Bid Manager Civil Engineering Glasgow-Based UK-Wide Projects Permanent Full-Time Our client, a well-established and highly regarded civil engineering contractor, is looking to appoint a Bid Manager to support a growing pipeline of work across Scotland and the North East of England, largely driven by major energy and infrastructure projects. This opportunity is open to candidates from a range of backgrounds. Whether you are an experienced Bid Manager or a Senior Bid Writer looking to step up, this role offers the chance to take greater ownership of the bid function and play a key role in securing future work overseeing the full submissions process, contributing to bid strategy, and supporting the development of a small team of bid writers. The Role: Help to lead and manage the end-to-end bid process, from initial enquiry through to submission Take overall responsibility for the quality and delivery of submissions Work collaboratively with internal teams, including...

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the...

Location: Cheadle, United Kingdom Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex...

Bid Manager Location: Inverness Job Function: Bids (Pre-Construction / Build) Lead high-value bids from early engagement through to contract award, shaping winning strategies that maximise commercial performance and project success. This role could suit someone from a design management or pre-construction background looking to progress into bid management. We are seeking an experienced Bid Manager to join a well-established construction business operating across major projects in Scotland. This is a key pre-construction role, responsible for leading bids from early engagement through to tender submission and contract award, ensuring robust commercial, contractual, and strategic outcomes that maximise project success and margin. Key Duties: Lead the full bid process from inception through to contract award Develop win strategies, capture plans, and compelling bid submissions Prepare tender pricing, cost plans, and submission deliverables Lead bid reviews, risk workshops,...

Bid Manager now required to join this growing 40m business in the Midlands. As their new Bid Manager, you will be working for a market-leading specialist in low-carbon offsite construction , to lead their end-to-end tender process. Key Responsibilities Lead the bid lifecycle, ensuring all proposals are commercially robust, accurately costed, and offer clear value-engineering options. Develop detailed project programmes within bids, demonstrating the significant speed-of-build advantages of their offsite systems. Manage the end-to-end client experience during the tender phase, acting as a proactive partner to Tier 1 contractors and architects. About You Strong track record in bid management within the construction sector and for the healthcare/education build space. Strong grasp of project commercials and the ability to articulate complex timelines and schedules. A natural communicator who understands that a successful bid is built on trust and a seamless...

Bid Manager - Warrington Our client, a large Prestigious Main Contractor are recruiting for a Bid Manager to work on large contracts within Civil Engineering and Rail Projects. Location: Warrington Remuneration: 55,000 - 75,000 plus car / car allowance & benefits The role: The successful Bid Manager will be working on all aspects of bid management. Pre bid meetings through to post tender meetings. Bid progress meetings, offer support and guidance within the bid team. Requirements Civil Engineering Background Ideally Rail, Utilities or Aviation Experience Bid Management knowledge If interested in further details please contact John Baker or Katherine Oxlade Fusion People are committed to promoting equal opportunities to people regardless of age, gender, religion, belief, race, sexuality or disability. We operate as an employment agency and employment business. You'll find a wide selection of vacancies on our website.

Guildmore is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to join our growing team in the Midlands and North.The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and preparing high-quality, compliant, and compelling bid proposals, ensuring alignment with company objectives and client requirements. This is a strategic role requiring strong organisation, attention to detail, and the ability to work across multiple stakeholders to secure new projects. Key Responsibilities Bid and Tender Management Lead and coordinate the bid and tendering process. Complete PQQ (Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) forms and address client quality questions. Attend Bid/No-Bid meetings to assess project suitability. Participate in framework tendering processes as required. Collaboration and Stakeholder Management Work closely with Pre-construction Managers, Project Managers, and Design Managers to understand project requirements and client expectations....

Work Winning Manager / Senior Bid Manager - 65,000 - 85,000 per annum - Boldon, Newcastle - Hybrid Summary This is an exciting opportunity to take on a role where you'll be responsible for managing and delivering bids within an area of the business that turns over 25 million pa. You will play a key role in driving successful outcomes by providing clear direction, motivation, and support to the bid team - ensuring alignment with business goals and full compliance with company policies and procedures. Some of the key deliverables in this role will include: Provide leadership for bid team and keep up to date with industry movements and trends in order to demonstrate our credibility and influence current/prospective clients. Work with the Business Development Managers to identify and convert work winning opportunities into profitable contracts, in line with business strategy. Develop and maintain a network of external relationships, to raise the company profile,...

About Filtronic plc Filtronic designs and manufactures advanced RF and mmWave solutions that enable high-frequency communications across the Space, Aerospace, Defence and Telecoms sectors. Our technology underpins critical applications, from satellite communications to next-generation sensing systems, where performance, precision and reliability are paramount. The Opportunity We are looking to appoint an additional Bid Manager to play a key role in delivering high-quality, winning proposals across a diverse and technically advanced portfolio. Reporting to the Lead Bid Manager, you will take ownership of bids from early qualification through to submission and handover. Working cross-functionally with engineering, sales, finance and operations, you will help shape compelling, commercially sound proposals that reflect our technical strengths and deliver real customer value. This is an exciting opportunity to operate both independently and as part of a collaborative bid...

About Filtronic plc Filtronic designs and manufactures advanced RF and mmWave solutions that enable high-frequency communications across the Space, Aerospace, Defence and Telecoms sectors. Our technology underpins critical applications, from satellite communications to next-generation sensing systems, where performance, precision and reliability are paramount. The Opportunity We are looking to appoint an additional Bid Manager to play a key role in delivering high-quality, winning proposals across a diverse and technically advanced portfolio. Reporting to the Lead Bid Manager, you will take ownership of bids from early qualification through to submission and handover. Working cross-functionally with engineering, sales, finance and operations, you will help shape compelling, commercially sound proposals that reflect our technical strengths and deliver real customer value. This is an exciting opportunity to operate both independently and as part of a collaborative bid...

If you’re a Bid Manager motivated by complex, high value opportunities that shape public services, this role offers genuine scope to operate strategically and push your capability further. Job title: Bid Manager Job Description: Why this role is different You’ll join Capita’s Win Centre, a centralised, specialist bidding function supporting some of the most significant and complex public sector opportunities, including major Local Government and Regional Partnership deals, multi-million-pound, multi-workstream pursuits, long-cycle strategic bids and priority growth areas such as emerging and AI-enabled solutions. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys ownership, influence, and complexity, and who seeks to work on bids that genuinely matter. The role As a Bid Manager, you’ll own the end‑to‑end delivery of complex bids from qualification through to signature, working as part of a dedicated bid team led by experienced Capture Directors. You’ll be...

We are recruiting for an experienced Bid Manager for an established Tier 1 contractor operating across the M3 and M4 corridors on schemes up to 90 million. The business are an established business across the UK and have a brilliant reputation with clients for honesty and quality of delivery and are trusted by supply chain and suppliers as someone they want to work with out of choice. They work solely on framework and negotiated schemes in the Education, Care, NHS, MOD, MOJ and local authority worlds ranging from 20 to 90 million and are on 2 stage basis. The role of Bid Manager is join an existing preconstruction team where you will get involved at in initial stages with selection of which bids to target - they are a selective business and will only work on bids that will benefit the business and they are confident they can deliver for the client. From there you will start to work with the wider precon team to devise, strategise and build up the best possible bid you...

Job Title: Bid Manager Location: Coventry, UK Core Hours: 08:00-16:35 (Mon Thu) 08:00-15:10 (Fri) Vacancy Type: Full-time, Permanent, Site-based, Hybrid,UK Remote Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 (subject to experience) + Discretionary Bonus JOB SUMMARY NP Aerospace is seeking an experienced Bid Manager to help deliver current contracts and win future business by leading the development of clear, compelling and commercially robust proposals that align to our strategic objectives. You will manage bids end to end, from bid and no bid through to contract acceptance, coordinating inputs across engineering, programmes, operations, procurement, quality, cost engineering and senior leadership. A key part of the role is owning our Social Values and ESG written responses, ensuring they are credible, compliant and competitive. Working across our UK and North American business units, you will interpret customer requirements, shape win themes, manage bid plans and...

Willmott Dixon Construction are looking for a Proposals Manager to join our Wales & West regional team in our Bristol office. The main role of a Proposals Manager at Willmott Dixon is to manage the quality of submissions and actively work with our Project Managers to develop the quality of bids. You will be able to assess technical bid requirements and lead the bid teams to develop a winning solution. You will ensure the formal bid process is followed, providing recommendations for continuous improvement. Through your writing, reviewing and editing of drafts you will ensure our submissions persuasively convey our offer to the customer by communicating key win themes within our responses, ensuring we score highly against the evaluation criteria. Working with subject matter experts, you will conceptualise and create visual elements to help tell the story, whilst also contributing to the 'look and the feel' of our offering. With a strong awareness of bidding best practice, you...

Security Solutions Architect -Home-Based 54 + 6k car allowance About Us Our client is an Independent Security Systems Integrator, with expertise built over four decades delivering security solutions for high-security, public space, transport, and infrastructure projects throughout the UK and Ireland. Job Description This role will be responsible for defining designs and solution architectures that are robust, cost-effective and are tailored to ensure the utmost value to our customers. A key element of the role is ensuring the design remains truly customer focused, fit for purpose and in line with standards and policies. The principal responsibility of the technical team is to ensure a high quality of technical and commercial input during the bidding process and the smooth transition from design to project delivery. A deep understanding of customer requirements during the design stage is clearly captured, documented, and delivered upon through design, delivery and...

Preconstruction Project Manager Due to a strong pipeline of work Willmott Dixon are looking for a dynamic Preconstruction Project Manager (Second Stage Bid Manager) to join our Wales & West region in Exeter. Supporting our preconstruction team in the South West, you will be based in our Exeter office but we also know that work isn't the only important aspect of your life so we are happy to support flexible working and working from home wherever possible. Reporting to the Preconstruction Manager, the successful person will demonstrate true leadership and manage both internal and external resources to deliver successful bids, on time, within budget and to the highest quality, ensuring our customers' expectations are met and, wherever possible, exceeded. Essentially project managing the preconstruction bid process. With a proven track record of successful projects, you will be responsible for leading two-stage/negotiated tenders for projects ranging in value from 10m to 80m...

Work Winning Manager / Senior Bid Manager - 65,000 - 85,000 per annum - Boldon, Newcastle - Hybrid Summary This is an exciting opportunity to take on a role where you'll be responsible for managing and delivering bids within an area of the business that turns over 25 million pa. You will play a key role in driving successful outcomes by providing clear direction, motivation, and support to the bid team - ensuring alignment with business goals and full compliance with company policies and procedures. Some of the key deliverables in this role will include: Provide leadership for bid team and keep up to date with industry movements and trends in order to demonstrate our credibility and influence current/prospective clients. Work with the Business Development Managers to identify and convert work winning opportunities into profitable contracts, in line with business strategy. Develop and maintain a network of external relationships, to raise the company profile,...

A full-time opportunity exists for an accomplished civil engineering Estimator, to join a tier one international Contractor. Your proven ability to prepare accurate and detailed estimates including early contractor engagements, is sought. Your duties will include To produce a competitive price/tender by factoring in labour, plant, material, subcontracts, temporary works, staff, preliminaries and risk. Agree methodologies for key activities with Bid Manager, Planner, Project Manager and Design Manager Price alternative design solutions Advise the Bid Manager of sufficiency of the client s bill of quantities Prepare final pricing documentation for inclusion with tender submission Liaise with Bid Manager to address any post tender clarifications/amendments Hand over successful bids Review and learn from unsuccessful bids Requirements for this role include Preferably a civil engineering qualification followed by hands on site delivery experience...

Preconstruction Project Manager Due to a strong pipeline of work Willmott Dixon are looking for a dynamic Preconstruction Project Manager (Bid Manager) to join our Midlands region. Supporting our preconstruction team in the West Midlands, you will be based in our Birmingham office but we also know that work isn't the only important aspect of your life so we are happy to support flexible working and working from home wherever possible. Reporting to the Preconstruction Manager, the successful person will demonstrate true leadership and manage both internal and external resources to deliver successful bids, on time, within budget and to the highest quality, ensuring our customers' expectations are met and, wherever possible, exceeded. Essentially project managing the preconstruction bid process. With a proven track record of successful projects, you will be responsible for leading two-stage/negotiated tenders for projects ranging in value from 10m to 150m across a range of...

MB854: Estimator Location: Swindon Salary: £70,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Enhanced Pension Contributions Overview: First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit an Estimator on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Swindon depot. Duties and Responsibilities: Ensure company governance procedures are followed at all times Work in coordination with the Bid Manager to ensure competitive pricing Agree methodologies and outputs for key activities with planner and, where appropriate, with Bid Manager / Design Manger Provide advice to Bid Manager / Design Manager on most cost effective design options Price alternative design solutions Procedure competitive price using methodologies and outputs etc to suit conditions/ situations relevant to...