Bid Manager – Rail

About The Role

Shape winning bids. Build trusted partnerships. Help deliver the infrastructure of tomorrow. We are looking for a Bid Manager to lead and co‑ordinate the full bid lifecycle, securing profitable work and delivering solutions that make a lasting difference.

Base location is flexible with office options in London, Derby, Birmingham and Warrington.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the development and delivery of bid strategies that support profitable growth and align with business priorities.
• Build strong, positive relationships with customers and their representatives to understand requirements, priorities and opportunities.
• Manage bid budgets, programmes, governance documentation and key submission deliverables.
• Co‑ordinate input from technical, legal, commercial, financial, planning, sustainability and supply chain teams to create clear and compelling bid content.
• Oversee customer presentations, tender settlement meetings and approvals for major or multiple bids.
• Lead bid management processes, including clarification registers, document control, risk registers, meeting records and tender settlement documentation.
• Gather customer and competitor intelligence, including SWOT analysis, to strengthen our offer.
• Support innovation within bids, including digital toolsets, BIM, 5D cost planning and submissions technology where relevant.
• Lead the handover of secured work to delivery teams, ensuring a smooth transition from bid to project mobilisation.
• Champion Balfour Beatty’s values, focusing on Zero Harm, sustainability and doing the right thing.

Who we’re looking for

• Experience managing bid services within construction, infrastructure or engineering environments.
• A sound understanding of current procurement routes, including framework procurement.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and relationship‑building skills.
• Strong bid writing, IT and numeracy skills, with attention to detail and a focus on quality.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and maintain momentum across multiple workstreams.
• A proactive approach to innovation, continuous improvement and customer intelligence.
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE, MICE or MIStructE is desirable.
• A valid CSCS card is required.
• Knowledge of Lean Construction, BIM, best practice solutions or 5D cost planning would be advantageous.

Benefits

• Smart working, including staggered start and finish times, with up to 40 % remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family‑friendly policies: 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

Diversity & Inclusion

We encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, reservists, people with disabilities and all other groups. We are a Disability Confident Employer and provide interview accommodation where required.

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