Senior Bid Writer
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Senior Bid Writer
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is recruiting for a Senior Bid Writer to work within our Bids division. You will be leading, coordinating, and creating professionally written tender submissions that clearly convey [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s value proposition and optimise scoring against the evaluation criteria. This is a full-time, permanent position based from our head office in Sevenoaks.
Duties
- Managing and improving the end-to-end bid process with the Head of Bids, Divisional Directors, and the bid team
- Reviewing tender documents to understand technical requirements and define key deliverables
- Preparing and managing the tender programme and delivery plan
- Leading tender briefings and storyboard sessions with technical and operational teams
- Drafting, editing, and reviewing the quality and technical components of tender submissions
- Supporting senior management with tender presentations, negotiations, and market engagement
- Providing expertise to the bid team, including technical input for Selection Questionnaires, case studies, capability statements, and contributions to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s knowledge base
- Ensuring tenders are complete, compliant, professional, and well-presented
Requirements
- Proven track record in tendering for major contracts, particularly in civil engineering and highway maintenance
- Ability to translate technical content into persuasive, clear documents
- Strong leadership, planning, and organisational skills
- Knowledge of the Procurement Act 2023, NEC contracts, and experience in technical construction environments
Benefits
- Career and professional development
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Car allowance
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare
- Company bonus
- Internal and external training opportunities
- Access to shopping discounts via Rewarding Great People platform
- Health and wellbeing benefits including 24-hour advice lines and mental health first aiders
- Free on-site gym and subsidised restaurant at Sevenoaks Head Office
About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] works across the full spectrum of London and the South East’s highways structures and broader infrastructure needs. We have a strong track record of delivering refurbishments and improvements, heritage maintenance, structural repairs and work for rail and tunnels. We have worked on a range of iconic and impressive projects including Hammersmith Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Rochester Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Marble Arch – Still Water Illumination and Greenford Flyover. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] provide our clients and stakeholders with a full range of structural engineering services, utilising innovative and sustainable solutions to maximise value and ensure the successful delivery of projects to the highest quality design.
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If you would like to Join our Family as our Senior Bid Writer then please click ‘apply’ today.
Closing Date: 21/05/2026
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life. EDI-Strategy
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