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The Role:
Bid Writer (Civil engineering background: Ideally Bridge)- 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.
Location:
Walsall
Salary:
30K-40K per annum
Hours:
40 hours per week
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 company 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 ourselves 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.
Knowledge and Experience
• 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.
Personal Qualities
• Able to work with senior personnel within the company.
• Confident dealing with customers at a senior level
• Strong personal motivational skills
• Team ethos
Benefits:
As well as offering a competitive salary, remuneration for this role includes flexible benefits, which provide a range of guaranteed benefits including but not limited to:
▪ 5% Company pension contribution
▪ Life Assurance at 2 x notional salary
▪ Single person's private medical cover
▪ Permanent Health Cover
About the company:
One of the largest privately-owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists with 40 years of experience working UK-wide across the water, transport, built environment and energy sectors.
What we do
We provide design, construction, and maintenance services to the following sectors.
▪ Water
▪ Transport
▪ Energy
▪ Built Environment
We also possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including.
▪ Tunnelling
▪ MEICA capabilities
▪ In-house design
▪ A steel-fabrication and supply subsidiary