Senior Bid Writer

Workdry; Usk; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK-based engineering firm is seeking a Bid Writer to craft compelling tender responses. The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in bid writing, strong organizational skills, and excellent communication abilities. Responsibilities include collaborating with internal experts, reviewing tender documents, and ensuring high-quality submissions. The role offers a competitive salary, company bonus scheme, and various benefits including private medical care and hybrid work options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company bonus scheme

Private medical care

Pension scheme

25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Employee referral scheme

Hybrid working pattern

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of successful bid writing in the relevant industries.
• Ability to analyze tender request documents
• Highly organized with planning and prioritizing skills.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proof-reading skills.
• Proficient in communication and teamwork capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Craft compelling responses for tender opportunities.
• Collaborate with various departments for tender submissions.
• Draft and review submission responses based on scoring criteria.
• Gather information from subject matter experts for submissions.

Skills

Bid writing

Tender document interpretation

Organizational skills

Editing

Strong communication

Teamwork

Education

APMP qualification

Tools

Achillies

Ariba

Jaggaer Bravo Solutions

AI software (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT)

Job description

Our Business

Selwood is the leading pump rental solutions company in the UK. We have an outstanding reputation for exceptional customer service backed by one of the largest fleets of quality pump products. Each customer and each project is unique and our deep technical knowledge means we are proud to deliver a bespoke and genuine 24/7, 365 days‑a‑year service.

This is an exciting time to join Selwood as we drive our business forward and build on a foundation of over 70 year’s success within our industry. We are committed to ensuring our staff have the right skills, knowledge & experience to deliver to our customers, as well as creating career paths to help develop, retain, and motivate them.

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role at the heart of our business as Bid Writer, crafting compelling and persuasive responses for our tender opportunities. In this role you will be working alongside key stakeholders in the business, focusing on hands‑on writing, editing and tailoring of responses within the water and construction sectors and utilising your expertise in Bid/Tender/Copy within our Business Development team. This role would ideally be based at our Siltbuster head office in Monmouth in Wales.

As a Bid/Copy Writer, you'll get to:

• Work with the bid team during Request for Information (RFI), Pre‑Qualification Questions (PQQ) and Invitation to Tender (ITT) phases to develop clear win strategies for each bid, ensuring compelling win themes.
• Review all tender documents and resources before bid launch meetings.
• Support the Tender Manager in producing high‑quality tender submissions to achieve business growth in alignment with corporate strategies.
• Liaise with nominated subject matter experts internally and analyse data externally (from published reports, local strategy document and other publicly available data) during tender phases to gather information relevant to each submission to enable strong responses to be drafted for each bid being pursued.
• Collaborate with central departments e.g. Operations, SHEQ, Transport and Human Resources to fulfil and develop gaps in tender question areas, data and metrics.
• Write compelling narrative and skilfully draft professional submission responses that fulfil scoring criteria, always ensuring the drafted response is based on a solid understanding of the needs and wants of the target audience.
• Review client feedback and identify inadequacies to implement lessons learnt for future bids.

Qualifications & Experience

• Demonstrable experience of successful bid writing, ideally in the plant hire, construction, civil engineering, water or engineering industries.
• Ability to interpret and analyse tender request documents to identify criteria relevant to the bid or tender opportunity.
• Highly organised, with good planning and prioritising skills and the ability to deliver quality work to meet strict deadlines.
• Excellent writing, editing and proof‑reading skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
• APMP qualification (desirable).
• Experience of procurement platforms such as Achillies, Ariba and Jaggaer Bravo Solutions.
• Proficient in the use of AI software such as Copilot, ChatGPT.
• A current Full UK Driving Licence is preferred for this role.

What we can offer you

• Competitive salary.
• Eligible for company bonus scheme (annual and quarterly payments).
• Medicash Scheme – medical expenses scheme (access to 24hour online GP services, discounted gym memberships).
• Bupa Private Medical at Single level.
• Pension scheme with contribution based on total earnings not just salary.
• 25 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays.
• Increasing annual leave entitlement with long service.
• 3x your annual salary life insurance (DIS).
• Support for development and training.
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) & access to Mental Health first aiders.
• Employee discount scheme (discounts/vouchers for supermarkets, high street shops, holidays and more).
• Employee referral scheme.
• Hybrid working (i.e., 2 working from home and 3 in the office) pattern. This role is not open to Agencies – Please no calls or emails – Thank you.

EDI Statement

Workdry International Ltd is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We value transparency, respecting others and understanding differences. We give full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. As part of your recruitment journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments.