Bid Controller

Humber Recruitment have an exciting new opportunity to work with a valued client based in Grimsby.

**Responsibilities to include**:

- **Overall responsibility for management of bids and tenders**:

- Resource planning
- Project support
- Cost and revenue tracking of projects

**Duties to include**:

- Ensure open communication with client during bidding period.
- Ensure customer requests are sent out to relevant people within the organisation.
- Liaise with clients regarding offers sent and status of incoming purchase orders.
- To ensure all bids and tenders are compliant and within client specified parameters.
- Carry out bid/no bid procedure with relevant stakeholders.
- Monitor and manage project book in timely manner.
- Maintain an efficient project file system and ensuring all documentation is the latest revision.
- Maintain and lead project planning. Communicating possible clashes of resource.
- Ensure inspections of equipment and training are carried out as per the resource planning
- Identifying opportunities on which to submit bids and into the decision over whether to bid for the work.
- Devising a successful strategy for the winning bid, including pinpointing the unique selling points of the organisation, knowing our client’s specific requirements.
- Researching, writing and/or checking proposals.
- Working with key members of the project team and the client to obtain the information required to compile the bid i.e. project manager, supervisor, operations manager etc.
- Negotiation with specialist suppliers and subcontractors.
- Responding to stakeholders queries before, during and after the bid has been submitted.
- Ensure deadlines are met.
- When a bid is successful, brief teams that will carry the work out.

**Essential Competencies**:

- Advanced Microsoft office suite user
- Excellent organisational skills
- Resolving problems and taking decisions
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to be an excellent team member
- Excellent communication skills
- Requirement to travel between sites
- Experience with bidding and tendering processes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Creative and innovative thinking
- Problem solving skills
- Relationship building and influencing skills
- Commercial thinking
- Teamworking skills
- Attention to detail

**Desirable Competencies**:

- Previous resource planning experience
- Experience with contract law
- Experience with Microsoft Projects and/or other planning software

**Essential Requirements**:

- Qualification in commercial awareness
- A level or equivalent in English
- A level or equivalent in mathematics

**Desirable Competencies**:

- Degree in contract law or similar field
- Experience in Petrochemical industry

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Bidding/Tendering/costing: 3 years (required

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Bid controlling: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Immingham (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Immingham: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person