Bid Manager – Integration & Energy GCS

Join our team as a Bid Manager within Kongsberg Maritime’s Integration & Energy - Global Customer Support division.

 As a Bid Manager - Integration & Energy GCS, you will be responsible for leading the technical tendering package for Kongsberg Maritimes largest projects for upgrades and conversions of sailing vessels as well as projects involving new product development. You will coordinate the relevant packages for each project to ensure the scope of supply matches our customers’ requirements and that the project resources, costs, and timelines are clear at the point of tender submission. Through excellent collaboration with your new colleagues in Kongsberg Maritime you will help to shape the future of our customers decarbonisation journeys and help deliver projects that enable their long-term profitable operations.

 Apply today – we look forward to welcoming you aboard!

 Protechting People and Planet is our goal.

Key accountabilities

• Analyse tenders and appoint bid teams using relevant internal resources from Sales, Engineering, Project Management and Procurement
• Manage bid teams to develop project delivery schedules, Engineering responsibility matrices and system technical specifications
• Review solution compliance with customers specifications and involve required competence areas for deviations and alternative solutions
• Develop project cost calculations using input from internal stakeholders and procurement
• Compile Integrated System quotations for the Sales team and support bid review meetings with Senior Management.
• Responsible for continuous improvement of the Bid Management process capturing lessons learned and quantifying and managing risks

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s in engineering or relevant work experience
• Relevant technical experience, preferably from the maritime industry in Project Management, Systems Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Proven Project Management skills
• On-site experience from retrofit, refit and conversions at maintenance and repair yards would be beneficial
• Good communications skills in both written and spoken English
• Knowledge of Kongsberg Maritime’s products and services
• Understanding of commercial terms and conditions
  
  

This employment may require security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority, clearance through Civil Aviation Authority or a background check. Please note that this might affect the offer process or employment.

At KONGSBERG, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every requirement. Research shows that women and minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Your unique perspective is valuable to us. Your skills, attitude and perspective could be exactly what we are looking for!

You are able to

• Act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
• Build a wide network of contacts and relationships and utilise those to achieve set goals
• Make an impact, convince and persuade others and promote plans and ideas successfully
• Co-operate well with colleagues, share knowledge, experience, information, and support others in the pursuit of team goals
• Communicate in a clear, precise and structured way
• Demonstrate a high customer focus and motivation for new challenges
• Demonstrate awareness and knowledge of the key competitors in the market
• Maintain a strong business perspective when developing complex bids

What we can offer you
With us, you will be offered a competitive salary and benefit packages with good development opportunities in an international environment. We have flexible work hour’s and holiday arrangements in addition to a good pension and insurance scheme. We offer an inspiring and safe work-environment and the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future.

Work location
One of Kongsberg Maritimes location within Norway (other KM locations in Europe may be considered)

Point of contact
Ewan Bell, Vice President, Global Integration & Energy – Global Customer Support, Tel.: +447901517071

Our Integration & Energy is responsible for strengthening Kongsberg Maritime’s position in the energy transition, as a leading integrator of maritime solutions. We are focused on developing integrated solutions that creates added value for our customers within a range of vessel segments. The division coordinates and sets the direction across the product divisions in KM, and is responsible for our Energy products and systems, Remote and Autonomous systems development, and delivery of integrated projects.

Our Global Customer Support division is responsible for Kongsberg Maritimes services, upgrades and support in the aftermarket. Our 2300 employees are present in 35 different countries around the world. During the operational lifetime of more than 30.000 installations, we ensure cost-efficient delivery of services, upgrades and spare parts in order to secure availability and predictability to our customers.

Protechting people and planet