Senior Bid Manager - Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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We are seeking an experienced Senior Bid Manager with strong leadership qualities and a proven track record of winning major bids within the infrastructure sector. Working closely with the bid leadership team, and the Head of Major Bids for Infrastructure, this role is critical to driving our continued success. The role will oversee the development of multimillion pound bid responses and ensure and ensure high quality submissions. 

The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to quickly interpret complex bid requirements and lead effective bid planning, bid management, and support storyboarding sessions.  

Key responsibilities include managing bid timelines, ensuring deadlines are met, and that submissions are upload ready.  The role will also involve project setups, coordinating timelines across the supply chain, and working with the Infrastructure Head of Major Bids to manage the forward pipeline. This includes ensuring visibility of upcoming opportunities, managing JV setups, coordinating timelines across the supply chain, and working with the Infrastructure Head of Major Bids to manage the forward pipeline. This includes ensuring visibility of upcoming opportunities, facilitating early bid team engagement, and overseeing the development and management of the two BG Infra bid support team members. 

Additionally, the Senior Bid Manager will work with the Business Generation and Knowledge management team to ensure best practice responses are shared across the wider business. Business Generation experience in marketing, including pursuits and branding would be beneficial. 

Responsibilities: 

• Coordinate and support developing PQQ/ITT responses incorporating the requirements of the specification, within strict timescales 

• Incorporate local knowledge, evidence/research and writing style/branding ensuring bid is targeted to defined audience, consisting of evidence based and innovative approaches as advised by experts across the organisation and best practice 

• Incorporate input from bid partners, technical experts and wider team as necessary, to ensure a consistent and coherent final bid against scoring criteria 

• Provide structured format and template for others contributing to bid. Proofread for checking consistency and correct grammar as necessary and provide constructive feedback to ensure meaningful and succinct information is obtained 

• Ensure bid is submitted for review for internal quality assurance and governance processes 

• Work flexibly across the organisation to support Directors dependent on tender activity to ensure a unified and consistent approach to bids 

• Following submission of bid, extract key information from tender and manage information in-line with information management processes and following internal feedback analysis processes 

• Support team with Technical or Policy Writing when necessary 

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting for weekly and quarterly reports to executive level audience 

• Support Business Generation with any other activity as required 

• Team player who is willing to adapt to changing priorities of the business 

• Contribute openly to the team with innovations and ideas to ensure the success and development of the company 

Education & Professional Qualifications 

• Master’s degree / Degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, English, or another relevant discipline (or equivalent experience). 

• APMP or Project Management qualification (beneficial). 

• Professional membership of a recognised institution (desirable). 

Experience 

• Proven track record of managing and supporting major bids. 

• Extensive knowledge and experience of the infrastructure sector. 

• Demonstrated success in CV polishing and contributing to winning bid submissions. 

• Proven analytical, organisational and problem-solving abilities, supported by a strong track record solving abilities, supported by a strong track record of delivery. 

• Experience in developing and supporting the growth of junior colleagues. 

Technical Skills 

• High level of proficiency in MS Office and strong overall IT literacy. 

• Strong formatting and visual editing skills, and proof reading assurance capability, including adherence to word/page limits. 

• Excellent management and communication skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy. 

• Understanding how AI tools can support and enhance the bid process. 

Core Behaviours & Competencies 

• Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, manage multiple deadlines, and maintain high quality outputs. 

• Confident communicator with the ability to build credible, collaborative relationships across senior stakeholders and bid teams. 

• Effective stakeholder management skills. 

• Flexible, adaptable, and able to respond effectively to changing business priorities. 

• Strong team player who contributes ideas, supports continuous improvement, and promotes best practice 

• Wider Business Generation skills 

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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