Facilitator – Strategic Pursuits

SNC-Lavalin; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services firm in Glasgow is seeking a skilled Facilitator for its Win Work Excellence Group. You will lead and facilitate various workshops to support business development activities. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and experience in workshop facilitation within large corporate settings. This position offers a competitive salary and flexible working policies.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working policies

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in facilitating workshops and meetings using structured business development methodologies.
• Strong understanding of engineering, construction, or professional services sectors.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, actionable outputs.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops for Capture Planning and Blue Sheet sessions.
• Collaborate with Capture Leads and Managers on workshop delivery.
• Support teams in identifying client needs and win themes.

Skills

Workshop facilitation

Business development methodologies

Excellent communication

Emotional intelligence

Organisational skills

Education

Degree or equivalent qualification

Job description

Job Description

You might know AtkinsRéalis for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say this is thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise, and knowledge. When you join us, you'll be part of a genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this is a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

Our Team

Our Growth Office is responsible for ensuring enhanced cross‑selling, great government relations, impactful strategic partnerships and a world‑class win work function. We also support the key enablers of the strategic growth plan such as private finance and investigate and incubate new fields of play to help generate new revenue.

We want to hear from you

We are seeking a skilled Facilitator to join our Win Work Excellence Group, supporting the Capture Lead and Capture Managers in delivering best‑in‑class pursuit strategies. The Facilitator will play a pivotal role in enabling the effective use of our investment in methodologies and tools, ensuring workshops and meetings deliver maximum value. You will be responsible for facilitating a range of different workshops and meetings including: Capture Planning and Blue Sheet sessions, Customer Value Proposition (CVP) workshops, and SPIN planning meetings, helping teams to unlock insights, drive collaboration, and develop winning strategies.

Your Role

• Facilitate Capture Planning and Blue Sheet workshops, CVP sessions, and SPIN planning meetings for major pursuits, ensuring consistent application of best practice methodologies.
• Collaborate closely with Capture Leads and Managers to plan, deliver, and document workshops and meetings, supporting the development of differentiated value propositions.
• Guide teams through structured processes to identify client needs, competitive positioning, and win themes, ensuring outputs are actionable and aligned with pursuit strategy.
• Support the upskilling of business unit win work teams and technical practices in the use of capture management tools and methodologies.
• Maintain a strong understanding of AtkinsRéalis capabilities, solutions, and competitive landscape to inform workshop facilitation.
• Capture and share lessons learned, continuously improving facilitation approaches and workshop effectiveness.
• Work with Learning & Talent Development to create and deliver training materials that enhance workshop delivery and methodology adoption.
• Support seamless handover of workshop outputs to Proposal Leads for integration into written proposals.
• Champion a collaborative, inclusive, and engaging environment in all workshops and meetings.

About you

The ideal candidate will bring experience in workshop facilitation, business development methodologies, and collaborative working in large corporate environments. Skills and experience should include:

• A degree or equivalent qualification (relevant certifications in facilitation, business development, or proposal management desirable).
• Experience in facilitating workshops and meetings using structured business development methodologies (e.g., Blue Sheets, CVP, SPIN).
• Strong understanding of engineering, construction, or professional services sectors.
• Excellent communication, listening, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, actionable outputs.
• Well‑developed emotional intelligence and adaptability to flex facilitation style to suit different teams and contexts.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.