Bid Engineering Manager

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Bid Engineering Manager with a background in Nuclear or other highly regulated sector on a staff basis, to be working hybrid but willing to attend sites/offices in either Manchester or Cumbria.
The Role:
Candidates should be able to act as Bid Manager to oversee the creation and delivery of high quality, compelling, competitive, and compliant proposal submissions in accordance with our Sector Management System and deliver this aligned to internal gated processes and procedures.
Using your technical experience you'll be able to identify and manage technical risk at bid stage. This includes multi-discipline design and substantiation tasks and projects for new facilities, equipment, machinery and infrastructure, adaption and refurbishment of existing facilities and infrastructure, as well as condition assessment and substantiation of structures, systems, machines and components.
You will be able to identify a bid winning engineering delivery strategy which leverages our capability, technology & products to yield innovative solutions, and capture learning and continual improvements in supporting documentation, such as case studies and capability statements.
You will be able to negotiate with internal stakeholders and the supply chain to ensure that projects start with right Engineering resources available, this will include identifying team and individual competency requirements and undertaking assessments of proposed teams to identify appropriate mitigation for short comings.
Develop a common approach to our bid creation whilst maintaining and improving supporting documentation such as case studies and capability statements.
The Individual:

• You will have a background in Project Engineering Management, having led engineering projects integrating multi-disciplinary delivery including mechanical, civil, electrical and control & instrumentation. You should have experience and a level of expertise in nuclear engineering design and substantiation with a good knowledge of UK and International design codes and industry regulations.
• You should have the ability, want and drive to sell as a prominent partner and supplier through our reputation for technical excellence and quality of delivery in engineering disciplines relevant to the market, manage and guide varied bid teams in our market and collaborate with colleagues across the wider business, and be keen to utilise our Global Technology Centre and supply chain to offer competitive advantage and quality.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership qualities. Self-motivated and able to work both freely as well as within a larger multi-discipline team.
• Excellent team player, able to collaborate effectively with market colleagues, other wider-business colleagues and the management team.
• Be a passionate supporter of our Global Technology Centre and supply chain to offer competitive advantage and quality.

How will you contribute to the team?

• An Innovator - You will encourage people to experiment, produce new ideas and challenge others to think differently. You'll create space for people to think about potential new innovative approaches, providing an opportunity for growth.
• An Improver - You spend time on making the process of bid creation more efficient, optimising your resources and adjusting things to be lean.
• Comprehensive understanding of supporting design disciplines such as Nuclear Safety Engineering, Environmental, Human Factors, Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon.
• Fully integrated with counterparts in other parts of the business and involved in identifying cross-application of skills. Proactive at identifying and implementing improvements and cross-business learning.

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Why We're Different:
Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.
Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them!
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