MB906: Head of Bid Management
Location: Swindon
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 + Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Head of Bid Management on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Swindon depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:
*To provide strategic management to bid teams.
*Ensuring bid teams are established to perform and meet the work winning targets.
*Ensuring that Company and Corporate governance/ procedures are adhered to at all stages of bids.
*Leading, motivating and energising bid teams and individuals.
*Coaching, encouraging and maintaining positivity within teams.
*Proactive participation and contribution to the Work Winning leadership team.
*Ability to monitor and influence multiple bids concurrently.
*Ability to solve challenging problems and influence others to get excellent results.
*Ability to achieve desired outcomes from individuals and groups not immediately within the work winning team.
*Liaising, leading and removing barriers for other work winning functions to ensure adequate support to successful tenders.
*Engaging with the wider operational team to gain buy-in before, during and after bidding.
*Liaising with Operations and Project Directors to ensure full support of bid development.
*Filtering of key information to senior team as required to facilitate timely and informed decision making.
*Proactively identifying and solving issues within organisation, individual and logistics to facilitate bid process and production.
*Able to encourage and harness creative and imaginative proposals from within team encouraging development of the best possible solution.
*Driving, developing and reviewing bid strategies regularly through the bid process
*Aligning Bid strategies with sector and organisational aims and aspirations.
*Reviewing the tender process at internal reviews to ensure it allows creative thinking and improvement.
*Recruitment and agency appointments as required.
*Chair bid managers regular meetings.
*Line management of Bid Managers.

Skills and Qualifications:
*Solid understanding of contract, technical and pricing processes to allow challenge of proposed strategies.
*Solid understanding of industry processes, able to lead storyboard sessions as required, challenge preconceptions and clear understanding of features and benefits within a submission.
*Sound knowledge of the UK construction market.
*Knowledge of relevant procurement legislation.
*Sound knowledge of Civil Engineering.
*Commercial awareness of different forms of contract.
*Strong presentation and client communication skills.

MB906: Head of Bid Management
Location: Swindon
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 + Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP