Bid Writer

Bid Writer (Southern Home Counties Business)

Location: Brighton
Office Based, with flexibility for occasional remote working

We are looking for an experienced and talented Bid Writer to work as part of the Preconstruction Team, as proposals lead to create high quality submission documents that help the business win work within the Southern Home Counties Business. This position is office based, with flexibility for occasional remote working.

About Morgan Sindall
Morgan Sindall Construction is an Investors in People Platinum employer providingnational construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets. Together, we create great results for our customers, partners and people. We are one of the UK’S most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, our employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.

About the role:

You will be working within our Construction London & Home Counties business, where you will:

Understand the drivers within each sector and for various clients

Produce winning bid documents with style structure and persuasion

Support BD in scheme Research, pipeline and events management.

Develop and support Proposal Coordinator Skills development

Hold Brainstorming and Proposal Workshops

Align and develop themes and a coherent winning bid strategy

Share ideas to raise the standard of submissions

Engage with the wider bid/project team to ensure all ideas are captured and developed

Liaise with tender and project team and prepare CVs

Liaise with team to identify and develop key themes

Attend launch meeting and agree deliverables and deadlines

Attend site visit

Design and order folders and tender deliverables

Arrange and facilitate workshops with bid team

Draft executive summary distribute key win themes and ideas to the team

Review answers from the team; check for consistency etc

Keep the team on track with the “end” deadline so the document can be reviewed by a third party

Post tender/mid tender – help the team to prepare for any interviews and pull a presentation together

Agree and incorporate feedback

Ideally you will have:

Experience with creative writing and structuring of winning bids

Previous experience of developing proposals

What are we looking for?

As an experienced Bid Writer, you will be qualified to degree level. Have the ability to understand procedures and policies of the organisation, deal effectively with colleagues, work well either alone or as part of a team, good writing, analytical and problem-solving skills, follow oral and written instructions, Microsoft Office and Creative suite competent, manage and coordinate with third parties, including authors, and animators.

To thrive in our business, you should share our passion for the project at hand and enjoy working in an inclusive and hardworking team environment. At Morgan Sindall Construction our employees work collectively, encouraging and challenging each other to succeed. Across our business we treat everyone equally and have developed a community where voices are heard, and respected.

What can we offer you?

Working in our Southern Home Counties business, you will be part of a growing and dynamic team of people who are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun construction environment. No day will be the same and we challenge each other to deliver what’s right for our customers.

Our culture is so important to us and defines the way we go about our business. We are inclusive, supportive and team focused and take pride in the longstanding and committed relationships we have with our supply chain partners.

Our culture places a huge amount of trust in our team – we all know what is expected of us and we are committed to delivering as individuals and as a team.

We are Morgan Sindall Construction London and Home Counties Region

Our people in London and Home Counties are encouraged and rewarded to work as a team to achieve our Perfect Delivery philosophy. The success of this strategy to: find – win – deliver – repeat has yielded a healthy forward order book, enabling us to focus on strengthening our long-term work winning capability in our primary sectors of: education, public sector frameworks, civic buildings, leisure, investment linked opportunities and healthcare.

Our commitment to our people is as strong as the commitment to our clients. At Morgan Sindall Construction we recognise that our employees play a vital role in helping us achieve our goals. As a result, the company develops and promotes these employees who share their same sense of dedication. Our strength is our people whose skills, knowledge and integrity keep us at the forefront of our industry.

If you are interested in furthering your career in an inclusive and supportive environment, apply to us today.

Equality Statement

Morgan Sindall Construction seeks to recruit the best person for each of our roles, based on merit alone and free from bias. We’re committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We recruit individuals who embody our core values of professionalism, expertise and trust which has given us a fantastic variety of people and cultures across our organisation.

We celebrate our diverse teams who make Morgan Sindall Construction the inclusive, collaborative and rewarding place it is to work. We hire the best in the industry, provide them the support to achieve their goals and challenge them to make a real impact on our business. If you want to join an organisation that truly sees and harnesses what makes you unique, apply to us today.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Our aim is to create a workplace built on acceptance, respect, and inclusion, where everyone feels that they belong and can make a meaningful contribution. We encourage applicants regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family, or parental status.Morgan Sindall Construction is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation. Our recruitment process should be accessible to all. If you need any assistance or accommodation during the recruitment process, please email. [email protected]