Bid Coordinator

Babcock International; West Devon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme with life cover

Digital GP and Aviva DigiCare+ health

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of professional fees

Reservists paid leave

Job summary

Babcock is hiring a Bid Coordinator to join our Bristol or Plymouth site with hybrid working (2 days in office, 3 from home). This 12-month fixed-term contract role supports growth opportunities through bidding, coordinating responses with leads, and managing tender documentation.

Ideal candidates are numerate with strong organisational and communication skills, capable of handling multiple tasks and deadlines, and have a degree in Business or Engineering. Security clearance will be pursued.

Qualifications

• Numerate and able to communicate clearly at all levels (written and verbal).
• Strong organisational/administrative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, copy editing and proofreading abilities.
• Able to manage multiple tasks within compressed timeframes.
• Degree or equivalent in Business/Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate responses to growth opportunities, supporting leads and bid managers through the lifecycle.
• Produce proposals including EOI, PQQ, ITT and unsolicited proposals.
• Develop bid capture plans.
• Tender requirements management, documentation collation, schedules and resource management.
• Provide admin support to business winning teams, including meeting logistics and sub-contract management.

Skills

Organisational skills

Administrative skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Copy editing

Proofreading

Education

Degree or equivalent in Business/Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Bid Coordinator
Location: Bristol or Plymouth + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full Time / 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF75215

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Bid Coordinator at either our Bristol or Plymouth sites.

The role

As a Bid Coordinator, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. We are looking for ambitious, energetic, and detail-driven people who are brave and able to find a way to deliver - to test, learn, and adapt and raise the bar. Our customers are at the centre of all we do, so we are looking for people who can help us and our customers work together to grow our business.

Day-to-day, you'll Co-ordinate responses to growth opportunities, supporting functional leads, Business Development, Project and Bid Managers through the business winning lifecycle.

• Production of Proposals including Expressions of Interest, Prequalification Questionnaires, Invitations to Tender and Unsolicited Proposals.
• Support the development of bid capture plans.
• Tender Requirements Management including managing the day-to-day collation of proposal documentation, schedule adherence and resource management.
• Administration support to business winning teams, including meeting diaries, minutes, register updates and administration, management of sub-contract requirements for business winning activities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Bid Coordinator

• Good general level of education, numerate and able to communicate well at all levels, both verbally and through formal written correspondence.
• High level of organisational / administrative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including copy editing, grammar, style, spelling and punctuation, and accurate proof reading skills.
• Flexible and open to changing priorities, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and within compressed timeframes.
  

Qualifications for the Bid Coordinator

• Ideally you will be degree qualified (or equivalent) in Business, Engineering or similar.
• If you have professional qualifications that make you stand out or bring something new to the role then tell us what they are and the benefit it will bring to your performance and the business.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.There is an annual Window to request this benefit
• Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock

We’re Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 27/08/2026

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