Bid Co-ordinator

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it’s employees? Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that.
- Bidding is a very reactive discipline, which means we have to quickly adapt to what is being asked of us from both our clients and our internal stakeholders. You will need to be flexible in taking on different tasks every day and not be phased by last minute changes and tight deadlines.
- Every tender or proposal we complete creates a new team of different people. Therefore, we need someone who can communicate effectively, develop an ability to follow high-level strategy conversations about bidding, and be comfortable supporting the rest of our team in managing a timely bid process.
- Your responsibilities will include:
- Understanding our processes and supporting the bid team to follow them
- Coordinating bid programmes and meetings
- Providing support to the bid managers/writers by liaising with appropriate departments and specialists to obtain relevant information/details to allow written solutions to be developed
- Assisting in the production of best in class bid quality answers, CVs and evidence
- Proof-reading
- Formatting bid responses

Required for the position of Bid Co-Ordinator
- You will have an exceptional eye for detail, be extremely organised and have very good written English skills.
- Essential:
- Highest level of attention to detail
- Excellent writing skills - with a specific focus on attention to detail and ability to review text for spelling and grammar
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Experience of supporting bid creation and tender submissions for international and UK markets.
- Able to actively participate in proposal meetings as well as providing appropriate challenge around the implementation of the internal bidding processes
- Flexible attitude to undertake a wide range of tasks
- Good team-working skills and the ability to function effectively in a small team with individual responsibilities and collective goals

Preferable (not essential):
- Experience in bid preparation / bid management / business development
- Experience in bid management and response processes, such as Shipley
- Professional services or construction background

If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.

Job Profile
- Agile and safe working environment
- Competitive annual leave and sick leaves
- Group incentive scheme
- Group term life insurance, Workmen’s compensation and Group medical insurance coverage
- Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities
- Global collaboration and knowledge sharing
- Digital Innovation and Transformation

Other Information
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
More about Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence