Bid Lead

AtkinsRéalis • Mississauga, ON

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Bid Manager- Engineering and Field Services, the Bid Lead is responsible for preparing proposals on behalf of the Nuclear Canada Business Unit. In this capacity, the Bid Lead is responsible for the proposal development lifecycle; coordinating and producing proposals in response to a client inquiry (Request for Proposals, Expressions of Interest, Tenders, Budgetary Estimates, Qualifications, etc.) while assembling a proposal team with the relevant service, product and business knowledge required to win. Responsibilities include the implementation of proposal procedures and processes, ensuring complete, accurate and quality proposals are prepared on time and on budget. Further responsibilities include participating in capture planning sessions by contributing relevant industry market knowledge, competitor assessments, commercial strategies, etc. This is a highly networked role that requires an ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, work under pressure and to meet challenging deadlines.

Requirements

• Combination of post-secondary education with relevant work experience, minimum of 5 years’ experience.
• Advanced user in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Conversant with Nuclear’ s corporate objectives, work methods, processes, procedures, and organization.
• Must have a solid understanding of Nuclear’ s costing and pricing models and its principles/requirements relating to treatment of risks, margins and cashflows.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities required to tackle a wide range of unique problems.
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage several bids concurrently and works well under deadline pressures.
• Strong organizational skills, work planning skills, and the ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Innovation is an asset with proactive mindset to aid in improving processes.
• Must be familiar with nuclear projects and engineering/technical terminology.
• Excellent English composition skills to write effective proposals.
• Strong oral and written skills to interact with customers and internal staff.

Nice To Haves

• Association for Proposal Management Professional (APMP) Foundation level certification, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads large/complex proposals, coordinating multiple stakeholders to deliver high-quality, bid and strategy compliant, winning, and approvable bids on time and schedule.
• Proactively work in collaboration with Account Managers to determine strategic approaches to opportunities that include persuasive content.
• Facilitates proposal kickoff meetings and regular status calls.
• Creates the proposal outline and obtains scope descriptions, estimates and other inputs as required from the appropriate delivery groups to create a compliant and competitive proposal.
• Generates cover letters, executive summaries, and other key (non-technical) parts of proposals.
• Coordinates pricing build ups for all proposals and completes pricing worksheets for smaller proposals.
• Maintains the proposals database with accurate and timely updates.
• Adheres to all Corporate Policies and Procedures including Compliance, Risk and Levels of Authority.
• Facilitates proposal reviews and approvals, including Pink, Green, Red, Gold, and escalated approvals as required.
• Leads the Purchase Order acceptance process and reviews Purchase Orders for accuracy and alignment with proposals.
• Anticipates and mitigates potential delays to proposal submission, ensuring on-time delivery of the proposal.
• Enforces approved style guidelines and ensures a consistent look and feel of all outgoing proposals.
• Works to create and improve best practices that ensure the RFP process is successful and efficient.
• Recommends, manages, and implements improvements of proposal tools and resources.
• Leads proposal improvement initiatives, as identified.

Benefits

• competitive compensation
• employee recognition
• brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs
• diverse opportunities for training and professional development
• hybrid working culture
• generous time-off policies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree