Head of Bid Management

Are you looking to join a market leading construction company and help drive their bid activities across the UK construction market?

Do you have experience working in major civils projects and a thorough understanding of bids, tender and NEC contract forms?

Are you looking to join a well-founded company with a scope for growth and progression?

The Opportunity

Due to increased expansion, our client, a tier 1 construction company, are looking to add a Head of Bid Management to their head office in Swindon. The primary responsibility of this role is to support the development of new business and new opportunities in line with the company’s growth plans.

Your duties and responsibilities will be

Lead all aspects of the day to day management of the bid process

Line management responsibility for Bid-Coordinator, Bid Writer and Bid Manager functions

Ensure that growth and renewal targets are met

Lead and write Quality submissions for high profile / challenging bids

Manage and assure all aspects of the bid, ensuring all outcomes are adequately described in each

submission stage both in terms of content and presentation

Manage interaction with contracting body / stakeholders throughout the bid process

Support Business Development in identifying and working on business growth, take responsibility for the management of bids, including planning the bid, hosting kick off meetings, planning and coordinating the written response documentation and sharing knowledge throughout the company

Maintain schedule of contracts

Consult with Business Development, and Client Services to interpret the client specific solution or

service offering and produce a persuasive sales document and / or presentation

To create, audit and dispatch quality tender bids to agreed deadlines

Ensure document content is compliant and validated to meet legislation, procedures, products, solutions and policies

Ensure bids are completed with integrity and have internal authority approval

Attend pre and post submission presentations / meetings

Develop and maintain a good working relationship with the client

Develop and maintain a good working relationship with the business units

Generation of financial and risk profiles for each of the bids

Providing clients with high quality documents, attentive to their needs

Monthly analysis of bid volumes and success ratios

Develop executive summaries for relevant / appropriate tender submissions

Develop and implement a ‘winning work’ system that key target contract opportunities are won and divisional growth targets are met

Follow and support policies, procedures, initiatives and work instructions related to sustainability improvement and environmental compliance

Obtaining feedback on tender submissions and ensuring this is incorporated to improve future tenders and PQQs as appropriate

Analysis and tracking of competitors and our performance against them in tendersYou will have the following qualifications & experience :

Bid writing and process management

Experience in civil engineering and construction sectors

Main contractor / Tier one contractor experience

Experience working on bids & tenders of up to £500 millionIt’s great if you also have the following

Outstanding bidding track record in civil engineering and / or construction sectors

Experience with NEC contract forms

People management

Working independently

Managing demanding deadline environments

Communicating and influencing at senior levels

Time management and prioritisation

Strong written English language skills

Advanced Microsoft Office. InDesign desirable

APMP accredited or similar certificateThe setting for the role

Office based environment with 1 day from home (after successful probation).

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business