About Venterra:
Venterra is a global wind energy services company, engineering, building and supporting major wind and renewables projects around the world. Our clear purpose: accelerate the global energy transition by becoming the go-to services provider and strategic partner for the rapidly expanding wind industry.
Our diverse team of experts is dedicated to making net zero a reality. We offer specialised services across the entire project lifecycle, including:
- Geoscience consultancy
- Environmental expertise
- Design services
- Project advisory
- Survey capabilities
- Construction support & back-deck mission equipment
By acquiring and bringing together leading offshore engineering and marine science companies like Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions, CAPE Holland, INSPIRE Environmental, Partrac and Ordtek, we provide the most comprehensive services and expertise in the market. And we're not done growing yet, which means there are plenty of exciting career opportunities on offer for our team.
At Venterra, sustainability, safety, and quality are prioritised in everything we do, reducing project risk, time, and cost for our clients.
Why join Venterra?
- Shape the future of energy: Dive into groundbreaking renewables projects that are literally changing the world.
- Master the renewables landscape: Gain unique, full-spectrum experience from initial surveys to final construction.
- Go global, make waves: Our worldwide projects aren't just pins on a map – they're tickets to diverse experiences, cultures and challenges, with plenty of international travel opportunities on offer.
- Accelerate your career: We don't just talk about growth – we fuel it. Access cutting-edge training, mentorship from industry leaders, and a clear development path with opportunities to sharpen your skills in the renewables space.
- Be a force for good: Join a team where your values align with your work. We're committed to cultivating a culture of equality, diversity, and positive impact through our work.
By joining us, you'll play a direct role in growing the renewables sector while building a career in an exciting, global industry.
As Venterra continues to expand, we are seeking a Bid Tender Manager / Technical Writer to join our Design & Advisory teams.
Our Design team:
The Venterra Design service line incorporates the design and analysis of foundations and substations for Floating and fixed Offshore Wind, Monopiles and Jackets, T&I, Onshore and Offshore substation design and Onshore Renewables.
Our Advisory team
The Venterra Advisory service line incorporates those services which are offered to wind farm developers at the early DEVEX stages. Services such as Grid Advisory & Infrastructure Security, Development and Market Intelligence, Government Advisory, Business Case and Commercial Support, Due Diligence, Wind Resource & Energy Yield Analysis and Project & Package Management.
Role Description:
Management and coordination of tender process to ensure on time delivery of high-quality tender submissions, ensuring that responsibility for technical submission is assigned and managed. Ensuring that the tender preparation process is well structured and those submitting elements know clearly what is expected and by when. Should be able to priorities between small and large submission to ensure efficient use of contributor’s time. Providing guidance to the bid administrator. Ability to work across sectors and identify where the bid team can add value to the client experience.
Key responsibilities will also include:
- Management of larger bids including understanding and summarising the scope expectations and slitting scope into manageable elements for the technical team to provide contributions to the bid
- Providing non technical prose to tender submissions and editing technical text to ensure a corporate voice and consistency across the tender document.
- Management and reporting of the tender and opportunity register through a CRM system
- Calling, managing and reporting bid / no bid meetings
- Single point of contact with client when bid conditions require it.
- Providing insights into what makes bid submission successful or otherwise
- Coordinating presentations and the design of supporting collateral for major bids
- Content development, document design and production
- A strategic and hands-on approach with the ability to take ownership of bid requests to deliver a seamless experience for all of your stakeholders.
- Compose pitches, tenders, brochures and presentations while ensuring they are fully compliant with client specifications and requirements.
- Manage the format and layout of the response documents.
- Maintaining the development of tender documents and tender library.
- Assist to the improvement of bid processes and associated best practice.
- Provide post tender analysis and reporting.
- Implement a process of continual refinement and improvement of tender materials so that each tender learns and improves from the previous ones
- Proactively consult technical teams so that case studies and track record can be collected in a format suitable for inclusion in tenders.
Expertise required:
- Demonstratable relevant experience, within renewable energy industry.
- Strong organisational skillset to guide and manage technical input to ensure on time quality submissions
- Good interpersonal skills and teamworking ability
- Strong experience drafting and pull together complex tenders.
- Effective communication style (both written and verbal), with strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills across all levels
- Previous experience coordination bids and tenders in a professional services environment
- Proficient written skills with some exposure to proposal writing
- Strong Microsoft computer skills, Adobe Creative Suite skills are favourable
- Creative flair with an eye for good design
- Attention to detail
- Experience with a CRM system and ability to produce reports, charts and graphs to allow for analysis of data
Education/Qualifications and Competencies
- Ideally hold a relevant technical, business, marketing or language based degree, HND, HNC or similar with relevant experience
- Willing and able to travel as required
- Excellent verbal and written English
Additional requirements:
Candidates should also be highly organised and motivated individuals with effective communication skills, a good work ethic, and a commitment to technical excellence, personal efficiency, and career progression through Continued Professional Development.
At Venterra:
At Venterra, we are committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We take inclusion and diversity seriously. We know that getting this right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values. We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. We are an equal opportunity employer. Our vision is for Venterra to be a place where people of all ethnicities feel welcomed to work.