Bid Writer

We are working with a family owned contracting business near Southampton to help find them an experienced Bid Writer to join their wider bid and preconstruction team.

They work mainly on schemes in the education, health, leisure and commercial marketplaces on schemes from £2 to £10 million and you will be joining an experienced and established team to help continue the growth and expansion of the business.

Duties include the following:

• Write high-quality winning proposal documents, to including producing, coordinating and editing written content
• Manage the submissions process where required
• Contribute to the bid team at key stages of individual tender projects, gathering technical information from internal departments to compile and ensure a high-quality bespoke solution is offered to the client
• Actively participate in story boarding and development of strategic themes
• Ensure all proposals are prepared in line with tender programme requirements
• Ensure submissions are produced are to the highest quality and aligned with company bid management standards
• Be responsible for proofreading material and providing technical and commercial writing skills
• Assist with development of bespoke proposals, best practice information, technique guides, template answers and style sheets
• Build and develop relationships with key business sector teams
• Produce high-quality documents and submissions in line with identified deadlines
• Analysis and review of previous submissions and document learning for implementation in future bids
• Produce promotional/marketing materials and award submissions
• Manage the submission content as part of the wider bid process
• Assemble and shape construction information into compelling submissions
• Write and edit pre-qualification documents
• Write and edit capability statements and expression of interest documents
• Liaise with the wider Pre-construction team for technical content
• Create and edit presentations
• Capture and collate evidence to support submissions

Ideally candidates will have previous experience of working in the construction industry producing proposals and bids and experience of frameworks and local authority schemes would be an advantage.

This is a great time to join a growing business with established clients, secured turnover and money in the bank and they have a clear and defined growth strategy to increase turnover and profitability but not at the expense of their founding principles and ethos.

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Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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