AddressWe're changing the way Australia generates its energy, are you ready for a change?
The Team
UGL is well-known and respected for providing end-to-end engineering, construction, and maintenance service, we partner with some of the world's largest blue-chip companies and government agencies, private enterprises and public institutions making us the number one contractor in Australia.
As part of the energy transition, we need experienced engineers to undertake essential design & construction services for critical infrastructure. UGL has a great record in completing renewable sector associated projects including Solar Farms, Battery Energy Storage Systems, Transmission Lines, Substations and electrical distribution. Our proven delivery means we have an exceptional pipeline.
UGL's Utilities Division is seeking an experienced and motivated Proposals Manager to join the pre-contracts team where you will work on projects within the power and water infrastructure sectors. In this role, you will be responsible for proactively managing and submitting high-quality proposals for our major project utilities tenders.
What will a day in this role look like:
Reporting to the Pre-Contracts Manager, The Proposals Manager is responsible for the implementation, managing and monitoring of the tendering process for new business opportunities within the Utilities Business delivering high quality tender outputs which aligns with UGL Utilities business strategy. The role can be based in either Sydney or Brisbane.
Some of the key responsibilities include:
- Leading the Pre-Contracts team and shaping work winning strategies to achieve revenue, margin and win rate targets.
- Accountable for building and leading high performing culture throughout the opportunity and bid management lifecycle by managing the bid and tendering processes rigorously, undertaking early evaluation and qualification of business opportunities, improving qualification of leads through intelligent analysis of clients and understanding financial and commercial risk.
- Ensure that all parts of each submission are interconnected with robust and substantiated strategic elements
- Identify Business opportunities, enroll the necessary people within UGL, develop and execute a strategy to realize the opportunity
The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don't tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.
What are we looking for you to bring to the team:
This role suits a self-motivated, committed leader who is enthusiastic and ambitious in setting and completing key targets. Prior qualifications, experience and skills in the following are key to your success:
- Formal qualifications in engineering, business or project management with experience in tendering, business development, procurement, estimating, risk and project controls
- Strong knowledge of power, water and the energy sectors or the proven ability to rapidly learn new sectors
- Exceptional influencing and communication skills including demonstrated proposal writing expertise, facilitation and presentations
- Acute awareness of market influences and how to strategically respond when tendering, which includes macro-economic, social and geopolitical risk
Why Unite with the Very Best…
- A competitive salary working in a rewarding, supportive and successful team
- Back yourself and your development, and UGL will back your growth
- Flexible and blended work environment; make use of flexible working and our impressive employee benefits, including:
- A rewarding Wellness Program with AIA Vitality - earn cashback for gym shoes!
- We'll give you access to a multitude of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.
- You can also take advantage of our salary sacrifice options including cars, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
UGL - Big projects. Big careers.
We keep Australia moving through our transport manufacturing, maintenance and operations offering, and we support the energy sector through our renewables, power generation, resources and transmission operations. We are an end-to-end engineering and services provider (one of Australia's biggest inhouse design houses)
We're the people behind communications, transport, utilities, power, oil, gas, Defence and renewables. We build tunnels under rivers and flyover roads. We're the people who take on the problems that have never been solved. The ones that stretch you outside of what's known, where your true genius is challenged and shines.
Diversity & Social Inclusion
UGL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where each employee feels safe to bring their whole selves to work. We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, Women, Military Veterans, those from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with a disability and our friends in the LGBTIQ Community.
UGL respectfully acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land in which we work and pays our respects to elders past, present and emerging.
As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate an applicant's suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks. It's good to know that UGL does not discriminate based on a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.
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