Job Details
Bid Manager.
London.
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Bid Manager into a key strategic position within our UK wide Mission Critical and Data Centres sector. The role requires clear thinking, strong strategic skills, the ability to create empathy and rapport with both internal colleagues, external consultants and clients, and the leadership skill to harness a team to produce outstanding bid documents.
About us
Problem solvers who care how a space makes you feel when you step inside – who bring buildings to life. We overcome every challenge with ingenuity, determination, and pride.
We take personal responsibility to achieve a shared vision, combining strong relationships with technical excellence. When we embark on a project journey, we are making a commitment to the client and to each other.
Hoare Lea is an award-winning consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. We provide innovative strategies and solutions to overcome complex engineering and design challenges within the built environment. Irrespective of the complexity of a challenge, we provide a full range of sustainable, environmental, and engineering capabilities that bring buildings to life and ensure positive outcomes for both people and planet.
Hoare Lea is also a member of Tetra Tech’s High Performance Buildings Group, a global alliance of built-environment problem solvers.
Why work for us?
Be part of progressive and exciting client centric focus and experience how we innovate across multiple market sectors and business transformation needs.
Collaborate with the industry’s best, working with a wide range of built-environment specialists, client groups and challenging projects that have a positive impact for people and the planet.
Opportunity to join our structured Career Paths framework and challenge yourself to increase your personal impact and value to the firm and beyond.
The role
The Bid Manager will be dedicated to the Mission Critical sector team and play a pivotal role in developing and harmonising the bidding and marketing collateral for the Mission Critical sector across the UK offices interacting with various internal disciplines. The Bid Manager will have ultimate responsibility for collating all the required input(s) to produce compelling bid documents that will realise a step-change improvement in the firm’s bidding conversion rate.
Moreover, the Bid Manager will assemble and lead the sector’s core bid team to produce industry-leading, project-winning bid proposals and documents, setting the standard for all Hoare Lea’s bids.
Taking ownership of the end-to-end bid process, the Bid Manager will be responsible for managing an opportunity from EoI/qualification through to contract award, working with the relevant sector team members and central management support to capture and promote the value proposition, commercial considerations, and risk management aspects, as well as supporting the delivery team to develop the strategy and solutions, aligned with the Hoare Lea brand.
What we are looking for
This role requires someone with outstanding organisational and communication skills, with great energy and attention to detail, possessing a ‘can-do’ attitude and with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
The successful candidate will be able to inspire the team and be able to build strong relationships and influence at all levels, across specialisms and with senior colleagues.
You will have a proven track record of securing high-value complex engineering, consultancy and construction services solutions. Ideally you will already have an excellent understanding of the built environment and construction industry.
In addition, you will have strong bid management experience at a senior level with a proven ability to win work in a bidding and estimating environment.
Experience in leading and empowering a wider bid team is a must, as well as proven experience in developing and implementing bid winning strategies.
In addition, you must be computer literate and particularly proficient with Microsoft Office suite.
Our benefits
To reward your hard work and commitment we offer both core and flexible benefits, a competitive salary and industry-leading training and development to support you throughout your career.
Core benefits
Private medical scheme
Life Assurance
Income protection
Travel Allowance – electric car scheme
days annual leave, increasing to with length of service
Contributory pension scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced Paternity, Maternity & Shared Parental Leave
Season Ticket Loans
Professional membership subscription
Flexitime
Flexible benefits
