Job Description
Henry Boot Construction is part of Henry Boot, one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses. Together, we are where great places start.
Henry Boot Construction is an award-winning contractor that’s committed to the highest possible standards. Known for building with integrity, authenticity and passion, we offer a full range of pre-construction and construction services in the industrial and logistics, residential and urban development sectors.
We have extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, including major projects such as the residential restoration of The Cocoa Works in York, the University of Sheffield AMRC’s aviation research and development facility and key schemes within Sheffield’s Heart of the City development.
We promote flexible and agile working opportunities; this role is either a part-time or full-time position (24-37.5 hours per week).
We pride ourselves on our first-class quality of work and long-lasting relationships with our clients, and we now need a Senior Bid Writer to join our established and successful team in Dronfield. Travel to Dronfield required at least once per month.
Your Role
This role is essential for the authoring and production of bids and supporting individual bid teams to maintain compliance and accuracy in tender submissions.
Key Accountabilities:
- Operate as an essential team member, working collaboratively and flexibly with Proposals Manager, Bid Coordinator and Bid Manager to create work-winning submissions;
- Contribute to content creation in support of Win Plans and Answer Plans taking account of word limits / other limitations as identified in instructions to tender;
- Lead on quality-oriented client deliverables, collate and refine HBC responses for submission;
- Research, author and format responses with inputs from the ‘boiler-plate’ library and engagements with bid team members;
- Coordinate response inputs from HBC colleagues, professional and construction supply chain partners. Coach and assist bid team to create compelling content;
- Ensure on-time review (including technical, peer and specialist) and sign-off is achieved on all quality-related content to accord with bid-specific authorisation levels and programme;
- Publish client deliverables in a compliant format to achieve tender deadlines;
- Maintain and evolve an up-to-date bid library comprising ‘boiler plate’ and subject-led responses;
- As required, perform as front-line on client comms on opportunity and tender management, supporting pre- construction and BD teams to monitor online portals;
- As required, manage SQ and ITT files as complete and accurate at all times, ensuring that bid teams have access to the most up-to-date information;
- As required, download and upload SQ and ITT information through the clients’ prescribed route. Track and manage correspondence;
- As required, perform as the primary link between bid team and the client for document management, Tender Queries and cascade of amendments;
- As required, identify tender deliverables and support Proposals Manager and/or Bid Manager to coordinate programme for internal and external resources to achieve prescribed deadlines;
- Proactively contribute in start-up, mid tender and red review meetings;
- Produce a range of bid-winning and client-facing collateral including case studies, presentations and proposal documents;
- Contribute to the operation and future development of the Company by communicating your suggestions and providing relevant information to the Proposals Manager;
- Provide reports to the Proposals Manager as and when requested;
- To report on a regular basis or as necessary to the Proposals Manager highlighting business opportunities, areas of concern or uncertainty;
- Maintain and build good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including suppliers, clients, prospective clients, sub-contractors and employees.
About You
Ideally, you will have experience with a range of procurement types including frameworks, single and two-stage tenders. Additionally, you will have experience operating across multiple simultaneous bids.
Our offer:
We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives.
We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.
- We pay you a competitive salary – we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
- We will provide you with access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
- We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;
- We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
- We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
- We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our Digital GP app;
- We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
- We give you 24 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
- We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
- We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however you become a parent;
- We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
- We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
- We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work.
We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please contact our people team (people@henryboot.co.uk)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date.
We are unable to accept applications from agencies who have not been directly instructed to act on our behalf, this includes communications shared with hiring managers, for more information, see the recruitment agency disclaimer on our Careers home page.