Assistant Bid Manager

Overview

About The Role Balfour Beatty is looking to appoint an Assistant Bid Manager to join our Regional Civils team
, supporting the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and competitive bids across the UK. Working closely with Bid Managers and wider work-winning teams, you will support the end-to-end bid process
, helping to coordinate internal and external contributors to deliver proposals that align with Balfour Beatty’s strategic objectives and maximise our chances of success. This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your career within a leading infrastructure organisation, gaining exposure to complex and varied civil engineering bids.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the management of the bid process from opportunity identification through to submission
• Assisting with the planning, coordination, and delivery of high-quality bid responses
• Ensuring bids are compliant with client requirements and internal governance processes
• Coordinating inputs from technical, commercial, planning, and delivery teams
• Managing bid documentation, programmes, and review milestones
• Supporting bid reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement activities
• Contributing to the development of compelling written and visual bid content

You Will Have The Following

• Experience in bid management, work winning, or a related project coordination role
• Strong organisational and project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Confidence working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Construction or civil engineering experience is preferred

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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. For more info, visit: https://disabil

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidate recruit