Senior Bid Writer

Career Opportunity: Senior Bid Writer

To strengthen our Pre-Contract Proposals team, we are recruiting for a Senior Bid Writer. We are looking for someone who either comes from a construction background and has great writing skills, or has a journalistic background. Some understanding of construction and the environment would be beneficial, although not essential as our in-house team have the experience for the right candidate to grow and progress. This role is based in our Ipswich Head Office, with flexible home working to support a healthy work/life balance.

As our new Senior Bid Writer, you will join a dynamic, innovative, focused and engaged team, tackling an increase in workload from a variety of key clients, including the Environment Agency, National Highways, local authorities, and private clients. We want to work with someone who will ask the right questions to get the best information out of our site teams. You will uncover the ‘why, how, who and when’ from our project teams, then develop and write case studies and specialist evidence pieces which demonstrate and showcase Jackson’s principles and values.

Skills required:

You will be working in a team that must meet tight deadlines for each tender submission. You will need to collaborate with head office planners and estimators as well as reach-out to our regions

Working as part of a tight team, you will need to manage your time efficiently, appreciate how other departments work, and learn how to get the best out of them during each tender

Exceptional writing skills, ideally in the construction or a related industry are key to this role. If you are selected for interview we will ask you to take part in a written exercise that will allow us to best assess the skills you are able to bring to this role

Working with our Communications Officer to create case studies that will enhance our bids

Developing ideas for how we should best use our evidence to demonstrate Jackson's competencies and experience to our clients, and bringing these back to the team for discussion

Learning lessons, individually and for the business, will lead to fresh ideas that may appeal to our clients and prove key to winning work. Bespoke training will be provided to further develop and harness your skills.

An awareness and understanding of wider aspects,  such as social value, stakeholder management and environmental mitigation would be an advantage.

Main responsibilities:

Gathering, collating and managing quality information for business-critical bids and tenders

Compiling, writing and presenting quality information for tender submissions

Working with our pre-contracts planners and estimators to interpret methodologies for written submissions

Understanding our clients’ needs to exceed their expectations and win work

Visiting live project worksites to appreciate how the won work is being delivered on the ground

Reflecting a positive image for Jackson Civil Engineering across the wider market place

Researching and writing case studies, project profiles and similar documents to enhance our database

Reviewing results of previous tender submissions to learn lessons and continually improve

Coordinating any associated tasks such as presentations, tender interviews and awards submissions

Ensuring all work complies with quality, health, safety and environmental policies and procedures

Excellent benefits package and personal development opportunities:

We don’t just offer a great place to work with a supportive, family atmosphere. We also offer:

Life assurance cover (4x annual salary)

Company pension scheme (we match up to 6%)

25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday)

Extra holiday for long service

Extensive training programmes

Cycle-to-work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee benefits platform

Free on-site parking

A bright, modern, open plan office

Company social calendar

Regular fun days hosted in the office, and a broad range of charity events

A supportive business that genuinely wants to help you progress in your career

‘The Great Escape’ – leaving work early every Friday!

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

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We also place high importance on our inclusive recruitment policy and will do our very best to support those applicants who may need adjustments to take part in the recruitment process. Please do let us know if you require any additional assistance or adjustments on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within two weeks, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful