Bid Writer

Our client is one of the largest privately-owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists with 40 years of experience working UK-wide and providing design, construction, and maintenance services. The Role: To lead the quality aspects of proposal submissions for civil engineering works following company procedures; working with other members of tender teams to develop customer solutions promptly and to a high standard to secure sufficient work by value and type to meet the company's objectives. Key Responsibilities: • Read the tender documents to appreciate requirements – alerting the Bid Manager to any key issues. • Work with the Bid Manager, to define and incorporate win strategies into bid submissions and to understand the quality section scoring requirements. • Develop delivery plans for bids per company procedures. • Obtain buy-in from Business Units for bids to support response development. • Co-ordinate and produce all supporting documentation required for bid submissions, applying our pillars and values to create differential for our bids. • Ensure all tender meetings are held and recorded, under company procedures. • Attend key tender meetings (start-up, mid-term review and adjudication minimum) • Assemble bid documents and ensure delivery to customer's requirements. • Evaluate all documentation and gain a complete understanding of the client project brief to identify deliverables. • Define ‘what the client seeks to buy and how we can differentiate itself in meeting that needs’ Develop and record Case Studies for the projects that we deliver. • Present key customer requirements • Present basis of bid (non-estimating) • Ensure the bid is prepared following company procedures. • Ensure sign-off of the bid and any significant post-tender amendments by an authorised person. • Develop Case Studies of works in progress Prepare “Tender Handover packs.” Key measures and targets: • Able to describe the quality submission scoring requirements. • Writes responses that reflect and talk to the client's requirements whilst scoring at least 80% of the available marks. • Responses delivered in line with the client’s defined tender programme Key relationships: • Work alongside the tendering teams to produce a coherent and consistent tender submission and develop and sell the winning strategy. • Provide handover documents to Business Unit teams following contract award. Person Specification: The successful candidate is likely to meet all the following criteria: • Understanding of commercial aspects including terms and conditions and procurement models used in civil engineering. • Strong organisational skills that enable the bid process to be a well-coordinated and timely process • Experience in one or more of the civil, water, waste, rail, or tunnelling sectors. • Knowledge of current HSEQ requirements • Understanding commercial aspects including terms and conditions and procurement models used in civil engineering. • Strong organisational skills that enable the bid process to be a well-coordinated and timely process • Experience in one or more of the civil, water, waste, rail, or tunnelling sectors. • Knowledge of current HSEQ requirements. Qualifications: • Good written English including technical writing. • Have attended a formal bid writing training course. • Able to deliver high-quality, compelling output promptly against the client’s submission programme. • Able to review and improve written bid submissions