Bid Director

We're looking for a Bid Director to join our Major Project Construction team.

Location: Regional offices - Split between Basingstoke and LondonHours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to drive work-winning excellence across our Strategic Projects business, securing major projects and frameworks in key sectors including Education, Healthcare, Defence, and Custodial. You'll lead our bidding strategy on a key opportunity, working collaboratively with colleagues across the business to deliver compelling, industry‑leading submissions that truly showcase our value and expertise.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Bid Director, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in securing high‑value projects and frameworks across our priority sectors. Your day‑to‑day will include:

• Leading and inspiring multidisciplinary bid teams from inception through to contract award and mobilisation
• Developing winning bid strategies aligned with our business priorities and client needs
• Building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders to understand their requirements and position our offer effectively
• Overseeing bid quality, ensuring compliance, innovation, and commercial strength in all submissions
• Nurturing talent within your team through coaching, mentoring, and creating opportunities for professional growth

What are we looking for?

This role of Bid Director is great for you if:

• You have proven Pre‑Construction leadership experience with the ability to build trusted, collaborative relationships across teams
• You bring extensive pre‑construction and PCSA experience with a strong track record in crafting high‑quality, persuasive bid submissions
• You possess excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
• You have a solid understanding of commercial strategy and can translate this into winning proposals
• You're passionate about developing people and creating inclusive, supportive team environments
• Desirable experience would include Public Sector project exposure, NEC Contract and Major Programme experience.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case‑by‑case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.

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