Graduate Bid Manager - Immediate Start

targetjobs UK; Warrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Warrington is seeking a Graduate Bid Manager to join their 2025 Graduate Programme. The role involves managing bid processes for water and energy projects, engaging with multiple professionals, and ensuring high-quality submissions. Ideal candidates will possess strong organizational skills and a relevant degree. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Holiday buy and sell

Group income protection

Life assurance

Professional progression plan

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Excellent time management and coordination skills.
• An excellent level of written English is required.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with a variety of professionals.
• Experience managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programmes and Adobe Acrobat.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Managing procurement portals for client documents.
• Facilitating go/no-go and progress calls.
• Managing development of bid documents.
• Collaborating with technical specialists.
• Ensuring compliant and customer-focused submissions.

Skills

Time management

Coordination

Organizational skills

Written English

Collaboration

Proactive approach

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Degree or master's in Business Management, Marketing, or relevant discipline

Job description

The Opportunity

We are looking for Graduate Bid Managers to be based in our Warrington office, joining our 2025 Graduate Programme. We have a fantastic opportunity to join our progressive, award-winning team. As a Graduate Bid Manager, you will be working in Stantec’s marketing services team comprising bid managers, marketing professionals, and graphic designers in Warrington. You will provide full bid management and production capability for Stantec’s Water and Energy & Resources businesses in the UK, working on bids for projects ranging from large, complex water treatment works and hydroelectric power schemes to data analytics for smart water networks and business transformation projects.

Our busy water & energy resources marketing services team plays a key role within Stantec’s business. We help win the work that keeps our engineers, scientists, and project managers busy, and you will be involved in helping the business meet its targets and growth ambitions. If this sounds like something that appeals to you, then look no further than Stantec.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing a range of procurement portals to facilitate access to client invitation for proposal documents.
• Arranging and facilitating go/no-go calls, kick-off calls, and progress calls with the bid team.
• Providing the contact point and facilitating communication between the client’s procurement team and our bid team.
• Managing the development of bid documents, including elements of writing and development of responses based on existing collateral.
• Working with technical specialists to complete responses to technical questions.
• Working with commercial managers and the legal team to complete commercial and contractual submissions.
• Liaising with resource managers and project managers to identify resources.
• Collaborating with graphic designers to develop graphics, presentations, and documents.
• Proofreading, editing, and formatting bid documents and CVs.
• Ensuring bid submissions are compliant, customer-focused, easy to evaluate, and delivered within set deadlines.

About You

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a degree and/or master’s qualification in Business Management, Marketing, or a relevant discipline, and a keen interest in our industry, we’d love to receive your application if you have:

• Excellent time management, coordination, and organisational skills.
• An excellent level of written English.
• The ability to effectively engage and collaborate with a wide variety of professionals from a range of disciplines at various levels of the business.
• The ability to manage a variety of tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programmes (Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and Adobe Acrobat.
• Calmness while working under pressure to tight deadlines.
• A proactive approach.

Work Arrangements

Please note: we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week to ensure that colleagues are able to provide the appropriate level of support.

What We Can Offer You

• A competitive salary.
• Private medical insurance.
• A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection, and life assurance.
• Permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec.
• Professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 33,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver, and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy, and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights.

We deal with today’s challenges while keeping a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy, and meet the needs of future communities.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations, or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please let us know.