My client is looking to appoint a Senior Tender Planner to join them on a permanent basis. My client is a regional main contractor who deliver projects across a range of sectors including residential, health, education, industrial and commercial. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing professional tender programmes with associated construction methodologies as well as supporting the Bid Manager with written quality responses.
Key Responsibilities
Thorough review of tender documentation to determine key information, e.g. project constraints which provide the foundation for tender programmes
Attendance at site visits to ensure full understanding of proposed schemes
Meetings with subcontractors, designers and stakeholders to ensure accurate programme allowances, driving best value and innovative proposals
Produce well-constructed and considered logic linked tender programmes built from first principle planning, with defined critical path and resource allocation
Produce phasing plans, traffic management plans and methodology diagrams to support tender reviews and quality questions
Liaise with the Bid/Technical Manager and tender teams and play a part in the successful conclusion of each tender opportunity
Attend tender settlements and present the programme, preliminaries and logistical aspects
Produce labour and plant schedules that reflect the nature of each individual project
Contribute to the risk and opportunity schedule
Confidence in attending Client interviews, mid tender briefings etc
Advise site team and/or senior management of areas of concern
Develop skills of other planning staff
Experience and qualifications
Appropriate Civil Engineering Qualification (HNC / Degree etc.)
Minimum 5 years' site leadership experience within Civil Engineering
Experienced user of Microsoft Project (Primary) and Primavera P6 (Secondary)
Experience planning a range of Civil Engineering Schemes - values £0.5m - £10m
UK driving licence
Salary and Benefits
Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private Healthcare
Company contributory pension scheme
This is a superb opportunity to join an established but growing business working with opportunity for career progression. For more information on this role please contact Paul Wilkinson on (phone number removed) or via email on