Tendering Engineer

Tendering Engineer

Location: Gloucestershire

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 4 days office-based and 1 day remote

Employment Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits

ARCA Consulting is working with a UK specialist engineering contractor that builds overhead line, substation, cable and civils infrastructure for network owners including NGET, NGED and SPEN. They're looking for a Tendering Engineer to join their Gloucestershire team.

The Role

• Review tender documents and identify scope, risks and requirements
• Develop engineering approaches, method statements and technical submissions
• Take off quantities, build up prices and evaluate subcontractor quotations
• Prepare tender programmes, risk registers and basis-of-tender notes
• Support clarifications and client presentations, and hand successful tenders over to delivery

What They're Looking For

• 2–5 years' tendering, estimating or engineering experience in construction, civils or utilities
• Ability to read and take off from civil, structural and electrical drawings
• Strong technical writing and Excel skills
• Relevant degree or HNC/HND, and a full UK driving licence
• Desirable: OHL, substation or cable experience, and knowledge of NEC4 or TO/DNO standards

What's On Offer

• Fantastic career progression: a clear, structured path to senior tendering engineer or bid manager
• Ongoing training and development, with full support towards professional membership (ICE, IET, CIOB, RICS)
• Hands-on experience of live transmission and distribution tenders in a growing sector
• Direct mentoring from senior operational and technical leaders
• Competitive salary, benefits and hybrid working

Next Steps

If you’re looking to develop your estimating career within a specialist engineering and infrastructure business, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply via ARCA Resourcing for a confidential discussion.

Right to Work

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position, and applications from candidates requiring sponsorship or relying on the Graduate Visa route cannot be considered.