Senior Bid Writer

BAM UK & Ireland; Wellingborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company car/car allowance/travel allowance

26 days holiday

Private healthcare

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

Wellbeing days

Volunteering day

Personal and professional development

Job summary

A leading infrastructure contractor in the UK is seeking a Senior Bid Writer to develop and finalize high-scoring tender responses. The role involves collaboration with various teams, organizing workshops, and understanding client objectives. Candidates should have a degree or equivalent, experience in developing infrastructure proposals, and strong communication skills. The company offers competitive salary and numerous benefits including private healthcare, pension contributions, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in producing high-scoring tender responses for major infrastructure bids.
• Thorough knowledge of major infrastructure projects, clients, and client drivers.
• Proven ability to design and lead collaborative writing workshops.

Responsibilities

• Develop and finalize high scoring tender responses on time.
• Organize and facilitate writing workshops.
• Collaborate with teams for pink and red reviews.
• Produce high quality response graphics with Graphics team.
• Finalize tender responses by deadlines and contribute to lessons learned.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Collaboration

Adaptability

Understanding of AI in proposals

Case studies & quantified evidence

AI for proposal development

Education

Degree level or equivalent qualification (preferred)

APMP Foundation level (preferred)

Tools

AI in proposals

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM UK & Ireland's Infrastructure Segment are looking for enthusiastic senior bid writers to join our successful team winning work for the Infrastructure segment of BAM UK and Ireland, one of the UK’s major infrastructure contractors. We are a dynamic and creative team, always looking for better ways of working to keep ahead in a very competitive environment. We love the variety and challenge of different bids and we work with our bid teams across the UK.

The role requires an open and adaptable approach to developing solutions, together with excellent communication and collaboration skills. We need people who can distil the most complex engineering concepts into plain English in a logical way with our customers in mind. You will be a key member of bid teams, shaping winning responses. You will organise and facilitate writing workshops, comply with bid programmes and process and present high quality content for review.

Your team

• The role involves a mixture of working from our office in Wellingborough, from home and frequently from project offices in other locations so some travel will be necessary.

Develop And Finalise High Scoring Tender Responses On Time

• Comply with the proposals development process and programme defined by the lead writer/ proposals manager, including for any pre-bid stage.
• Attend all workshops and meetings as requested by the lead writer/ proposals manager.
• Establish a thorough understanding of client objectives and develop responses in line with the proposals win strategy.
• Organise and facilitate collaborative writing workshops with section owners, contributors and other relevant people.
• Collaborate with section owners to develop a pink review and red review responses, complying with the bid programme.
• In collaboration with our Graphics team, produce high quality response graphics.
• Integrate review comments into developing responses.
• Finalise tender responses by bid programme deadlines.
• Contribute to any post-bid lessons learned exercise.

Contribute to the development of case studies and the Work Winning Hub

• Complete project, framework or business/ function case studies as requested. This may require site visits and visits to other offices.
• Contribute to the Work Winning Hub, including the development of answer guidance, as requested.

Understanding of BAM’s offer

• Understand what differentiates BAM. Keep up-to-date with developments and innovations across the company and integrate the latest thinking into tender responses.

Other duties

• Complete work for other ad hoc requests from within the Proposals team.

What do you bring to the role?

We are looking for a senior writer who can step straight into complex bid environments. You will have demonstrated your ability to produce high scoring tender responses for major infrastructure clients.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree level or equivalent qualification (preferred), APMP Foundation level (preferred)
• Thorough knowledge of major infrastructure projects, clients and client drivers.
• Extensive experience of developing high scoring tender responses for major infrastructure bids following APMP principles.
• Collaboration in large tender teams (including JVs), subject matter experts and section owners.
• Proven ability to design and lead collaborative writing workshops.
• Development of case studies and quantified evidence.
• Working knowledge of how AI can aid proposal development.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM UK & Ireland (Infrastructure), Email: [e-mail].

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.