Siemens Careers UK – Bid Manager

Job Description:

As a Bid Manager, you will lead the planning and management of the bid process and lead a small team of planners, engineers and commercial specialists to create compelling and economic proposals which enhance our reputation and deliver profitable work. The roles require good communication and interpersonal skills as you will work with a range of collaborative disciplines across the business to understand and deliver solutions to the customer.

You will be working on bids for projects to design, manufacture, deliver, fit-out, and test traction power equipment, and, traction power or distribution substations at 650V DC / 25kV AC, 33kV AC on the UK rail network.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with colleagues in Siemens Rail Electrification to further develop and update the estimating tool which captures standardised costs.
• Create reports for bid governance, finalise offers and submit via client portals.
• Produce / populate customer specific pricing documentation.
• With the support of a Project Technical Manager obtain inputs from subject matter experts for inclusion in cost model.
• Preparation of tender deliverables.
• Attend relevant training courses to expand knowledge in railway technology, estimating and bid writing as required
• Prepare enquiry data, collate resource / materials / 3rd party estimates and add commercial elements including inflation, risk and margin.
• With the support of the Tendering Manager, develop pricing strategies which increase competitiveness of the bid, according to award criteria, whilst maximizing commercial position.
• Lead bid meetings both internal and client based.
• Analyse current and historical data to benchmark costs and competitiveness.
• Creation of reports for presentation / reviews / governance as required.

Job Requirements:

Qualification & Experience:

• Experience of tendering work within the rail sector would be advantageous.
• Must be flexible and able to work under own initiative.
• Able to manage small teams to deliver bids to quality, time and budget.
• Strong computing skills especially with MS Excel, MS Word & MS Powerpoint.
• Comfortable with operating to short deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy.
• This role may suit an engineering or commercial discipline applicant wishing to move into bidding.
• Able to interrogate documents to identify scope and quantity of works.
• Excellent communication skills both internally and externally.
• Previous experience within a project related engineering environment.
• A degree or HND in an engineering or business-related discipline, or wide design / construction experience in rail power supply.
• High level of financial and commercial acumen.
• Able to challenge own and others inputs to ensure competitiveness of pricing.
• Previous knowledge of estimating in an engineering project environment.
• Experience in contract forms inc NEC and NR suite of contracts.

Job Details:

Company: Siemens

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Birmingham, GB

Application Deadline: N/A

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