Bid Writer - Civil Engineering - Swindon

A Global Tier One main contractor, responsible for major rail and highways projects, are seeking a talented Bid Writer to lead on the development and production of winning PQQ and Tender written responses.
Responsibilities:
* Produce written responses for PQQs and Tenders including; unique responses, references, case studies, CVs (in liaison with Bid Coordinators) and project experience.
* Support the Head of Submissions and Bid Managers in the production of PQQ and Tender responses, and associated components.
* Ensure compliance with the Work Winning processes and procedures to manage submissions and bid-related information.
* Support briefings, kick-off meetings and progress meetings
* Ensuring all tender documentation is presented to a uniformly high standard, editing and proofreading submission documents, as well as (when required) coordinating and supporting in the production and finalisation of documents
* Facilitate storyboarding sessions with subject matter experts, taking ownership to completion.
* Prepare graphics such as flow charts, diagrams and organisation charts as required to support high standard submissions.
* Ongoing support of contributors with content development and responses, by assessing whether the questions are being answered (1st drafts and red review process) in liaison with Bid Coordinators.
* Provide feedback to the Head of Submissions, Bid Managers and Bid Coordinators of progress with responses.
* Create the final publication, and with the team, ensure the bid is delivered to the client on time.
* Maintain Themis (Document Management System) ensuring a complete record of the submission is maintained for future review or scrutiny.
* Identify and re-work existing pre-written content where relevant.
* Assist with Knowledge Management using Themis.
* Work to demanding and changeable deadlines, in a highly pressured environment.
Person Specification:
* Degree-educated (ideally English Literature) or journalistic / professional writing background.
* Proof reading and formatting experience.
* Ability to take ownership of a response/s (from concept to completion) and coordinate contributors, specialists and third party information (storyboarding) to produce a high quality (winning) response