Senior Bid Manager

Ready to build a better future with us?

At Kapitol Group, we pride ourselves on being Victoria's second largest privately owned construction company.

Our vision is to continuously improve the construction industry by setting new standards for quality, safety, culture and work-life balance.

We’re a team of high performing professionals obsessed with innovation and excellence in construction. Our work spans the commercial, education, industrial, and residential sectors.

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced and proactive Senior Bid Manager to work as a part of our New Business team. Reporting to the New Business Manager, this role will focus on leading our Bid Management team to produce high quality, consistent submissions that maximise the potential for Kapitol Group securing new work. 

What you’ll do:

• Oversee our end-to-end Bid Management processes and strategies, liaising with Estimating, the ECI team and Marketing
• Leading a small team of Bid Managers, Bid Coordinators, and Designers
• Assist in the development of tender winning strategies, communicate these with the team and ensure their implementation  
• Implement and managed submission workflow and practices
• End-to-end bid preparation to ensure high quality and timely submissions
• Analyse tender requirements and produce appropriate schedules and plans to ensure resources are sufficient and efficient utilised. 
• Oversee contributors/SMEs to tenders, ensuring their understanding of requirements and strategy for the bid workload.
• Monitor and Report on bid progress including quality and progress and issues for resolution.  
• Oversee the maintenance and continued improvement of tender collateral (case studies, templates, and common question responses)
• Cultivate strong professional relationships with stakeholders internally and externally

About you:

• 5 to 10+ years’ experience in a similar role, ideally in the construction industry
• Detailed understanding of the construction tender and submission ecosystem
• Demonstrated experience with using Microsoft Suite and InDesign
• Able to context switch, work on multiple projects at any one given time and handle competing priorities
• Refined attention to detail, proofreading and editing skills
• Passionate about driving change, innovation and continuous improvement
• Work well autonomously and within a team committed to organisational success
• Experience leading a high-performance team
• Strong planning, program, and stakeholder management skills
• Advanced collaboration, interpersonal, communication, and client-focused skills

How you’ll benefit:

• Investment in training with the aim to have the best trained workforce in the industry
• Free health assessments for all staff
• Paid parental leave for both primary and secondary care givers 
• Fast-tracked career development opportunities and support through mentoring, workshops and retreats
• Industry-leading internal communication channels to break down silos across sites, allowing staff to share ideas, lessons learnt and other resources.

Kapitol value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, life stages, cultures, faiths, sexual orientation, and genders.

Find out more about Kapitol Group on our website (kapitolgroup.com.au) – and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram for regular updates.

Please be sure to apply directly as we will not be engaging the services of recruitment agencies, nor any agency-represented candidates for this role. Kapitol will not be held responsible for any associated fees from recruitment agencies resulting from unsolicited introductions.