and streamline processes to improve the bid function and interfaces with the rest of the Company
•  Propose modification to the proposal process, where appropriate, to meet customers specific needs.
• Assist in training bid management team and sales staff where necessary on an ongoing basis.
• Develop and implement a bid library.

• Good communication & negotiation skills.
• Good Leadership skills.
• Excellent technical report writing skills.
• Very good command of English.
• Very good computer skills, i.e.; primavera and/or Microsoft project.

• Bachelor of Engineering with a Specialization in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering