Senior Bid Manager

NG Bailey; North East; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and services firm in the UK is seeking a Work Winning Manager/Senior Bid Manager. This role involves leading and managing bids, collaborating with business developers, and ensuring alignment with company goals. Ideal candidates should have a background in engineering and experience in bid management. The company offers competitive benefits, including a salary sacrifice car scheme, private medical insurance, and flexible benefits tailored to individual needs.

Benefits

Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Private Medical Insurance

24/7 Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits (Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, etc.)

Personal development programme

Qualifications

• Experience in bid management with a focus on engineering projects.
• Background as a Project Manager or Engineer preferable.
• Proven leadership skills in managing bid teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the bid team to deliver winning proposals.
• Collaborate with Business Development Managers for contract opportunities.
• Develop and maintain external business relationships.

Skills

Bid Management

Project Management

Leadership

Market Intelligence

Client Relationships

Education

Background in Engineering

Job description

Work Winning Manager / Senior Bid Manager

Boldon -Northeast

Permanent

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a role where you'll be responsible for managing and delivering bids within an area of the business that turns over £25 million pa.

You will play a key role in driving successful outcomes by providing clear direction, motivation, and support to the bid team - ensuring alignment with business goals and full compliance with company policies and procedures.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Provide leadership for bid team and keep up to date with industry movements and trends in order to demonstrate our credibility and influence current/prospective clients.
• Work with the Business Development Managers to identify and convert work winning opportunities into profitable contracts, in line with business strategy.
• Develop and maintain a network of external relationships, to raise the company profile, generate new business opportunities, understand the competition.
• Use expertise, market intelligence, customer knowledge and influence to prepare a bid winning strategy that differentiates NG Bailey from our competition.
• Secure support from work winning and operational leaders, involving internal/external stakeholders, to deliver the bid within budget.
• Undertake peer review with Senior Bid Manager or Pre-Contract Manager. Present prime cost values, with risks and opportunities at final settlement.
• Manage the production of allocated bid submissions.
• Work with Senior Bid Manager or Pre-Contract Manager to ensure Group and Business unit approval.

What we're looking for

Someone who comes from a background in Engineering, ideally as a Project Manager or Engineer, who has already made the move into Bid Management and comes with experience in this area.

Benefits

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.