Senior Bid Manager - MEP/Building Services

NG Bailey; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance or company car option

Pension with up to 8% employer contri­

Private Medical Insurance

Wellbeing & Volunteer Days

Flexible benefits

Job summary

NG Bailey seeks a Senior Bid Manager in Leeds (with travel) to lead complex bids up to £50m, including bid costs up to £250k. You will drive bid strategy, manage the bid team and ensure compliant, compelling submissions aligned with business goals.

You'll work across the business to develop winning strategies, coordinate with estimating and operations, and maintain external relationships to strengthen NG Bailey's competitive position.

Qualifications

• Significant and demonstrable experience securing high value opportunities in MEP/building services or construction.
• Proven ability to lead bid teams and influence stakeholders.
• Strong commercial understanding of contracting options and conditions.

Responsibilities

• Engage in business strategy and support activities related to company communications.
• Provide leadership for the bid team and stay current with industry movements to demonstrate credibility.
• Own business development to identify and convert opportunities into profitable contracts.

Skills

Bid management experience

Leadership of bid teams

Commercial awareness

Education

Engineering/building services qualification (HNC)

APMP (foundation level)

CIBSE CPD

Job description

Senior Bid Manager

Location - Leeds with travel

Permanent Position

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity where you'll be responsible for managing and delivering bids up to £50m, with bid costs of up to £250k, including the preparation and delivery of Red and Gold Team reviews.

In this role you will champion and deliver a winning bid through effective leadership, inspiration and support of the bid team in line with business objectives and within company policy and procedures.

Key Deliverables

• Engage in business strategy and support activities in relation to company communications
• 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. Provide clear provision of objectives and responsibilities, and development opportunities
• Take ownership of business development 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.
• Develop a bid programme, identifying resources, securing support from work winning and operation leaders.
• Work with estimating managers to ensure accuracy of cost.
• Lead the production of complex bid submissions.
• Ensure relevant approvals are obtained through the bid process, including presentation of key target updates, and proposals for review and audit.

What we're looking for

• Significant and demonstrable experience of securing high value profitable opportunities within an MEP/Building Services or construction environment
• Management of multiple team members and established network of customer relationships
• Demonstrable commercial knowledge around various contracting and conditions

This opportunity could be suited to someone with a background in project management, with a good understanding of MEP projects, and building client relationships.

Desirable Qualifications

• Engineering/building services qualification at HNC level
• APMP (bid and proposals management) - foundation level
• Maintained continued professional development (e.g. CIBSE)

Benefits

• Car allowance or company car option
• 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

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.