Bid Manager, Auckland

Every plant we build starts with a bid. You’ll lead them.

Before we design a plant or set foot on site, someone has to win the work. As a Bid Manager, that’s you. You’ll lead bids for turnkey design and build water treatment projects. Most are $0.5m to $10m, and some go up to $30m. You’ll take each one from strategy to contract signing, then hand it over so the project manager is set up to succeed.

About Filtec

Filtec designs, builds and looks after water and wastewater treatment plants across New Zealand and Australia. In over 30 years we’ve worked with every council in New Zealand and many of the country’s biggest manufacturers.

We’re well established and growing fast, with offices in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Melbourne and Brisbane. We’re winning bigger work. But we’re still a tight team that moves quickly and always looks for a better way. With councils rolling out Local Water Done Well, there’s a lot of water infrastructure to deliver over the next decade. We’re helping build it.

The role

You’ll report to our New Business Manager and join a team of three bid managers in New Zealand. We’re selective about what we chase. We talk to councils and consultants for months before a tender comes out, and when we go for something, we go all in. It means the bids you work on are ones we’re serious about winning.

Each bid has a small team behind it. Our process engineers design the solution, our engineering team builds the estimate, and you bring it all together. Within your first year, you’ll be running two bids at once.

• Set the bid strategy and plan, and run the review meetings that keep it on track

• Keep a busy, multidisciplinary team on programme. Check in often, so nothing slips

• Prepare EOIs, budgets and pricing schedules that are clear and easy to review

• Run RFTs and RFQs with subcontractors and suppliers, and build bid programmes in Microsoft Project

• Make sure the full scope is priced, and spot the contract and scope risks early

• Write the submission, from the technical detail to the commercial case, and present it to clients

• Lead clarifications and negotiations through to contract signing, then hand over cleanly to the project manager

What it takes

Most bids run six to eight weeks. Run well, they stay on programme. But the deadline doesn’t move, so the last week or two can mean long days. The engineers you rely on are busy on other jobs too. You’ll need to keep your bid at the top of their list without pulling rank. Most bids also need a site visit, so expect to travel about once a month, usually there and back in a day. In return, you’ll have a real hand in what Filtec builds next, and you’ll see the projects you won come to life.

What you’ll bring:

• Four or five years in bid management, project management, estimating or water treatment. You won’t have all of these. One is a good starting point

• You can run a programme and a team, even when the people don’t report to you

• The right attitude. You own the bid, roll your sleeves up and do what it takes to get the submission in

• You plan and organise well, and you communicate and delegate clearly

• Persuasive technical writing, and you’re confident presenting to clients

• You’re keen to learn new technology, solutions and systems

New to water? That’s OK. There’s more involved in getting water to your tap than most people realise, and we’ll help you learn it.

Why Filtec

We set a high bar, and we look after each other while we clear it.

• You’ll own your work from start to finish. You’ll see what you won get built

• Quarterly Personal Success Plans. We talk about where you want to go, then back it with a plan

• We promote from within. It’s our default for leadership roles

• Room to move. Earn your stripes, and you’re not tied to one city. Our people have moved between offices on both sides of the Tasman

• Hybrid working. Around three days a week in our new Auckland office, with flexibility around that. Phone and laptop provided

• Social club with regular events for all members

• Our MD meets every new starter

Location

Based in Auckland. We’ll consider other parts of New Zealand for the right person, as long as you communicate well and stay closely connected to the team.

How to apply

Apply with your CV through the link. No cover letter needed. Instead, tell us in a few lines about a bid or project you’re proud of and what you did on it.

Questions first? Talk to Jarrod on 0272774383 or jarrod.moyle@haines.co.nz. Everyone who applies hears back from us.

Making Water Safer.