Senior Bid Manager

Part of the VolkerWessels UK Group, VolkerStevin is an industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration. Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group’s business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service.

Location: Preston (with UK travel as required)

Shape the Future of UK Infrastructure

At VolkerEnergy, we're looking for an experienced and ambitious Senior Bid Manager to join our Work Winning Team and lead the pursuit of major civil engineering opportunities across the Energy, Marine, Coastal, Flood Defence and Water sectors.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in securing projects valued between £2m and £100m, working alongside estimators, engineers, planners and commercial specialists to deliver winning tender submissions that make a real impact.

If you're a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering successful bids, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

As Senior Bid Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of high-quality tenders, taking ownership from opportunity review through to submission and client presentations. Working as part of the leadership team, you'll coordinate multidisciplinary bid teams, develop winning strategies and ensure every submission reflects VolkerEnergy's technical excellence, innovation and commitment to value.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of tender submissions across Energy,Marine, Coastal, Flood Defence and Water sectors.
• Develop and implement winning bid strategies covering quality, commercial and pricing elements.
• Review opportunity information from Business Development and pre-qualification stages.
• Manage tender programmes, resources and budgets to meet key deadlines.
• Commission and manage tender designs and evaluate engineering solutions.
• Develop innovative construction methodologies and delivery strategies.
• Analyse subcontractor and supplier quotations to ensure competitiveness.
• Prepare and deliver client presentations, workshops and post-submission meetings.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants and supply chain partners.
• Present solutions confidently to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Mentor and support the development of colleagues within the bid team.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Research technologies, market trends and project requirements to strengthen submissions.
• Understand competitor activity and identify opportunities to enhance our competitive advantage.

Why VolkerEnergy?

This is your opportunity to join a respected and growing business delivering critical infrastructure projects across the UK. You'll work on complex and rewarding opportunities, influence major project wins and help shape the future growth of the business while developing the next generation of bid professionals.

Ready to help us win? Apply now and become part of VolkerEnergy's Work Winning Team.

About you

Essential

• Degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong experience within bid management, tendering or work winning in the civil engineering sector.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of infrastructure procurement.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel across the UK as required.

Desirable

• Around 10 years' experience in civil engineering, ideally including site or project management exposure.
• Experience working on Energy, Marine, Coastal, Flood Defence or Water projects.
• Understanding of tender design, construction methodologies and programme development.

If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerStevin is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerStevin are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance
• Flexible working opportunities
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• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive. 

If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk

Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.

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