Bid Manager
Job type: Perm
Town/City: Glasgow
Location: Glasgow & West
Salary/Rate: Up to £75 000 plus car, bonus and pension
Sector: Civil Engineering
Job ref: VR/5487
Deanston Cooper is currently recruiting for a Bid Manager to work for a highly regarded civil engineering contractor based in Glasgow, focused on infrastructure, flood alleviation, substation, roads and windfarm projects.
The post holder will take ownership of and submit completed professional bids to existing or prospective clients, on time and to the requirements of the invitation to tender.
Specific duties of the Bid Manager will include:
- Fully appreciate client requirements and be able to produce documentation and responses that demonstrate a sound understanding and technical knowledge
- Effectively co-ordinate and liaise with clients and internal estimating and operational teams to develop and write bespoke, high quality, successful submissions that demonstrate a clear understanding of PQQ and Quality submission requirements
- Write clear, focussed and logical proposal material and any other documentation ensuring consistency of style, content and message
- Produce specific case studies for supporting submissions
- Robustly review responses against the scoring matrix and criteria provided
- Use technical knowledge to prepare and deliver persuasive bid presentations to prospective clients’ pre and post tender
- Prepare bid stage method statements, programme proposals and technical explanation proposals
Applications for the role of Bid Manager are welcome from candidates with:
- Previous technical bid writing experience gained working in a civils environment
- A proven track-record of winning bids to the value of £10m
- Excellent technical knowledge
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to build and maintain strong business relationships and the skills to negotiate and influence key stakeholders
This is a great opportunity to join a very busy and rapidly expanding contractor which has a well deserved reputation as being a great place to work.
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