Power the future with UGL. Lead the winning strategy behind Australia’s next generation of energy projects
About UGL
UGL is a leading provider of engineering, construction, and maintenance services, partnering with blue‑chip companies, government agencies, and major institutions across Australia.
Our Energy & Industrial business is growing rapidly, with a clear ambition to lead the renewable energy market. With strong in-house engineering, project delivery, and operations capability, we are delivering projects across solar, wind, battery storage (BESS), hydrogen, and emerging energy solutions.
About the Role
The Pre‑Contracts Manager is a senior leadership role responsible for driving UGL’s Energy & Industrial bid strategy and leading a high-performing Bid Management team. You will oversee the full tender lifecycle—from opportunity pursuit through to contract award—ensuring high-quality, competitive, and commercially strong submissions that position UGL to win.
You’ll play a key role in shaping how we pursue work, manage risk, and secure major renewable energy projects.
Your Responsibilities
Lead and mentor the Bid Management team, driving high performance across tender activities
Develop and execute pursuit and win strategies for key opportunities
Oversee the end-to-end bid process, ensuring submissions are compliant, competitive, and on time
Provide governance and oversight across all pre-contract activities, including risk management and approvals
Collaborate with estimating, engineering, commercial, and delivery teams to develop strong proposals
Build and maintain senior client relationships to strengthen positioning and win probability
Present bid strategies and recommendations to executive stakeholders
Ensure effective handover from the bid phase to project delivery
Your Skills & Experience
Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Commerce, or related discipline
Strong track record leading and winning bids and delivering projects across solar, wind, BESS, or similar large-scale EPC projects
Proven experience in a senior pre-contract, bid management, or commercial leadership role
Demonstrated experience managing bid teams and complex tender processes
Strong commercial acumen, including risk analysis, pricing strategy, and contract understanding
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams
Please note: relevant screening checks, including a national criminal history check and pre-employment medical, may be required.
What we offer
When you join UGL, you’ll get to shape the nation alongside Australia’s best experts. With greater exposure to large-scale projects end-to-end, you can develop wildly and fast. You’ll be empowered to follow your curiosity and supported to carve out your dream career-life journey.
As a diversified services organization, UGL appreciates the diversity and richness of its people and seeks to create inclusive environments that promote your talent and skills.
UGL is CIMIC Group's specialist end-to-end engineering, services and operations provider. We have a rich history dating back to 1899 and since then we have grown to be a market leader in many of the sectors in which we operate.
Working with some of the most important companies and governments in Australia and globally, we help to play a role in people’s lives every day.
We keep Australia moving through our transport manufacturing, maintenance and operations offering, and we support the energy sector through our renewables, power generation, resources and transmission operations.
We are helping to shape the country through our major infrastructure projects across Australia and we’re preparing for the future with our new energy, Defence, telecommunications and technology expertise.
We are passionate about our 9000+ people and keeping them safe. We’re experts in what we do, and our in-house engineering team ensures we can provide a true end-to-end outcome for our customers.
With projects, operations and offices throughout the country, our footprint means we are involved in communities across Australia, providing expertise for our customers and employment and career opportunities for all Australians.
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