The Role:
Looking for a career with an industry-leading, global business? Fircroft is the foremost provider of workforce solutions to the technical engineering sectors. Since 1970 Fircroft has been serving the biggest names in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical & Chemical, ICT, Mining & Minerals, Infrastructure & Construction, Power, Nuclear & Utilities and Automotive.
With offices in 45 countries, Fircroft employs over 600 staff globally delivering services to some of the world's best known companies.
With turnover currently standing at £831m, Fircroft is one of the largest and most successful privately-owned businesses based in the North West of England.
Job Summary:
Provide support to the Tenders Manager and business development teams in the preparation and co-ordination of responses to invitations to tender and the general support of projects within the Tenders Department.
Duties:
Tenders:
Preparation and management of accurate responses to all bids and tenders requests.
Responsible for accurate maintenance of the tenders library and suggesting any improvements.
Responsible for the accurate logging of all bidding opportunities
Responsible for adding historic data to database - archiving of bids and proposals documentation.
Responsible for providing reports to the tenders manager.
Responsible for the sign-off process of all client related external documentation.
Responsible for driving post-win sales via the Account Manager / BDM.
Education / Key Attributes Required:
Degree / Formal Qualification preferred not required.
Knowledge and experience of tender preparation and working within a busy Bids department.
High competence in use of MS Office suite and the capacity to learn new packages and tools.
Attention to detail.
Ability to multitask.
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Time management.
Team player.
Good inter-personal and relationship building skills.
Outgoing & friendly personality and the ability to engage with all levels of seniority throughout the business.
Outstanding technical / business writing skills.
About Fircroft:
Fircroft has been placing people in specialist technical industries for approaching half a century, focusing on mid to senior level engineers for contract and permanent roles worldwide. By applying for this job you give consent for Fircroft to contact you, via email & telephone, to discuss your application along with future positions and Fircroft's services.
Fircroft is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner as required under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679. Fircroft will only process your personal data for the specific purposes of managing your application.