Service Streams Utilities division are currently seeking a Technical Bid Writer to join our growing company. You will be responsible for creating compelling persuasive and competitive bids in response to tender opportunities. You will play a critical role in securing new business for the organisation by developing wellstructured highly professional and winning proposals. Your expertise in written communication research and strategic thinking will be essential in delivering highquality bid documents that meet the specific requirements of each tender.

Nature of position: Permanent Full Time

Location: Melbourne / Brisbane

Reporting Line: Estimating and Proposals Manager Utilities

Key Responsibilities

Bid Preparation:

• Source relevant information from across the business to respond to tender questions and criteria.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including project managers subject matter experts and executives to gather information and understand project requirements.
• Conduct thorough research on the client industry and competition to develop a deep understanding of the tender requirements.
• Prepare and manage bid schedules ensuring all deliverables are submitted within established timelines.
• Review tender documentation identify key evaluation criteria and assist in formulating a winning strategy.

Content Development:

• Write and edit persuasive compelling and accurate content for tender responses ensuring all information is relevant wellstructured and aligned with the tender requirements.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to gather technical information and translate complex concepts into clear concise and easily understandable language.
• Customise preexisting content and templates to create tailored bids that address the specific needs and objectives of each tender.

Proposal Coordination:

• Establish and maintain a central repository of bidrelated documents templates and past responses for future reference and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure compliance with all tender requirements including formatting guidelines submission instructions and contractual obligations.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews to ensure the bid is errorfree coherent and effectively communicates the organisations value proposition.

Relationship Building:

• Collaborate closely with internal teams including operations legal and finance to gather accurate and uptodate information for bid development.
• Maintain positive relationships with all internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective communication and timely responses to queries related to bid submissions.
• Attend prebid meetings site visits and clarification sessions to gain a deeper understanding of client requirements and foster strong relationships.

This opportunity will suit a highly motivated and outcome driven individual who has a passion for delivering positive client outcomes and a knack for effective stakeholder engagement.

About You

• Experience working for a Utilities and Infrastructure contractor or provider highly regarded.
• Demonstrated experience in bid writing or similar discipline.
• Experience in a proposal team setting and working with operations groups.
• Tertiary qualifications in Journalism Publishing Business Commerce or a related discipline highly desirable
• Strong Commercial Acumen and Technical Knowledge
• Demonstrated experience in a similar bid role
• Experience and/or knowledge of utilities industry
• Excellent organisation and time management abilities
• Strong business and commercial acumen
• Detailoriented and highly skilled Technical Bid Writer crafting compelling compliant and persuasive bid proposals for government and private sector contracts. Adept at translating complex technical information into clear structured and compelling content that meets client requirements and increases win rates. Strong ability to collaborate with SMEs project managers and sales teams to develop highquality proposals within tight deadline
• Highly developed verbal communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office suite and Adobe Create Cloud suite of applications

About Us

Service Stream together with its subsidiaries and affiliates is a leading national service provider to develop and operate Australias essential communications energy and water networks in the telecommunications utilities and transport industries. We specialise in the design construction and maintenance of new and existing networks and deliver endtoend engineering and asset management solutions on behalf of our bluechip client base.

Service Stream is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people with a disability LGBTQI and other diverse groups to strengthen relationships and benefit our people clients and communities.

Service Stream are a signatory to the Veterans Employment Commitment. We value the skills and experience of exADF members and their partners and will strongly consider veterans who meet the key criteria for our employment opportunities.

Service Streamdoes not accept any unsolicited resume referrals from external Recruitment or Labour Hire Companies.

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