Commercial Senior Bid Writer Co-ordinator

4 weeks ago


United Kingdom Alternative Heat Ltd Full time
Job Description

Alternative Heat specialises in the Decarbonisation and Offsite prefabrication sectors and through continuous investment within our teams, and our facilities, we have grown strongly over the years and established ourselves as a leader within these fields.

We have had great success in securing and delivering public sector decarbonisation works throughout the UK over the last 18 years and are registered on a wide range of frameworks in relation same.

We see great potential for strong growth in the UK Decarbonisation sector in the next 10 years and are keen to support the development of our teams via integrating a Senior Bid Writer / Co-ordinator .

At Alternative Heat we have our own inhouse teams which include but are not limited to, Business Development, Pre-construction, Decarbonisation, Design, BIM, HSEQ, Commercial, Document control, and Contracts. We have a wealth of experience within the Decarbonisation sector and have developed a strong portfolio of projects successfully completed across the UK & Ireland in the last 18 years.

The key aim for the successful candidate within this role will be to help strategically target relevant future opportunities and engage with the relevant teams through the BID process to develop and submit a winning proposal through writing of a tender bid, co-ordination of the bid and successful, organised submission.

The tenders we are currently involved in typically range in value from £1 – £15 million pounds and have a delivery period of between 12 – 24 months.

Responsibilities include the introduction and implementation of all necessary bid procedures, governance, and processes.

What are we expecting from this role?

The ideal candidate will have experience of the bid writing within the M&E / construction sector, with an understanding of how a bid campaign should be co-ordinated from opportunity identification, through setting out and delivering opportunity overviews and engaging with the wider teams to present and review the opportunity in order to agree a Bid / No Bid outcome.

Once it has been agreed to proceed with an opportunity, they will have the confidence to engage with the wider teams and identify the input required from each department along with timelines for same to ensure they can pull together and present a winning proposal.

They will be an excellent communicator, meticulous and structured in their approach with the ability to schedule a prioritise both their own and their teams work to ensure deadlines are met.

They would be self-motivated with aspirations of growing the role with an ability to work to strict deadlines and a confident, flexible and positive attitude.

Core Responsibilities of role:
  • Integrate with sales and commercial team to assist in identification, evaluation and preparation of proposals for new opportunities.
  • Source public procurement sites and tender portals to identify suitable opportunities; working with the sales team to agree bid/no bid decisions and support the creation of ‘win’ strategies.
  • Management of new opportunities – including Expressions of Interest (EOIs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Invitations to Tender (ITTs) and pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQs)
  • Lead storyboard sessions with commercial, design and sales team members and key stakeholders for current and future opportunities.
  • Liaise with senior team to review and agree on how to format returns and set out timeline and appointed person for each task.
  • Co-ordination of a bid submission, including writing bid returns and identifying and re-working existing pre-written content where relevant.
  • Review and where necessary format and edit proposed responses from a variety of stakeholders, including, design, marketing, commercial and estimating teams to ensure responses are comprehensive and prepared in line with clients requirements.
  • Where appropriate, attend site meetings for potential/new projects to help develop and streamline proposal in line with client’s requirements.
  • Preparing and submitting tender returns via procurement portals.
  • Streamlining and formatting procurement data.
  • Integrate with Project Managers to co-ordinate handover of new projects from Pre-construction stage and assist them as required throughout delivery period.
  • Co-ordinating lessons learned meetings with key bid stakeholders.
  • Assisting in the preparation of a bid library including case studies and other reference materials required to support the quality element of tender returns.
  • Support, develop and mentor other members of the bid team as required.
  • Minimum of 3 years office based experience in a bids role
  • Previous experience in preparing and submitting tender bids within the construction sector for public sector works.
  • Computer literate with strong attention to detail.
  • Organised and structured approach to work with an ability to manage workloads.
  • Excellent Communication skills both verbally and written.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Word.

Location:

Hours:

8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday, 8.00am to 3.00pm Friday

Responsible to:

Head of Decarbonisation

About Us

The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UK’s Building Services providers. We design, develop and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Ireland.

Alternative Heat specialises in the design, supply and installation of a wide range of prefabricated energy solutions, typically built in NI and shipped throughout the UK and Ireland. We also offer turnkey design, build and operate solutions for commercial energy centers and large-scale district heating solutions and have experience with successfully procuring and delivering many similiar packages to a wide range of public body’s throughout Ireland and UK.

Employee Benefits:
  • Full in-house training
  • Health cash plan
  • Free annual health checks during working hours
  • 30 days annual leave increasing inline with length of service
  • Allocation of departmental annual Team Building budget

Join our growing team in this exciting and challenging role, send your CV and covering letter by clicking the “Apply now” link.

Alternative Heat is an equal opportunities employer.

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