Bid Writer - Civil Engineering - Swindon in Lydiard Tregoze - CV-Library

A Global Tier One main contractor, responsible for major rail and highways projects, are seeking a talented Bid Writer to lead on the development and production of winning PQQ and Tender written responses.

Responsibilities:

Produce written responses for PQQs and Tenders including; unique responses, references, case studies, CVs (in liaison with Bid Coordinators) and project experience.

Support the Head of Submissions and Bid Managers in the production of PQQ and Tender responses, and associated components.  

Ensure compliance with the Work Winning processes and procedures to manage submissions and bid-related information.

Support briefings, kick-off meetings and progress meetings

Ensuring all tender documentation is presented to a uniformly high standard, editing and proofreading submission documents, as well as (when required) coordinating and supporting in the production and finalisation of documents

Facilitate storyboarding sessions with subject matter experts, taking ownership to completion.

Prepare graphics such as flow charts, diagrams and organisation charts as required to support high standard submissions.

Ongoing support of contributors with content development and responses, by assessing whether the questions are being answered (1st drafts and red review process) in liaison with Bid Coordinators.         

Provide feedback to the Head of Submissions, Bid Managers and Bid Coordinators of progress with responses.

Create the final publication, and with the team, ensure the bid is delivered to the client on time.

Maintain Themis (Document Management System) ensuring a complete record of the submission is maintained for future review or scrutiny.

Identify and re-work existing pre-written content where relevant.

Assist with Knowledge Management using Themis.

Work to demanding and changeable deadlines, in a highly pressured environment.

Person Specification:

Degree-educated (ideally English Literature) or journalistic / professional writing background.

Proof reading and formatting experience.

Ability to take ownership of a response/s (from concept to completion) and coordinate contributors, specialists and third party information (storyboarding) to produce a high quality (winning) response