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Senior Bid Writer

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Social Value Portal Ltd

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United Kingdom , Camberley

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BAM UK & Ireland's Infrastructure Segment are looking for enthusiastic senior bid writers to join our successful team winning work for the Infrastructure segment of BAM UK and Ireland, one of the UK’s major infrastructure contractors. We are a dynamic and creative team, always looking for better ways of working to keep ahead in a very competitive environment. We love the variety and challenge of different bids and we work with our bid teams across the UK. The role requires an open and adaptable approach to developing solutions, together with excellent communication and collaboration skills. We need people who can distil the most complex engineering concepts into plain English in a logical way with our customers in mind. You will be a key member of bid teams, shaping winning responses. You will organise and facilitate writing workshops, comply with bid programmes and process and present high quality content for review.

Job Responsibility:

  • Develop and finalise high scoring tender responses on time
  • Comply with the proposals development process and programme defined by the lead writer/ proposals manager
  • Attend all workshops and meetings as requested
  • Establish a thorough understanding of client objectives and develop responses in line with the proposals win strategy
  • Organise and facilitate collaborative writing workshops with section owners, contributors and other relevant people
  • Collaborate with section owners to develop a pink review and red review responses, complying with the bid programme
  • In collaboration with our Graphics team, produce high quality response graphics
  • Integrate review comments into developing responses
  • Finalise tender responses by bid programme deadlines
  • Contribute to any post-bid lessons learned exercise
  • Contribute to the development of case studies and the Work Winning Hub
  • Complete project, framework or business/ function case studies as requested
  • Contribute to the Work Winning Hub, including the development of answer guidance, as requested
  • Understand what differentiates BAM
  • Keep up-to-date with developments and innovations across the company and integrate the latest thinking into tender responses
  • Complete work for other ad hoc requests from within the Proposals team

Requirements:

  • Degree level or equivalent qualification (preferred)
  • APMP Foundation level (preferred)
  • Thorough knowledge of major infrastructure projects, clients and client drivers
  • Extensive experience of developing high scoring tender responses for major infrastructure bids following APMP principles
  • Collaboration in large tender teams (including JVs), subject matter experts and section owners
  • Proven ability to design and lead collaborative writing workshops
  • Development of case studies and quantified evidence
  • Working knowledge of how AI can aid proposal development
What we offer:
  • Company Car
  • Pension
  • Private Healthcare
  • Life Assurance
  • Competitive salary
  • A wide range of family-friendly policies
  • Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
  • 8 % matched pension contributions
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • 26 days holiday
  • 2 wellbeing days
  • 1 volunteering day
  • Personal and professional development

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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