Bid Writer – Civil / Utilities Projects

Bid Writer – Civil / Utilities Projects

Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 + Pkg (DOE)
Location: North London
Regions: London, Middlesex, South East

We are looking for an experienced Bid Writer to join a regional contractor based from their HQ in North London. This role involves working within the Civil Engineering / Utilities function, tendering for major projects and frameworks to enhance their impressive order book.

Candidate Requirements

• Degree Qualified (English Language/ Literature preferred)
• Previous experience as a Bid Writer working for a main contractor (civil engineering preferred)
• Excellent MS Word & Office understanding
• Creative approach to producing submissions for demanding clients

Roles and Responsibilities

• Producing written responses for PQQs and Tenders, including unique responses, references, case studies, CVs (in liaison with Bid Coordinators), and project experience.
• Supporting the Head of Submissions and Bid Managers in the production of PQQ and Tender responses, and associated components.
• Ensuring compliance with the Work Winning processes and procedures to manage submissions and bid-related information.
• Supporting briefings, kick-off meetings, and progress meetings.
• Ensuring all tender documentation is presented to a uniformly high standard, editing and proofreading submission documents, and coordinating the production and finalization of documents when required.
• Facilitating storyboarding sessions with subject matter experts and taking ownership to completion.
• Preparing graphics such as flow charts, diagrams, and organization charts.
• Ongoing support of contributors with content development and responses, by assessing whether the questions are being answered (1st drafts and red review process) in liaison with Bid Coordinators.
• Providing feedback to the Head of Submissions, Bid Managers, and Bid Coordinators on progress with responses.
• Creating the final publication and ensuring the bid is delivered to the client on time.
• Maintaining the Document Management System to ensure a complete record of the submission is kept for future review or scrutiny.
• Identifying and re-working existing pre-written content where relevant.
• Working to demanding and changeable deadlines in a highly pressured environment.

If interested, please submit a copy of your most up-to-date CV, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.