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Bid Writer

Randstad Construction & Property
Posted 4 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Slough, Berkshire SL13XX, England

Salary

£35,000 - £42,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A leading contracting business is seeking an experienced Bid Writer for their regional office near Slough, focusing on projects in education, retail, health, leisure, and commercial sectors.
  • The role involves creating high-quality proposal documents, managing the submissions process, and collaborating with the bid team to ensure tailored solutions for clients.
  • Candidates should have prior experience in the construction industry, particularly in producing proposals and bids, although those from other sectors with strong writing skills are also encouraged to apply.
  • The position offers a salary between £40,000 to £50,000 per year and requires a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
  • The company values diversity and promotes equality, welcoming applications from all backgrounds and providing support for applicants as needed.

We are working with one of the largest contracting businesses in the country to find them an experienced Bid Writer to join their wider bid and preconstruction team from their regional office near Slough

They work on fame-work and 2 stage negotiated work on schemes in the education, retail, health, leisure and commercial marketplaces on schemes from £10 to £120 million across the M4 Corridor, Reading and Oxfordshire patches.

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 would be an advantage but the role is content and quality driven so applications from talented individuals from outside the construction industry would be welcomed.

If you are looking to work on complex, high profile schemes, test yourself and want the opportunity to Lean and develop your skills, work as part of a wider precon team and get experience of working with bid managers, estimators, design managers and have the opportunity to change lanes and learn new skills this is the role and company for you so apply today

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.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.