Bid Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; East Midlands; Híbrido; GBP 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days paid annual leave

Pension and share incentive plans

Descripción de la vacante

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to lead bids from qualification to contract award within the UK Power Transmission & Distribution business. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across business development, pre-construction, operations, commercial, estimating and design to deliver compelling, compliant submissions.

We welcome applicants with a strong background in construction, civil engineering, utilities or infrastructure who can drive work-winning with senior

Formación

• Experience leading bids from qualification to contract award.
• Experience managing competitive tenders and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong planning, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of public-sector procurement principles is advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Lead bids from qualification through to contract award and handover.
• Develop bid strategies, win themes and delivery approaches with stakeholders.
• Build tender programmes, bid plans and submission activities.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to produce compliant submissions.
• Lead bid meetings, reviews and governance activities.
• Manage bid budgets, resources, risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate technical, commercial and operational input for a cohesive proposition.
• Ensure reviews are incorporated into submissions.
• Build relationships with customers, consultants and supply chain.
• Support customer presentations and wider engagement.

Conocimientos

Bid management

Work winning

Stakeholder management

Planning

Tendering

Public-sector procurement

MS Office 365

Herramientas

MS Office 365

Descripción del empleo

About The Role

Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution

Are you an experienced Bid Manager looking to play a key role in securing major infrastructure projects within the UK power sector? We’re looking for a Bid Manager to join our Power Transmission & Distribution business, taking ownership of bids from opportunity qualification through to contract award and successful handover into delivery. Working across Business Development, Pre-Construction, Operations, Commercial, Estimating, Design and Proposals, you’ll bring together multidisciplinary teams to develop compelling, competitive and customer-focused submissions. You don’t necessarily need to come directly from Power. We’re keen to hear from experienced Bid Managers with a strong background in construction, civil engineering, utilities or infrastructure, particularly those used to managing complex tenders and bringing multiple disciplines together through the work-winning process.

What you'll be doing

As a Bid Manager, You Will

• Lead and manage bids from qualification through to contract award and handover
• Develop bid strategies, win themes and delivery approaches alongside senior stakeholders and bid teams
• Build and manage tender programmes, bid plans and submission activities
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to produce high-quality, compliant and compelling submissions
• Lead bid meetings, workshops, peer reviews, settlement meetings and governance activities
• Manage bid budgets, resources, risks and opportunities
• Coordinate technical, commercial and operational input to create a cohesive overall proposition
• Ensure appropriate legal, commercial and technical reviews are completed and incorporated into submissions
• Build strong relationships with customers, consultants, partners and supply chain organisations
• Support customer presentations, interviews and wider engagement activity
• Manage clarification registers, submission information and associated document control
• Capture and share lessons learned and best practice to continually improve our work-winning approach
• Lead the effective handover of successful bids into our operational delivery teams

Who we're looking for

You'll Have

• Previous experience in Bid Management, Work Winning or a similar role, ideally within power transmission and distribution, construction, civil engineering, utilities or infrastructure
• Experience managing competitive tenders, frameworks and/or Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) opportunities
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple contributors against demanding deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to work with senior leaders, customers and delivery teams
• Good commercial awareness and an understanding of tender risk and opportunity management
• A customer-focused approach and the ability to translate customer requirements into strong bid strategies
• Knowledge of work-winning best practice and governance processes
• An understanding of public-sector procurement principles
• Strong Microsoft Office 365 skills

It would be great if you also have

• Knowledge of construction and civil engineering frameworks
• Experience working within a gated business lifecycle or similar bid governance environment
• Knowledge of BIM, digital engineering or estimating tools
• A relevant construction or civil engineering qualification and/or professional membership such as CIOB, RICS, ICE or ICES

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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