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Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Overview

We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Bid Manager to join the AtkinsRéalis Middle East Sales & Growth Team within the Buildings & Places market. The Assistant Bid Manager will work with the Sales & Growth Bid Managers, Market Leads and Technical Disciplines to undertake a broad range of enabling and coordination activities. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience across the full breadth of the AtkinsRéalis sales and growth activities.

Your role

  • Facilitates capture planning / win strategy planning sessions to achieve approvals in-line with submission deadlines
  • Executes and drives corporate governance processes, systems and procedures
  • Ensures the effective use of the process and tools, for all bids, to maximize the opportunity of winning
  • Liaises with technical teams to ensure a robust response to the technical requirements is achieved
  • Works with the leadership and technical teams to ensure a robust commercial offering is developed
  • Ensures a winning, compliant, error free document arrives with the client in the correct format, meeting the deadline
  • Provides organization and structure for bid teams to ensure effective and efficient work and use of time
  • Manages the production of all bid documents ensuring they meet required quality standards and time deadlines
  • Understanding of commercials required
  • Facilitates and enables the interview/presentation development ensuring the team has the correct level of creative input and coaching support to enable a winning approach
  • Enacts change in the organization by driving improvements and doing things differently
Business Development

Location

Various locations

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-150241

Salary range

-

About you

The successful candidate will:

  • Lead the bid process from capture stage to project appointment
  • Have experience in the Middle East Design Consultancy Sector
  • Be assertive, enthusiastic and highly organized, methodical and flexible
  • Possess strong people leadership skills
  • Have confidence to approach colleagues and stakeholders all levels to progress activities and resolve issues
  • Work under time pressure and deadlines
  • Be educated to Degree level or equivalent Professional qualifications, preferably in design / construction related field or business / marketing
  • Have a minimum of 3 years working in a bids and proposals position
  • Ideally have experience of working in a professional services environment and experience in the design and engineering industry
  • Possess Advanced skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Dynamics CRM, and Adobe Acrobat InDesign, and
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

  • Tax-free salary.
  • Life insurance coverage.
  • Medical insurance.
  • Annual leave balance.
  • Company gratuity scheme.
  • Discretionary bonus program.
  • Annual flight contribution.
  • Transportation & housing allowances.
  • Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
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About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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