Senior Water Bid Manager – Hybrid, High-Impact Proposals

AECOM; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Training & development

Volunteer days

AECOM University access

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Bid Manager to lead end-to-end work winning for our Water bids, valued from £5m to £20m+. You will report to the Work Winning Lead for Water and collaborate across multiple departments and regions to deliver high-quality, compliant proposals.

Join a global team focused on climate, water, and energy transition challenges. The role offers a flexible hybrid working model, career development opportunities, and access to AECOM University within a busy, high-impact

Qualifications

• Experience of managing complex multi-disciplinary bids, in the construction/engineering industry, from capture/positioning phase to interview/lessons learned.
• Experience of creating win strategies/themes to craft compelling and compliant bid responses.
• A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Teams and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to work with stakeholders at all levels including senior leadership.
• The ability to work positively under pressure and deliver quality output to deadlines.
• An eye for detail, not accepting second best and taking personal pride and responsibility for all aspects within their control.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and managing large/complex proposals that may involve multiple departments and regions, supporting from capture through to interview/lessons learned stage.
• Overseeing positioning and capture activities, including facilitating win strategy workshops, working with key internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Following best practices, using AECOM processes and templates to create compliant and compelling bids.
• Leading and driving forwards all bid stages including kick off, answer planning, review stages, document production, interviews - adding value as a subject matter expert in bidding.
• Analysing internal debriefs and client feedback on proposals to ensure and demonstrate continuous improvement and identify trends, lessons learned and best practices across clients and markets.
• Lead discrete projects within the work winning team to embed best practice in bidding across Water, such as delivering training.
• Assist the Water Work Winning Lead with active pipeline management and resource planning.

Skills

Bid management

Win strategy development

Stakeholder collaboration

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

MS Teams

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Under pressure delivery

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Bid Manager to lead end-to-end work winning for our Water bids, valued from £5m to £20m+. You will report to the Work Winning Lead for Water and collaborate across multiple departments and regions to deliver high-quality, compliant proposals.

Join a global team focused on climate, water, and energy transition challenges. The role offers a flexible hybrid working model, career development opportunities, and access to AECOM University within a busy, high-impact