Bid Project Director

Overview

In this role you drive the bid lifecycle for major infrastructure projects, aligning tender strategy with operations and delivery teams. You lead cross-functional collaboration, ensure compliance and quality across the tender process, and mentor peers to lift performance. You also oversee post-award delivery, mobilization, and continuous improvement of project controls and governance. This is a high-impact position within a global leader shaping transportation and water infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• employee wellbeing initiatives
• global mobility opportunities
• access to productivity tools
• leadership and professional development
• diverse and inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Lead the full bid lifecycle from win strategy to submission
• Coordinate cross-team interfaces (Operations, delivery, JV partners) to optimize information flow
• Develop winning tender strategies and integrated project controls
• Mentor team members and share best practices to raise tender performance
• Analyze prior bid outcomes to improve processes and success rates
• Oversee post-award delivery, handover planning and mobilization
• Promote Ferrovial values and ensure risk, compliance, quality across projects
• Support design/engineering scoping and approvals during tender and handover phases
• Lead UKIE bidding team and coordinate with Spain Bidding Team and JV partners
• Identify complex risks/opportunities and resolve related issues
• Ensure governance, documentation and data management across tenders and projects
• Lead client interactions to protect Ferrovial interests across RIBA stages

Key requirements

• Tertiary engineering qualifications
• Extensive post-qualification experience in major projects/infrastructure
• International project management experience in hydraulics, water treatment or infrastructure
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong technical and digital proficiency (data/analysis and reporting)
• Leadership and negotiation capabilities
• Experience with contract administration and project controls
• Familiarity with Primavera P6 and Power BI
• KNOWLEDGE of NEC contracts, CDM and SHE standards

• collaborative
• detail-oriented
• analytical
• Primavera P6
• Power BI
• contract administration

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