Proposals Manager

We're changing the way Australia generates its energy, are you ready for a change?

The Team

UGL's Utilities Division is seeking an experienced and motivated Proposals Manager to join the pre-contracts team.

Within this role you will work across the power and water infrastructure sectors. 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, management, and monitoring of the tendering process for new business opportunities within the Utilities Business, delivering high-quality tender outputs that align with UGL Utilities business strategy. The role can be based in either Sydney or Brisbane.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Coordinate with various internal departments such as engineering, estimators, legal, quality assurance, and operations.
• 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 risks.
• Manage the proposal process from kickoff to submission, ensuring deadlines are met.

What are we looking for you to bring to the team:

• Formal qualifications in engineering, business, or project management.
• Experience in tendering, business development, procurement, estimating, risk, or 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.
• 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 risks.

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 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
  • Access to a multitude of rewards: Through our partnerships, we can offer discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure, and entertainment.
  • 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 in-house 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. 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.

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.