Login to Apply

New Business Bid Support - DEFENCE

JOB LOCATION: STEVENAGE

SECURITY: SC is Must (BPSS Start)

DURATION: 6+ Months (Possibility for Extensions)

TYPE: Contract

WORK PATTERN: Hybrid 2/3 days a week on site.

PAY RATE: £50 - £70 / PER HOUR (Umbrella Inside IR35)

TRAVEL REQUIRED – FREQUENCY/DURATION/LOCATIONS

Some travel to Bolton

Some travel to Paris

Not much travel 2/3 times in 6 months approx.

Test Equipment (TE) New Business Support (NBS)

Overview of Department:

The Test Equipment New Business Support (TE NBS) role will form part of a small team working within an international ‘Test Equipment Design/delivery’ function, developing test solutions for domestic/internal Client and export customers. The UK test equipment team works very closely with our international colleagues in France.

Responsibilities:

* The purpose of this role is to support the Test Equipment bidding team to produce technical costed proposals for all the UK delivered test solutions, for Development, Production and Export.

* This includes liaising with the design/technical teams and ‘subject matter experts’ to provide technical costed proposals to the Client UK programs, ensuring consistency and delivery on-time. This role will support multi-programme demands ensuring we meet the bid delivery timescales and programme objectives.

* This role has responsibility to ensure contribution to the growing team delivery of these bids on-time, on-quality and on-cost to meet the programme needs.

Key Accountabilities:

• Generation and compilation of UK bid costs from multi-disciplined areas of the business (including an international supplied cost-base). Subsequent generation of the technical costed proposals and where required presentation to the UK programs.

• Accountability for ensuring the UK bid team make quick, informed decisions and taking initiative in the face of evolving project requirements and unexpected disruptions.

• Working as part of the small UK team, taking direction from the New Business Manager, to generate the cost data and subsequent presentation material,

• Manage the configuration control of the bidding data, with data entry into the Client Data Management Systems tools (Matrix, JIRA, Primavera etc. - all training to be provided).

• Maintain cross-functional alignment – acting as a bridge between internal customers to Hardware Design, Software Design, Procurement, Quality, manufacturing etc. to keep workflows co-ordinated and avoid bottlenecks.

• Maintain positive working relationships with Key Interfaces & stakeholders and to promote the Test Equipment function. Engage with, manage and motivate all interfaces, both programs, peers and subject matter experts for successful outcomes.

• Manage the achievement of schedule adherence and delivery of (Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) through the execution of the bidding/planning process.

• Provide advice and support to test equipment and program teams and stakeholders, detailing best practice

• Identifying and supporting opportunities for improvement.

• Generating and developing documentation, reports, plans and communications. Delivery, presentation and reporting to an International test equipment leadership team.

• Promote and support the Client international Test Equipment Centre of Excellence (TE CofEx) within Client.

Key Performance Indicators

• Managing the compilation of multiple bid deliveries to programs, OT, OC, OQ.

• Working to Client processes ensuring configuration control and data management using Client IT tools/systems.

• Maintaining positive working relationships with Key program interfaces, stakeholders, and Test Equipment leadership teams

• Balancing Short term delivery deadlines with long term strategic goals.

Skillset / Experience Required:

* Compilation of bid data sourced from technical subject matter experts into standardised bid pro forma.

* Ability to communicate with different areas and levels of the business.

* Liaising and interfacing with the bid requesting customers (internal Client programs), technical teams, subject matter experts, and test equipment leadership teams.

* Use of common office tools (Excel, Word. PowerPoint etc.)

* Experience within an engineering discipline and knowledge of a product ‘through life’ design life-cycle (concept, development, Integration & validation, delivery, support etc.) ideal but not essential

* Primavera experience ideal but not essential.

* Ability to work at the Client site (flexible dynamic working arrangements available with ‘Working from Home’ part time option, preferably with 2-3 days minimum a week on-site at Stevenage (more initially to facilitate training etc.).

* Flexibility to support occasional short term travel (1 or 2 nights), with ability to support at Client site visits at Bolton UK and Paris France, should a need arise.

* Some international travel to France may be required – the ability to speak French is not essential.

* Training on bidding process and IT tools will be provided as needed