Bid Manager – Level 1

Key Details

• Title: Bid Manager – Level 1
• Location: Cardiff Office, but will be required to support Bristol and Cardiff office Bids.
• Contract type: Permanent - Full Time
• Applications close: 30 June 2026
• Functions: Pre Construction

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an Investors in People Platinum employer providing national construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets. Together, we create great results for our customers, partners and people. We are one of the UK's most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, our employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.

About the Role

Joining us, you'll be undertaking the Bid Management of both Work Winning Bids as well as the delivery of projects in preferred bidder status - on time and within budget to a successful conclusion, positioning [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] with the best possible chance of success.

• Work Winning - You'll be responsible for planning and managing all aspects of the bid, ensuring effective and inspirational bid management is provided, establishing winning strategies, implementing writing plans as quality lead. Understanding and interacting with the overall [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] business to allow projection of benefits to customers through our proposals, you'll propose our programme strategy, whilst providing support and assistant to other bid team members.
• Preferred Bidder – As Bid Lead you'll offer leadership and strategy to other Bid Team members whilst fostering excellent relationships with our Clients to ensure we deliver an excellent Customer Experience through effective management of Design, Cost and Programme whilst communicating effectively with our Senior Leadership Team.

About You

An experienced Bid Manager, you'll ideally be educated to degree level, with a track record of winning profitable work within a similar role. An expert in the tendering process, you'll have the ability to research our projects and clients to demonstrate an understanding of our client's key drivers, communicating our differentiators and approach. You'll be competent in Adobe Creative Suite, or equivalent and be a great team player, working within a Teamwork Culture. A full UK driving licence is essential.

What can we offer you

You will be part of a dynamic team of people who are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun environment. No day will be the same and we challenge each other to deliver what's right for our customers. Our culture is so important to us and defines the way we go about our business. We are inclusive, supportive and team focused and take pride in the longstanding and committed relationships we have with our supply chain partners. Here are just some of the benefits you can expect: Pension scheme; Generous holiday allowance; Private healthcare cover; Life assurance up to 4 times your basic salary; Recognition for professional qualification/membership achieved; Mental wellbeing and employee Support; People portal for high street discounts; Long service awards; Sharesave plan; Incentive scheme; Enhanced family leave and more!

Equality & Diversity

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] seeks to recruit the best person for each of our roles, based on merit alone and free from bias. We're committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applicants regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family, or parental status. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People 'Two Ticks' accreditation. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.