Job Description

With over 35 years of industry experience, McKenzie Group Consulting is one of Australia's most trusted leaders in Building Surveying, Accessibility, and Compliance Management. Founded in Melbourne, we've grown into a national consultancy with offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Geelong, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney - delivering consistent service and local expertise across the country.

As part of the Bureau Veritas Group, a global leader in Testing, Inspection, and Certification, we bring a proactive, full-circle approach to service delivery that supports some of Australia's most complex and high-profile construction projects. Our team of over 120 professionals works across a wide range of sectors, delivering trusted expertise and consistent outcomes nationwide.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic National Tender Lead to oversee McKenzie Group’s high‑volume fee proposal function across our Building Surveying, Accessibility, and Compliance Management service lines. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the accuracy, quality, and timely delivery of proposals that support our national operations.

As the National Tender Lead, you will drive consistency, uplift team capability, and embed best practice across the proposal lifecycle. You’ll champion continuous improvement, streamline workflows, and ensure our tendering function operates with excellence. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will shape the effectiveness of our proposal process and play a key role in supporting business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the creation and delivery of a high volume of fee proposals each month, ensuring exceptional accuracy, clarity, and operational efficiency.
• Prioritise, allocate, and track tender workloads across the team to meet client deadlines and internal service targets.
• Ensure all proposals meet McKenzie Group’s standards, approval workflows, and compliance requirements.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and performance oversight to the Tenders team, fostering clear expectations and strong role clarity.
• Build a collaborative, positive team culture that encourages open communication, continuous learning, and shared problem‑solving.
• Conduct quality reviews to ensure proposals are consistent, brand‑aligned, commercially sound, and client‑ready.
• Standardise templates, content libraries, pricing tools, and procedures to strengthen national consistency.
• Maintain an up‑to‑date library of capability statements, case studies, and team CVs.
• Work closely with Technical Leaders and stakeholders to verify scopes, deliverables, and timelines.
• Ensure proposal data is accurate and up to date within internal systems (including Salesforce), supporting reliable pipeline reporting.
• Identify and support the implementation of workflow enhancements, automation opportunities, and digital tools to improve efficiency.

What We Are Looking For

You will thrive in this role if you are an organised, proactive leader with a strong understanding of tendering, proposal management, or operations within a technical or professional services environment. You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience managing high‑volume proposals or tenders, ideally within building, construction, engineering, or related industries.
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to coach, motivate, and develop a high‑performing team.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Excellent written communication skills and the ability to translate technical information into clear, compelling content.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across multiple teams and regions.
• Experience improving processes, implementing template or workflow standardisation, or driving automation.
• Confidence working with CRM or workflow systems (Salesforce experience highly advantageous).
• The ability to balance speed with quality, work under pressure, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A continuous improvement mindset and passion for operational excellence.

How we care

We offer a competitive salary and an opportunity to advance your career in a leading global organisation, as well as:

• Fantastic Training and Development opportunities
• Discounted Health & Wellbeing Platform
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Program supported by Lifework’s
• Discounted Health Insurance with Bupa
• Access to Cliqit, an employee retail discounts portal
• Superannuation Salary Sacrifice

A rewarding career

This role offers more than building a resume—it’s a chance to leave your mark. We offer you the opportunity to build your career and give you the recognition you deserve. Make an impact doing work you can be proud of at Bureau Veritas. Contribute to a global mission to enhance standards with integrity and help us create a brighter future for our next generations, and a safer society for us all. The opportunity to work within a supportive close-knit team, learn new skills and gain training which could lead to the broader Bureau Veritas network for future career development.

Apply now to join Bureau Veritas and help us create a brighter future for our next generations, and a safer society for us all.

Bureau Veritas is an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply for roles at Bureau Veritas, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Veterans (Defence experience is desirable) and people of all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements, we will partner with you and assist you through our recruitment process.