Senior Bid Manager

We're looking for a Senior Bid Manager to join our Infrastructure team based in Salford, Waterbeach and other Infrastructure hubs.

Location: Salford, Waterbeach, and other Infrastructure hubs nationwide - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Bid Manager, you'll be working within the Infrastructure team, supporting them in winning sustainable, profitable infrastructure work aligned with the business strategy. You'll play a pivotal role in leading the development and delivery of large, complex infrastructure tenders. This position spans both Highways Term Maintenance and a broader range of infrastructure projects, including major highways schemes, structures, intelligent transport systems, public realm, utilities, and multi-disciplinary civil engineering works for public and regulated-sector clients. You'll be responsible for the full bid lifecycle, from early market engagement through to contract award and handover to delivery teams.

Your day to day will include:

• Independently leading major infrastructure bids, acting as the single point of accountability from opportunity qualification through to contract award and handover
• Developing and owning clear bid strategies and win themes tailored to client priorities, including safety, customer outcomes, network performance, and social value
• Assembling, leading and motivating multi-disciplinary bid teams including estimators, planners, designers, commercial managers, and operational leads
• Working closely with the Proposals Director to deliver high-quality, compliant and compelling submissions aligned to the agreed win strategy
• Managing client relationships throughout the procurement process and leading post-tender clarifications through to preferred bidder activity

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Bid Manager is great for you if:

• You have proven experience leading major bids within a Tier 1 contractor or equivalent environment
• Possess a strong understanding of infrastructure procurement models, including highways term maintenance, frameworks and project-based delivery
• Can demonstrate working knowledge of NEC forms of contract, public-sector procurement processes and strong commercial awareness /understanding of risk, programme and cost drivers
• Embody excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior internal and client levels

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.