Bid Manager
Location: Central London - Hybrid working available
Salary: Up to £80,000 + package
About the Company
A leading major construction and infrastructure contractor who are looking to appoint an experienced Bidding Manager due to continued growth and a strong pipeline of secured and upcoming work.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful business development and bid team, managing the end-to-end tender process across major construction and infrastructure projects throughout the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating competitive, high-quality submissions while driving bid strategy, stakeholder engagement and programme management.
Key Responsibilities:
Location: Central London - Hybrid working available
Salary: Up to £80,000 + package
About the Company
A leading major construction and infrastructure contractor who are looking to appoint an experienced Bidding Manager due to continued growth and a strong pipeline of secured and upcoming work.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful business development and bid team, managing the end-to-end tender process across major construction and infrastructure projects throughout the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating competitive, high-quality submissions while driving bid strategy, stakeholder engagement and programme management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reporting to the Bid Director, coordinate and manage the full end-to-end bid process to deliver high-quality and competitive tender submissions
- Develop win strategies through research, tender analysis, workshops and stakeholder collaboration
- Produce tender programmes, bid plans, key messaging and storyboard content
- Manage and coordinate tender team members and internal stakeholders throughout the submission process
- Support client relationships and manage formal communication processes during live tenders
- Coordinate submission development, writing and review processes to ensure detailed, structured and compelling responses
- Ensure compliance with tender instructions, bid strategies and internal governance procedures
- Follow and implement company tender management processes and procedures
- Develop a strong understanding of the business environment, operational capabilities and internal governance processes to support bid strategy development
- Prepare communications, reporting documents and bid proposal content where required
- Contribute to the ongoing development and maintenance of business development and bid databases
- Proven experience working as a Bid Manager within the construction, engineering or architectural sector
- Strong understanding of bid management, tender strategy and programme coordination
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to lead workshops and manage stakeholder engagement
- Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
- Strong leadership, coordination and motivational skills
- PMP, PMQ or equivalent project management qualification is highly desirable
