Job Description

About the role

Our innovative thinking shapes our industry; equipping the world for tomorrows challenges.

Join our Rail team as a Senior Proposal Writer and you can contribute to tangible, worthwhile work you can be proud of!

This role is minimum 60% in an office / depot presence with larger proportion of attendance during peak times. Main office is Redhill but travel will be required to other offices.

What you\'ll be doing

As a Senior Proposal Writer, you will have the following accountabilities:

• Gather, collate and write material in order to meet the requirements for pre-qualification and tender submissions
• Work to a programme of deliverables to meet tender requirements
• Maintain regular communication with the work winning team
• Capture and support development of bid win themes from tender strategy meetings
• Write specific responses to questions in a PQQ or tender
• Keep up to date with project-specific case studies and value reports
• Produces bespoke material to support business development and account management activities
• Research and write supporting information for use in proposals, including case studies, CVs, project best practice and project innovations
• Proactively engage in knowledge management systems, capturing and submitting evidence for use in future bids
• Liaise with the operations teams in order to ensure that they are briefed on the details of the bid or PQQ and work with them on the resolution of technical responses
• Keep abreast of proposal best practice, including guidance to less experienced staff and those from other areas of the business
• Being hands on and work with Bid and Sales leads to drive winning solutions.
• Self starter for data collection from all regions on an ongoing basis to keep our Tender Library Up to Date (data sheets, case studies, CVs etc).
• Establishing digital smart working environments from online meetings to innovative digital atmosphere to drive efficient bid preparation.
• Encouraging all team members for Get Left initiatives, collecting customer data to increase bid scoring and database management with Proposals Management.
• Work with Inhouse BB communications team to produce graphics for the submissions

Who we\'re looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Previous experience in work winning / tendering environment
• An excellent standard of written English, with strong verbal communication skills
• Thorough knowledge and experience of the techniques and methods of proposal writing, and the requirements for quality presentations and customer-focused communication
• A thorough knowledge of Word and other Microsoft Office software
• Attention to detail and the ability to see tasks through to completion
• A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• A self-starter who can manage their own time and who proactively seeks and executes activities that will add value
• Has knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop an advantage
• Has good publishing experience to format submissions
• Has good report writing skills and willingness to improve HVS (High Value Sales) advanced writing
• Has ability to engage with and drive the team to produce quality outputs

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Thorough knowledge of InDesign publishing software
• Knowledge of the construction industry or experience within a project based organisation

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us

Our Rail business has an extensive legacy of rail expertise. Our teams safely deliver complex projects, from consultancy and design to all aspects of construction and maintenance. Using advanced plant and machinery, and unique innovations, we provide end-to-end solutions for our customers.

Our aim is to improve the passengers experience, and our teams create better journeys by increasing network capacity, improving reliability, and making our railways more efficient and sustainable.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence \'Employer Recognition Scheme\' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at:

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