Senior Bid Manager

Kier Group plc.; Witham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Senior Bid Manager to execute bidding strategies on innovative construction projects. This role will involve managing bids from early stages through to contract award, ensuring team collaboration and effective communication. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in bid management within tier 1 construction environments, with a strong knowledge of procurement processes. The position emphasizes diversity and inclusion, ensuring equal opportunity for all applicants.

Qualifications

• Experience managing bid services within a tier 1 construction environment.
• Strong construction knowledge from Bidding, Technical or Commercial roles.
• Expert understanding of current procurement forms.
• Successfully managed 2nd stage bids to compliance and budget.

Responsibilities

• Track pipeline of projects and undertake research.
• Assemble bid teams and reflect client needs.
• Arrange and chair bid meetings with stakeholders.
• Drive teams from preferred bidder status to contract award.
• Oversee 2nd stage launches with clear roles and expectations.
• Co-ordinate with design and operational teams.

Skills

Managing bid services

Construction knowledge

Framework procurement understanding

Managing 2nd stage bids

Job description

The Senior Bid Manager will work in collaboration with our leadership and management teams to formulate and execute bidding strategy on high value, technically innovative construction projects. Taking involvement from early stages through to full contract award the Senior Bid Manager will drive the conversion of bids through 2nd stage by managing multi-disciplinary bid teams. The Senior Bid Manager will be accountable for the conversion of tenders, managing all aspects of bids, utilizing subject matter expertise across all relevant functions to translate client needs to a cohesive offering. Your day to day will include:

Responsibilities

• Tracking pipeline of projects, undertaking research, working closely with the business development function to get early visibility in future opportunities that align with Kier Constructions business plan and capabilities
• Assembly of bid teams, identifying key knowledge and expertise relevant to specific bids to ensure that client needs are reflected in the mix of subject matter experts aligned with bids
• Arrange and chair Bid Meetings with relevant stakeholders ensuring accurate and effective communication across stakeholders to set strategy, timescales and input obligations, drive engagement and collaboration with subject matter experts to ensure timely receipt of relevant technical information pertaining to bids
• Drive 2nd stage teams from preferred bidder status to successful contract award ensuring that the 2nd stage team (Design Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Estimators, Project Managers etc) execute strategic bid targets
• Oversee internal and external 2nd stage launches, clearly setting out roles, responsibilities and expectations aligned to bid strategy, robustly managing, monitoring and mitigating key project risks
• Co-ordinate with design managers, commercial management and operational teams to align on programme milestones and deliverables, co-ordinate the development of design, cost, programme and logistics proposals.

Qualifications

• Can demonstrate experience of managing bid services within a tier 1 construction environment
• Have strong construction knowledge gained in a Bidding, Technical or Commercial role within construction contracting
• Expert understanding of framework procurement and experience within the most current forms of procurement
• Previous experience of successfully managing 2nd stage bids to time, compliance and budget

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.