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About The Role
About The Role
Balfour Beatty is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Bid Lead to join our Pre-construction team as. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in securing strategic business opportunities and supporting the delivery of high-profile infrastructure projects across the UK.
What you'll be doing
Responsibilities
As an Assistant Bid Lead, you’ll support and lead elements of the Pre-construction process, working closely with internal teams and strategic customers. Your responsibilities will include:
* Reviewing enquiry documents and preparing internal briefings
* Supporting gated lifecycle decisions (Stages 1–4)
* Developing Pre-construction delivery strategies and programmes
* Coordinating input from technical, commercial, and operational teams
* Managing document control and risk registers
* Leading site visits and liaising with the supply chain
* Preparing and submitting Pre-construction deliverables
* Participating in strategy, review, and handover meetings
You’ll also be developing your skills to eventually take full ownership of bid leadership tasks, including:
* Estimating and pricing using Candy software
* Preparing tender programmes and risk schedules
* Drafting methodology statements and proposal letters
* Managing subcontract enquiries via Jaggaer
* Negotiating contract terms and conditions
Who we're looking for
* A good understanding of construction techniques and standards
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills
* Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office essential; AutoCAD and MS Project desirable)
* A proactive attitude and a desire for continuous development
* Ability to work collaboratively and meet deadlines
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
Balvac is a leading specialist contractor in structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment, and part of the Balfour Beatty Group. As a trusted expert Balvac sustainably extends the life of our nation’s infrastructure by delivering innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions to return our customers assets to full capacity and extend their working life.
About Us
Operating in the transport, energy, and power sectors with a focus on highway infrastructure, our expert capabilities extend the life of existing civil and building infrastructure across the UK. We implement a 'Detect, Diagnose, Develop, Deliver' approach offering a complete professional service from scheme development and design through to project delivery. These include structural concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing injection, structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, corrosion protection and cathodic protection, bridge bearing replacement, concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques. We also undertake testing, inspection and structural health monitoring, pile testing and noise, vibration and air quality monitoring.
Our ambition is to create an exciting platform for career development through diverse and challenging civil engineering infrastructure projects, expanding our industry leading specialist expertise, and creating the next generation of experts.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Administrative
* Industries
Construction
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