Bid Writer

Bid Writer
Multi Disciplined Main Contractor
Surrey
Flexibility/ Remote Working (option available)
£45k - £60k DOE

The Company:

Are you looking to join a forward thinking, highly successful Main Contractor who can offer you excellent career progression and growth? Then keep reading!

My client is a highly reputable main Contractor based in Surrey who work on a wide range of projects including residential, commercial, retail, leisure, education, healthcare and more! They work on projects throughout the whole of the South East. They have a full order book for the next 12-18 months are looking to boost their commercial team by bringing in an experienced, Group-wide 'BID WRITER' who can be a key part of the business for many years to come

General Areas of Responsibility:

• PQQ & ITT Tender Submission
• Client Database Management

The Bid Writer Role:

Key focus on co-ordinating and producing full proposal responses whilst assembling a 'proposal team' with the relevant service / product / business knowledge required to win.

Responsibilities include introduction and implementation of all necessary proposal procedures and processes. This role requires an ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines.

The Bid Writer will take ownership of bids and examine our client s proposition in each, looking to challenge the business units and drive the operational teams to offer more, and better, as part of the submissions. This will come to form an important part of a bigger initiative to look at uplifting the designs, copywriting, management techniques and relationships with all parts of the business. As such, the role would be split between both the main office locations, also incorporating site visits as required.

Suitable applicants will be an enthusiastic and tenacious, with aspirations to be part of a developing and growing team. You will be prepared to contribute to new initiatives and be adaptable to the shifting requirements of a business, dealing with very different needs across its component parts.

PQQ / ITT Submissions

• Co-ordinate with Business Development Director and Marketing with regards to choosing the PQQ s / ITTS we are going to apply for
• Schedule out enquiries and input form the construction team for quality submissions
• Build up portfolio of policies, information and responses to help in delivering quality bids
• Collate information on PQQ s / ITTS submitted, won, lost and evaluate
• Prepare PQQ s / ITTS and Co-ordinate with Estimating Dept / Construction Department to ensure these are prepared within the time constraints.
• Ability to write high quality technical responses for PQQ and ITT submissions
• Excellent written communication and design presentation skills, with previous experience of using Adobe InDesign software
• Well versed in managing the entire bid-process from notification of project through to completion of PQQs, ITTs and interview presentations.
• Attend new business meetings to discuss the upcoming opportunities for the business
• Focused on self-development, career progression and learning new skills within the company

Client Database & Meetings & Presentations:

• Continue building Client Database with accurate information on all organisations & contacts on our Salesforce software.
• Attend meetings with our Business Development Director, when required
• Gather general information to build up portfolio for presentations and marketing purposes

Skills Required:

• Excellent written communication.
• Previous experience of producing bids for main contractor, on refurbishment and new build commercial and residential projects.
• Well organised, client facing, personable.
• Well versed in working with InDesign software.
• A competitive nature to win the work.

If this role sounds of interest, then please submit your CV or reach out to Danny Algar - Head of Commercial at Londinium Recruitment.