Bid Writer

Skanska Building Services division provides complete Facilities Management of properties throughout the UK including Hospitals, Schools and Government buildings, providing mechanical and electrical engineering support, cleaning, catering and grounds maintenance on a planned and reactive basis, using technological solutions to manage our teams in the most efficient ways.

We are looking for a Bid Writer to join the team in Leavesden on a fixed term contract.

The purpose of the role will be to support the business to submit customer-centric PQQs, tenders and related documents that achieve high quality scores by enabling bid teams to respond to the customers needs by clearly answering the questions and communicating benefits.

You ll:

• To write well constructed, clear and highly engaging bid submissions that support a winning tender response and is aligned to what the customer wants.
• Enable bid teams to deliver high-quality draft responses through professional writing and editing support
• Analyse and understand PQQs and tenders quality scoring criteria and client requirements as well as the preferences of the target audience
• Facilitate win themes, storyboarding, answer planning and writing workshops. Write question analysis and response plans
• Work closely with subject matter experts and bid managers to develop and refine drafts into clearly articulated, well-structured, highly engaging responses that focus on the benefits of our solution to the customer, while ensuring consistency with house style and alignment with customer terminology
• Work with graphic designers to produce appropriate graphics that enhance the response
• Contribute to review meetings and consider review comments from review team to enhance PQQs and quality bid content

We re looking for:

• Minimum GCSE English Language Grade C or equivalent (desirable)
• Degree-level education (desirable)
• Prior experience from a bidding environment FM / MEP desirable)
• Excellent written English, with attention to detail
• Proven abilities in a professional writing capacity, delivering high-quality narrative to tight deadlines

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us.

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.