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Environmental Engineer Operations Manager Water Management

Proposals Engineer

Job in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3, England, UK
Listing for: Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-02
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Environmental Engineer, Operations Manager, Water Management
  • Management
    Operations Manager, Water Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 50000 - 65000 GBP Yearly GBP 50000.00 65000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Location:

Rickmansworth or Hampton with hybrid working available

Salary: £50-65k neg (DOE), car/allowance and excellent benefits package

Our Client:
Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting six long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role:

You will join the Pre-Construction team on the framework contract with Thames Water.
Reporting to the Regional Pre-Construction Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary teams working on the development of technical solutions and commercial proposals to enter agreeable contracts for water, wastewater treatment and bioresources projects, considering sustainability and carbon footprint of optimum and competitive solutions. You will be responsible for a portfolio of future projects (directly allocated or competitively tendered) that need to be secured by means of agreeable contracts.

Responsibilities:
  • Client Management:
    Foster and develop positive client working relationships that enable efficient identification of project solutions leading to successful contract agreement.
    Provide oversight of the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) delivery to ensure the ECI deliverables provide the information required to prepare project proposals.
    Manage Client and stakeholder expectations in relation to time, cost and quality of the production of proposals.
    Drive effective contract negotiations that meet the technical and organisational governance requirements, as well as having an acceptable risk profile that is approved by the business in a timely manner.
    Attendance to sites and client offices as required in relation to the development of projects.
  • Develop Solutions/Tenders/Proposals:
    Identify, document and communicate the client project requirements to enable the teams to develop project solutions.
    Actively lead multidisciplinary teams to provide competitive tenders that meet client’s requirements.
    Ensure solution options address affordability, design, planning, sustainability, construction, enabling factors, procurement, and operations.
    Assess the value and impact of acquiring additional data if gaps or deficiencies are identified.
    Coordinate engagement from the regional Engineering, Estimating, Operations, Planning, SHEQ teams to assure the viability and deliverability of project proposals.
  • Accountability for tenders/proposals:
    Accountability for tenders/proposals to meet all governance and quality assurance requirements.
    Accountability for tenders/proposals to have a high degree of business confidence on scope, cost, programme and risk profile.
    Coordinate the business legal, technical and commercial teams’ inputs into the proposed client Works Orders to clarify the project scope, define an agreeable risk profile and enable timely contract execution.
  • Support Department development and administration:
    Collaborate with the Pre-Construction Manager to identify, plan and acquire the departmental resources needed for the solution development and proposals preparation that respond to the demands of the Framework portfolio of work.
    Line management duties, ensuring team progression, development and wellbeing.
    Responsible for proposals to be delivered within the agreed timescales and tender budget.
    Contribute to the department cost and budget reporting.
    Assist with department performance reviews and identifying areas of improvement.
    Collaborate with the Pre-Construction Manager and others to identify innovative ways of work.
    Obtain and communicate business feedback from project delivery in relation to performance against tender budget and programme.
    • Experience:

    A natural leader, providing line management for the team.
    Mechanical/Civil/Chemical/Environmental/Process or equivalent qualifications or Project Management qualifications.
    Experience working and managing under NEC4 Conditions of contract.
    UK Water Industry experience leading projects in design and/or delivery of water treatment, wastewater treatment or bioresources projects, sufficient to influence the design and buildability of a project, choice of…

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