Senior Bid Coordinator

Drive winning bids in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Join our Melbourne Tenders Team to coordinate and deliver high-quality submissions for major infrastructure projects across regional Victoria and Tasmania. Enjoy career growth, a creative work environment, and the chance to work in our stunning, modern Melbourne office.

About the roleAs Senior Bid Coordinator based in Melbourne, you will be the driving force behind winning bids for regional infrastructure projects. You will lead bid writing, coordination, and submission development within a fast-paced, collaborative team environment. Managing multiple activities, you will produce clear, compelling tenders, pre-qualifications, and capability statements, embedding win themes with a strong focus on accuracy and persuasion.

You'll also be part of a fresh, dynamic leadership team committed to innovation, new targets, and new ways of working. Your organizational skills and creative writing will be essential in shaping high-quality submissions that make a real impact.

Why you will love it here

• Work in our stunning Melbourne offices with modern amenities, stylish kitchen, and terrace.
• Be part of a team embracing fresh leadership, new ideas, and long-term career growth.
• Enjoy Monday–Friday hours with work-from-home options and occasional travel to Tasmania.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high-quality bids aligned with project goals and win themes.
• Collaborate with experts to turn complex info into clear, engaging content.
• Support presentations, manage marketing assets, and drive continuous improvement.

About you 

You bring proven experience coordinating submissions in construction, engineering, marine, or related sectors. Highly organized and detail-oriented, you are comfortable managing multiple priorities under pressure. You are a skilled, creative writer who knows how to embed win themes and craft compelling content. Your strong communication skills allow you to simplify technical information clearly and effectively. A self-starter, you work confidently both independently and collaboratively within dynamic teams.

About us

McConnell Dowell – Creative Construction 

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.   

From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.  

Why join us?

The work you'll do will have a tangible positive impact on people's lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and professional goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that.  Because when you grow, we all grow. 

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to have an influence on how we do things. 

So, join us, be you, and help us create better together. Apply now

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures including Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for Australia and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical which includes drug and alcohol checks.

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.