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Role Title: Bid Writer

Location: Alexandra, Central Otago

Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time

 The Fulton Hogan Life

Life at Fulton Hogan is about making the most of the opportunities, taking responsibility, having a crack, being accountable and making it happen. We live by our REAL values – Respect, Energy & Effort, Attitude, Leadership – and we demonstrate these through the good work we do, every day, as one team.  

Nau mai haere mai ki tā mātou whānau | Welcome to our Fulton Hogan Family

We are looking for an experienced Bid Writer on a permanent part-time basis (days and hours negotiable for the right candidate) to support our Projects team due to a significant increase in workload. Our ideal candidate is a creative thinker, versatile content creator and deadline driven. They are an excellent communicator with a proven track record in developing compelling tender submissions. 

What you will be doing

As a confident writer with excellent communication skills, you possess the ability to take multiple concepts and write with one voice. Though every day will be different, responsibilities in this role will include;

• Managing input from a diverse team to write compliant, compelling and succinct tender responses

• Contributing to win strategy and themes and clearly articulating these through submissions

• Liaising with, enabling and supporting input from Subject Matter Experts to develop great content

• Translating technical information into plain English for a range of stakeholders

• Coordination of the submission process including deadlines, interactions and document control

• Reviewing submission performance to understand client feedback and to promote improvement

• Maintaining strong internal and external stakeholder relationships and networks

• Conducting customer research and maintaining good understanding of client objectives, strategy and plans to develop exceptional submission content

Good Work equals Good Benefits

Medical insurance Life insurance  KiwiSaver employer contributions after service milestones up to 7%. Fuel discount card. Family scholarships.   Ongoing training and development, career growth and progression opportunities. Great discounts at a wide range of retailers.

At Fulton Hogan, we genuinely care about the wellbeing of our people and giving them the tools and opportunities they need to succeed and grow with us.  
 

We’re looking for someone with:

• A minimum of two years’ experience in a similar position (or exposure with the Civil Construction, Communications or Sales and Marketing industries)

• Proven ability to plan, produce and deliver compliant proposal documents

• Effective organisation, time management, prioritisation and multi-tasking skills

• The ability to thrive under pressure with a deadline-driven attitude

• The ability to take ownership and close out actions

• Attention to detail

• Excellent literacy skills, with professional vocabulary

• Resilience and ability to quickly adapt to change

• The ability to work closely with and in support of technical experts to ask great questions and gather accurate and relevant information

• Ability to relate and communicate effectively with both internal and external parties and across multiple levels of the business.​

• A creative and innovative side, along with the ability and confidence to challenge extended thinking

Creating, Connecting and caring for the community 

Our people regularly donate their time to local causes and initiatives, while at a regional and national level we provide financial support, skills and resources to a wide range of organisations that are strengthening our communities. Our focus aims to also reduce our impact on the environment, and regenerate healthy new ecosystems. We look to partner with others to lift the standards of our industry and show customers lower-impact, sustainable ways of delivering infrastructure.

Learn more about us: Homepage - Fulton Hogan  and make an application to join our growing industry.   

All successful candidates must under-go and pass a pre-employment medical and drug screen prior to employment.

All successful candidates must under-go and pass a pre-employment medical and drug screen.

We celebrate and embrace diversity across our business and are committed to equal employment opportunities.

We believe in the value that diversity brings to our team and people who share our REAL values are encouraged to apply