Capture Coordinator

Cowi; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' holiday plus bank/public days

Private health care

Flexible and hybrid working conditions

Annual professional institution fees

Group pension scheme

Life assurance

Cycle-to-work

Gym membership

Job summary

Join COWI’s UK Business Development Team as a Capture Coordinator in Derby. You’ll support high-priority infrastructure bids, coordinating proposals with Senior Market Directors and Capture Managers to ensure timely submissions.

You will refine documents for expressions of interest and tenders, manage timelines, maintain libraries, research opportunities, and help create case studies and data sheets. Strong collaboration and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• English degree or related qualification/experience desirable.
• APMP or similar qualification desirable.
• Experience in bid coordination and proposal preparation (engineering or construction preferred).
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing and refining documents for Expressions of Interest, Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, and large tenders.
• Manage project timelines, ensuring deliverables are met and submissions are timely.
• Maintain libraries and databases of company literature for future use.
• Research tender opportunities and assist in managing ePortals.
• Support with creating case studies, CVs, and project data sheets for business development.
• Track market trends and competitor activities to inform strategy.
• Support the coordination and facilitation of bid/proposal related meetings.
• Support capture planning and strategy development for strategic bids.

Skills

Bid coordination

Proposal preparation

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Deadline management

Relationship-building

Education

English degree or related qualification/experience desirable

APMP or similar qualification desirable

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Capture CoordinatorDerbyPermanentOffice/Home Hybrid Working

Are you a highly organized and proactive professional who excels at bringing people and ideas together? Do you thrive in environments that demand coordination, creativity, and teamwork? If you're someone who enjoys managing complex projects, ensuring every detail is aligned, and contributing to meaningful initiatives, we want to hear from you.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

Join our UK Business Development Team and play a key role in supporting high-priority infrastructure bids. You'll collaborate closely with Senior Market Directors and Capture Managers, ensuring proposals are well-coordinated and submitted on time.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Assist in preparing and refining documents for Expressions of Interest, Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, and large tenders.
• Manage project timelines, ensuring deliverables are met and submissions are timely.
• Maintain libraries and databases of company literature for future use.
• Research tender opportunities and assist in managing ePortals.
• Support with creating case studies, CVs, and project data sheets for business development.
• Track market trends and competitor activities to inform strategy.
• Support the coordination and facilitation of bid/proposal related meetings
• Support capture planning and strategy development, especially for strategic and high-priority bids.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

Furthermore, you should be or will have,

• An English degree, or related qualification/experience desirable
• Relevent professional qualification (i.e. APMP) desirable.
• A passion for collaboration and relationship-building.
• Experience in bid coordination and proposal preparation (preferably in engineering or construction).
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality work.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and stay proactive in managing risks.
• Effective communication skills and confidence using Microsoft Office and related tools.
• Familiarity with knowledge management systems and competitor analysis is a plus.

A place to work and so much more.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity - and sometimes even our courage - to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers' transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility, and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

Some of our benefits include:

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme - salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Corporate gym membership

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Ciaran Gilfedder at [e-mail].

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.