Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Bid Writer to join their Plant & Fleet business unit to work in Derby.

 

Role Purpose:

To support the sustainable growth of the Plant & Fleet Services SBU by supporting the business with the production of market-leading bids, proposals, tenders, presentations and brochures. Also collating, analysing, and communicating sales pipeline opportunities.

 

You will have the following accountabilities:

• Working with business and work winning leads to identify, analyse and communicate opportunities for all parts of our diverse business;
• Acting as bid lead undertaking the management of the bid in line with Balfour Beatty’s governance processes;
• Manage and articulate a wide range of technical, commercial and work winning solutions to those at Senior Management and Board Level;
• Develop and manage a network of subject matter experts, working to articulate high quality technical work winning solutions to agreed deadlines;
• Lead and co-ordinate input and responses for all phases of the tendering process (PQQ, ITT) covering commercial and financial aspects;
• Identify, develop and re-work existing content in line with specific questions and individual client requirements;
• Develop bid responses using existing and new techniques with the ability to re-write / edit proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders.

You will have the following qualities and experience:

• Good communication and people skills;
• Demonstrate ability to multitask and adhere to deadlines;
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Proactive and solution focussed;
• Well-organised with a customer orientated approach;
• Excellent writing skill;
• Good numerical skill;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office;
• Educated to a degree level;
• Experience in writing/ bid management.