Job Description

We have an excellent opportunity for a Bid Manager to join our team in Leeds in a key role with the work winning and pre construction space.

Role:

Bid Manager

Location

: Leeds

Hours

:37.5 Hours P/W Full Time but we can offer some flexibility on hours if desired so just let us know

Why This Role?

As a Bid Manager, you'll be at the heart of our pre-construction strategy, collaborating with senior stakeholders to drive successful tendering outcomes. You'll lead bid teams, craft compelling strategies, and ensure our submissions reflect innovation, precision, and client-centric thinking.

What You'll Be Doing:

Engage early with clients to understand needs and tailor bid strategies for high value, technically complex projects. Assemble and lead bid teams with the right expertise across disciples such as planning, design, commercial, operational delivery, digital, health and safety and environmental. Chair bid meetings, set timelines, and coordinate stakeholder input and manage outputs in line with the tender programme. Collaborate with subject matter experts to gather technical insights, collate and incorporate into Tender. Review and refine bid content to align with strategic goals. Present confidently to internal and external stakeholders both in person and remote in interview situations. Stay ahead of industry trends, including MMC, BIM, and Lean Construction to ensure we are at the forefront of modern costruction methods.

What You'll Bring:

Degree level, or equivalent, qualification in a relevant discipline - Construction management/ quantity surveying/ architecture etc Proven experience managing bids in a Tier 1 construction environment. Strong technical/commercial construction knowledge. Deep understanding of framework procurement Familiarity with BIM, Lean Construction, and 5D cost planning (desirable). Full UK Driving License

Our Values:

We're looking for someone who embodies our core values:

Collaborative:

Work seamlessly with colleagues, clients, and partners.

Trusted:

Be open, honest, and build mutual trust.

Focused:

Deliver excellence with purpose and precision.

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.





We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier





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