Quality Bids and Proposals Coordinator in Ampthill

Quality Bids & Proposals Coordinator Defence

Aerospace & Advanced Engineering

TXM Recruit is working in partnership with a leading defence organisation to recruit a Quality Bids & Proposals Coordinator.

This opportunity suits a Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or Manufacturing Quality professional with experience supporting bids, tenders, or proposals in a regulated engineering environment. You’ll help shape proposals before contract award, ensuring quality requirements are understood, accurately costed and supported by realistic resource and delivery plans.

Working across Business Development, Programme Management, Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering, you’ll identify the quality obligations and risks that need to be addressed within each bid.

The Role

• Review customer requirements, technical specifications and drawings to establish the quality scope of work.
• Develop and maintain Quality Basis of Estimates (BOEs), accurately costing and resourcing proposed activities.
• Work with Quality subject matter experts to validate labour hours, inspection requirements and delivery approaches.
• Document quality assumptions, dependencies and exclusions within bid submissions.
• Identify quality risks and opportunities, contributing to mitigation plans and bid risk reviews.
• Determine requirements for additional equipment, tooling, training, certification and specialist skills.
• Represent Quality at bid reviews, approval boards and sign-off meetings.
• Maintain and improve bid templates, standard responses and reusable proposal content.
• Ensure proposed quality activities meet customer, regulatory and company requirements and align with operational capability.

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• A background in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance or Manufacturing Quality.
• Experience supporting bids, tenders or proposals within defence, aerospace or another highly regulated industry.
• Working knowledge of AS9100 and quality management systems.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to coordinate input from multiple stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

• Developing BOEs and resource plans.
• First Article Inspection (FAI) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
• SAP or a similar ERP system.
• An Internal or Lead Auditor qualification.

To find out more, contact Mark Hince at TXM Recruit, or apply with an up-to-date CV.