Bid Writer

Bid Writer
Jackson Hogg is looking to recruit a Bid Writer for a fantastic growing manufacturing company based in Cramlington.
Responsibilities – Bid Writer
* Bid development – including creation of bid plans, drafting responses, editing input from a variety of stakeholders – typically involving contributions from BD, marketing, design, estimating and operations.
* Involved in peer reviews - to make sure the bids are appropriately compelling and commercially attractive.
* Lead on complex proposals, whilst assembling a proposal team with the relevant service knowledge required to win.
* Integrate supply chain and specialist responses into bids and create network of useful contacts and support services to create first class bids and produce aspects of the bid responses.
* Deliver compliant, professionally produced proposals within customer defined timeframes.
* Participate in the development and review of proposal strategies and themes.
* Assist in analysing the RFP/bid requirements against the proposal outline to ensure both compliance and responsiveness to the customer's issues and needs.
* Review completed proposal sections to ensure requirements are adequately addressed and that customer page limits are not exceeded.
* Conduct regular proposal progress status meetings and maintain the proposal schedule.
Required Skills & Experience - Bid Writer
* A strong engineering / construction background preferred
* Very strong Technical drafting/bid writing.
* Strong leadership skills and proven track record of delivering winning proposals.
* Capable of working with a multi-disciplined team to deliver innovative solutions.
* Innovative and proactive problem solver, able to anticipate and plan to mitigate potential issues.
* Must have strong people and influencing skills that can be applied at all levels.
* Excellent verbal, written and presentational skills.
* High attention to detail and accuracy.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent