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VolkerRail is a leading multidisciplinary railway infrastructure contractor which comprises of two businesses: Major Projects and Specialist Businesses.
Major Projects is an expert in collaborative working, leading on large, multidisciplinary joint venture and alliance projects.
Specialist Businesses is made up of expert divisions in signalling, track, power, electrification, and piling, and has an in-house plant division and bespoke design teams.
Our Head office is based in J3 Business Park, Doncaster and provides support to the businesses in the following areas: Finance and Payroll, Human Resources, HSQES, Work Winning, Procurement and Fleet.
We are proud of our reputation as a high-performing business, working in harmony and partnership with our stakeholders, ensuring we help our clients deliver a rail network for the future.
We have a great opportunity for an Assistant Bid Manager to work within our Work Winning Team based at our head office in Doncaster.
You will be responsible for:
Assist Bid Managers in overseeing the bid management process to ensure bid submissions are of optimum quality, and meet both ITT and Group requirements.
Maintain a close relationship with the Business Development Team to maintain awareness and knowledge of all incoming tender invitations.
Assist in the timely completion of pre-qualification submissions to the professional quality expected from a leading construction contractor.
Attend bid submission meetings.
Maintain knowledge of the Group supplier database and liaise with the Procurement Team to ensure that the select list includes movement in the market place.
Full compliance with the Group HSQE Standards.
Identify and report the agreed key performance indicators for tender performance.
Assist the Bid Director to develop and lead the functional procedures to achieve a continual improvement in the tender performance.
About you
Proven experience in successful estimating within Railway, Commercial, Construction or comparable industry.
Proficient in MS office applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Good communication and organisational skills.
If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerRail is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerRail are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
Competitive salary
Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
Pension
Life Assurance
Cycle to Work scheme
Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
Employee Assistance programme
Mental health, physical health, and financial supportFairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
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