Senior Bid Writer

Senior Bid Writer

Permanent

Salary +car package + benefits package

Preston

My client is a leading civil engineering main contractor working across highways, structures, water and energy sector civils projects, ranging in value from £1m to £15m. They are increasing their work‑winning team with a Senior Bid Writer to secure high‑value civils frameworks.

• Act as Bid Lead for allocated tenders, managing the process from opportunity approval to submission.
• Producing a bid programme and submission plan.
• Organising bid kick‑off meetings.
• Allocating responsibilities for bid inputs.
• Coordinating contributions from estimators, planners and operational staff.
• Tracking progress against deadlines.
• Managing tender clarifications.
• Ensuring compliance with client requirements.
• Assembling and submitting final tender documentation.
• Ensuring bids progress efficiently through the internal Lean Tender Process.

• Write clear, persuasive responses to PQQs, tenders and framework submissions.
• Translate technical information into structured, client‑focused responses.
• Develop methodology responses, project approaches and value proposals.
• Review and improve contributions from technical team members.
• Edit and proofread submissions to ensure clarity and consistency.
• Ensure responses align with identified win themes.
• Liaise with operational teams, estimators, planners and commercial staff to gather technical inputs.
• Extract knowledge from subject matter experts and convert it into scoring‑focused responses.
• Gather project data and evidence to support tender responses.
• Research client priorities and project context where required.

• Strong bid writing experience.
• Experience coordinating tender submissions.
• Construction or civil engineering sector experience desirable.
• Ability to analyse tender questions and scoring criteria.
• Skilled at extracting technical knowledge from subject matter experts.

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