The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Bid Manager to join a leading engineering and infrastructure contractor operating within the utilities, civil engineering and infrastructure sectors.
This is a pivotal role within a lean and collaborative pre-construction team, taking ownership of a diverse portfolio of opportunities ranging from major strategic framework procurements to smaller, fast-paced project tenders. The successful candidate will lead bids from qualification through to submission, clarification and post-tender review, ensuring every proposal is compelling, compliant and delivered to the highest standard.
The role offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to influence work-winning strategy across a growing and ambitious organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Bid Leadership & Strategy
* Take ownership of opportunities from qualification through to submission and post-tender review.
* Develop bid strategies, governance plans and submission programmes appropriate to each opportunity.
* Produce deliverables schedules, responsibility matrices and bid plans.
* Facilitate kick-off, solution development and answer-planning workshops.
Bid Management & Writing
* Manage multiple concurrent bids while maintaining quality and adherence to deadlines.
* Write, develop and edit high-quality submissions from first principles.
* Create persuasive, client-focused responses that clearly demonstrate value and differentiation.
Stakeholder Management
* Build strong relationships across multidisciplinary teams and senior leadership groups.
* Lead workshops and interviews to extract key evidence, differentiators and project knowledge.
* Secure timely inputs and maintain accountability across contributors.
* Resolve dependencies and proactively manage risks to programme delivery.
* Coordinate external partners, supply-chain organisations and specialist contributors as required..
About You
You will be an experienced bid professional with a proven track record of successfully managing complex opportunities within construction, infrastructure, utilities or engineering environments.
Essential Skills and Experience
* Proven experience managing bids for a main contractor.
* Strong bid-writing, editing and proofreading capability.
* Experience managing multiple live opportunities simultaneously.
* Excellent organisational and project management skills.
* Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders positively and effectively.
* Strong commercial awareness and understanding of how risk, programme and pricing shape winning solutions.
Desirable
* APMP accreditation or equivalent bid management qualification.
* Previous experience within the UK water sector.
* Experience delivering bids across utilities, civil engineering, infrastructure or MEICA environments.
* Knowledge of major framework procurement processes.
What's on Offer
* Opportunity to play a key role in the growth and success of a leading infrastructure business.
* Exposure to major framework and strategic opportunities.
* Collaborative and supportive working environment.
* Career development opportunities within a growing work-winning function.
* Competitive salary and benefits package.
This role would suit an experienced Senior Bid Manager, Bid Manager, Proposal Manager or Work Winning Manager looking to take ownership of high-profile infrastructure and utilities opportunities within a fast-paced pre-construction environment
Salary description
£70000.00 - £90000.00 per year