Bid Writer

Kier Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Birmingham is seeking a Bid Writer to join our Construction team based in Birmingham. You will craft compelling responses to secure frameworks and projects across Education, Healthcare, Defence, Custodial, and Commercial sectors.

Reporting to the Construction bid leads, you will research client requirements, develop win themes, and contribute to bid strategy while collaborating with subject matter experts and site team colleagues.

Qualifications

• Excellent English writing, bid writing and grammar skills.
• Highly organized with strong time management abilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, online portals and databases.

Responsibilities

• Researching client requirements and contributing to win themes and bid strategies.
• Writing high quality responses and developing detailed answer plans for review.
• Collaborating with bid leads to develop programmes and apply our bid process.
• Undertaking site visits and producing case studies to support bids.
• Supporting evidence capture and maintaining networks of subject matter experts.

Skills

Bid writing

English writing

Grammar

Time management

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Online portals

Databases

Job description

We're looking for a Bid Writer to join our Construction team based in Birmingham.

Location: Birmingham
Hours: 37.5 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Bid Writer, you'll play a vital role in developing high quality written submissions that secure frameworks and projects across our key sectors including Education, Healthcare, Defence, Custodial, and Commercial. Working within our Construction team, you'll collaborate with colleagues to create compelling responses that showcase our expertise and win work that makes a real difference to communities.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Bid Writer, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering work winning submissions. Your day to day will include:

• Researching client requirements and contributing to win themes and bid strategies
• Writing high quality responses and developing detailed answer plans for review
• Collaborating with bid leads to develop programmes and apply our bid process
• Undertaking site visits and producing case studies to support bids
• Supporting evidence capture and maintaining networks of subject matter experts

What are we looking for?

This role of Bid Writer is great for you if:

• You have excellent English writing, bid writing and grammar skills
• You're highly organised with strong time management abilities
• You have a strong understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel, online portals, and databases
• You're a clear communicator who enjoys working collaboratively with others
• You're motivated by creating quality work that helps secure meaningful projects

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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