Bid Manager

We are looking to recruit a Bid Manager (Preconstruction) for our Construction South region due to an increased pipeline of work. With offices in Weybridge, Dartford and Farnborough, we deliver projects across multiple sectors in the South East, including: London, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset.
At Willmott Dixon you are supported to work in a hybrid way from our offices, home and attending customer meetings to ensure that you achieve a work/life balance and deliver a successful bid service.
Reporting to our Preconstruction Manager, you will demonstrate true leadership and project management skills to deliver successful bids, on time, within budget and to the highest quality. You will have a proven track record of managing projects and will be responsible for leading both single and two-stage tenders for projects ranging in value from £10m to £100m across a range of sectors, including Homes, Education, Leisure, Commercial, Blue Light and Health. At Willmott Dixon we operate through several frameworks, allowing for a greater probability of seeing your hard work come to life.

As a Bid Manager at Willmott Dixon, you will be responsible for:

• Leading in identifying the key knowledge experts who are relevant to specific bids and arrange meetings with these stakeholders to set strategy, timescales and input obligations. Once the team are identified you will lead and manage this team of internal and external resource.
• Coordinating inception workshops with our customers to ensure we truly understand their needs and their 'Why?'.
• Managing the customers' expectations through continuous communication and ensuring we build and maintain good working relations.
• Developing and incorporating project strategies to achieve Willmott Dixon's sustainability objectives.
• Ensuring regular monitoring and reporting on progress, managing potential risks and opportunities, and instigating pre-emptive and corrective actions as required.
• Maintaining continuous professional development of yourself and your team to ensure appropriate technical awareness, implementing best practice and driving continuous improvement.
• Maintaining a 'one team' approach throughout to create a seamless transition from preconstruction to operations.

For this role, you will need proven experience of:

• Project management skills
• Commercial acumen
• Proven leadership skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Communication skills
• A technical understanding of complex construction schemes
• Experience of delivering outstanding customer and stakeholder service and management

Desirable skills:

• A construction related degree
• CIOB membership or equivalent
• Experience of working on bids in the construction sector

Additional Information

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.
Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose beyond profit is to deliver brilliant buildings, transform lives, strengthen communities, and enhance the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and trusted privately owned business where our people can thrive.
Construction is changing and we are at the forefront of that change. Pioneering new ways to build, innovating the way construction is viewed and establishing ourselves as one of the top employers in any industry. It truly is an amazing company in one of the most exciting industries with a vast array of professional career paths.
Willmott Dixon has just been awarded No 1 in the Best "Big" Companies (2022) to work for and already holds the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.