Bid Director

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Transmission Investment Services Ltd Full time

Transmission Investment is looking for a Bid Director with a special combination of skills and experience that include: drive, leadership, competitiveness, collaboration, and stakeholder management to manage bidding processes and win projects in a complex and competitive environment.  

Our Company

Founded in 2011, Transmission Investment manages one of the largest offshore electricity transmission portfolios in the world in terms of the capacity of offshore wind connected.  Our portfolio of assets includes the connections to eleven GB offshore wind farms – currently a portfolio of over 4,000MW (circa £3,200m in capital employed).

Transmission Investment has a growing team of over forty people with a broad range of competencies within project development, engineering, regulation, construction, asset management, finance, and merger & acquisition.  The team has the experience required to develop, finance, execute and manage large scale and complex energy infrastructure projects.  Transmission Investment is developing a 700MW interconnector between Scotland and Northern Ireland, LirIC. As part of a joint venture on behalf of an investor, we are managing the construction and will manage operations of a synchronous compensator at Blackhillock, Scotland. Additionally, Transmission Investment is the preferred bidder on a further three synchronous compensator projects under the Pathfinder 3 programme in England.  We are also well positioned to take part in the competitive onshore transmission auctions (CATO) in which this role would play key part.

As an employer, we pride ourselves on the positive and friendly culture within our company, with a can-do attitude and dedication being felt throughout the team. 

Employee wellbeing is at the heart of our business, and we offer many benefits which reflect this. We invest continuously in employee training and development, supporting employees in personal and professional growth. In March 2021, Transmission Investment was officially recognised as a Great Place to Work® in the UK. In April 2022, Transmission Investment won two awards in the small business category from Great Place to Work®; UK's Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing 2022 and UK's Best Workplaces 2022 Small (20-50 employees). 

Role overview

Transmission Investment is looking for a successful entry into the CATO sector from its inception and this role would be at the forefront of winning the CATO projects. The role will report to the Managing Director but will require close interaction with other Directors in the business and their respective teams. The primary responsibilities include:

Requirements

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Act as the bid leader for CATO projects during the PQQ and ITT stages
  • Develop bidding plans for delivery of timely, accurate, compliant and competitive bids
  • Identify potential consortium partners, develop strong relationships and formalise contractual documents required for establishing project consortia 
  • Lead cross-functional teams of highly experienced individuals focused on producing high-quality deliverables for all CATO projects and other work as required
  • Create scope, timeline, budget, risk assessments and business cases for all CATO bidding activities
  • Identify the necessary internal and external resources required for successful bidding activities
  • Coordinate the internal and external resources including legal, technical and insurance advisers
  • Gather all bid inputs and lead on drafting of bid documents
  • Act as a conduit between the procuring authority and Transmission Investment (or a consortium led by Transmission Investment)
  • Research future CATO project pipelines to plan ahead all necessary bidding activities
  • Create and deliver handover plans from Origination to Development during preferred bidder stage
  • Create all necessary procedures and processes to support the CATO bidding activities.

Must exemplify our Company Values:

  • We are EXCELLENT at what we do
  • We are COMMITTED and ensure we deliver
  • We are CHALLENGING of the status quo
  • We are SUPPORTIVE of each other 

Experience, Work Experience and Qualifications: 

  • Qualified to a Masters Degree level
  • Recognised programme management qualification 
  • Minimum 5 years experience in managing complex programmes, preferably related to commercial bidding; managing scopes, programmes, budgets, risks, and business cases
  • Experience in planning and executing complex and multi-elemental bids
  • Proven track record of winning bids
  • Proven track record of producing high-quality deliverables
  • Experience leading a team of highly experienced individuals with diverse backgrounds and skillsets
  • Experience in managing advisers and JV partners
  • Understanding of establishing and governing consortia with investors, contractors, and others 
  • Knowledge of electricity transmission sector desirable 

 

Skills & Attributes:

  • A driven and competitive leader
  • Excellent programme management skills
  • Good attention to detail 
  • Commercially astute
  • Strong ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing
  • Ability to work well with project partners within a JV or consortium set-up
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to multi-task and produce high-quality deliverables through multiple workstreams

 

Diversity Policy

Transmission Investment is committed to providing equal opportunities for all, irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible. This appointment will be conducted in line with principles of merit, fairness and openness.

Benefits

  • Generous Company Pension Contributions
  • 25 days annual leave plus public bank holidays (increasing to 30 days with long-service). Ability to buy additional annual leave.
  • Annual performance bonus scheme and success-related bonus scheme
  • Private health insurance
  • Flexible working
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Generous maternity, paternity and adoption policies

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