Assistant Bid Writer

Volker Fitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Bid Writer to join the team.

Bid Writing is an important and essential part of our business and sits within the work-winning team of our pre-construction function. This challenging role is for a graduate who, through their academic career, has demonstrable skills and passion for producing consistently high-quality essays, assignments and/or reports.

As part of the pre-construction work-winning team, you will be responsible for the written responses to specific sections of tenders and pre-qualification questionnaires. Topics typically include Health and Safety, Social Value, Community Liaison and Stakeholder Management, Environmental Practices, Training and Apprenticeships, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, all from a construction industry perspective.

The role also involves evidence gathering, which will include researching previous tenders and information libraries, and building relationships with and interviewing people within the company who will provide specialist information, such as, Environmental Managers, Project Managers and Stakeholder Managers.

About you

We need someone who can deconstruct a question, understand what the question is asking and how it will be assessed, and who will plan and produce engaging, logical and winning written responses.

If you are organised, work well under pressure and on your own initiative within a supportive environment, professional, career orientated, enjoyed success in writing at university, and keen to develop your analytical writing skills further whilst being curious about learning more about the construction industry, this could be the role for you.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

Volker Fitzpatrick is under the umbrella of Volker Wessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within Volker Wessels UK, Volker Fitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

Competitive salary
Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
Option to buy additional annual leave
Private medical care
Pension
Life Assurance
Cycle to Work scheme
Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
Employee Assistance programme
Mental health, physical health, and financial support
24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, Volker Wessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

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Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed

Volker Wessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all