Bid Manager Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Bid Manager – Scotland
Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Bid Manager to join our team based in Glasgow.
Working within a leading pre construction team, the Bid Manager will be afforded the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, including high value and technically complex bids for key clients across public and private sectors. Kier Construction take pride in delivering client-focussed, modern, efficient solutions to meet client needs across a wide range of projects spanning all sectors, including Education, Healthcare, MOD, Custodial, Commercial and Leisure.
Location: Glasgow, Scotland - Flexible working options with regular travel to office required
Contract: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday, with flexible hybrid working
Responsibilities
As a Bid Manager, you will lead the bid team, assembled from highly skilled members of our pre construction and operational teams. Working collaboratively, you will develop the bid strategy and effectively manage the whole bid lifecycle. Reporting to Senior Bid Manager, your day to day duties will include, but not be limited to:
- Take up early involvement opportunities with clients to fully understand needs, identify opportunities and tailor bid strategy.
- Assist in the assembly of bid teams, identifying key knowledge and expertise relevant to specific bids.
- Arrange and chair Bid Meetings with relevant stakeholders ensuring accurate and effective communication across stakeholders to set strategy, timescales and input obligations.
- Drive engagement and collaboration with subject matter experts to ensure timely receipt of technical information pertaining to bids.
- Interrogate information received from internal stakeholders to ensure accuracy and alignment with the Bid strategy.
- Guide, review, edit and generate bid writing output to ensure that returns are in line with the bid vision.
- Attend feedback sessions with the client and coordinate tender queries and amendments.
- Present confidently to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Actively seek out opportunities to facilitate further learning about MMC methodology, carbon reduction, industry and technological advancements to ensure Kier are at the vanguard of modern delivery.
Who are we looking for?
- An individual with proven experience in the built environment who has contributed to quality bid writing.
- Someone who has worked within the bid function for leading national or regional contractors.
- Strong negotiation and people influencing skills
- Someone who is collaborative, engaging, flexible, client-focussed, trusted.
Qualifications:
Relevant industry qualification (e.g. HND, degree, RICS, CIOB).
We’re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don’t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at [email protected] to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We’re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- Green Car scheme
- A free healthcare app, giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men’s health
- Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
- 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits
Who is Kier?
We’re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pd
Closing Date: 3rd May 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
Recruitment agencies – we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our careers help page.
