Nelson Permanent Placements are currently recruiting for a Bid & Content Manager to work for our client who are a UK leading Engineering Services contractor. Our client is an expert delivering multi discipline projects within infrastructure, process engineering, facilities management and digital services.
Our client is a significantly growing organisation and are on track to turnover £250M+ this year with a strong order book and recent acquisitions.
Working within a group capacity the Bid & Content Manager will be responsible for complimenting the businesses grown ensuring exciting Bids & Tenders are secured.
We are looking for a highly organised and creative Bid and Content Manager to lead end‑to‑end bid delivery and craft compelling, visually engaging proposals that win work.
This role blends strategic bid leadership with content design: you will design win strategies and themes, storyboard and write persuasive narratives, and bring ideas to life through brand‑aligned layouts, graphics and presentations. Every submission will be compliant, innovative and tailored to customer needs.
If you want to work for an employer who values the ongoing wellbeing of its employees and can offer significant career development please get in touch.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Bid Management
* Own the full bid lifecycle – qualification, capture, planning, authoring, reviews, approvals and submission.
* Shape win strategy and value propositions – develop customer‑focused win themes and storyboards.
* Coordinate inputs across sales, operations, engineering and commercial to align on solution, price and risk.
* Lead structured review cycles (Pink, Red, Gold) aligned with Shipley best practice to ensure compliance and quality
* Ensure compliance with ITT, scoring criteria and submission requirements.
* Maintain bid documentation, templates, and best practices.
Content Creation
* Write, edit and design persuasive content that translates complex technical solutions into clear, customer benefits.
* Create brand‑aligned layouts, graphics, infographics and iconography in Word, PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign.
* Develop visually engaging executive summaries, bid decks and interactive PDFs to elevate message clarity.
* Maintain tone of voice, style guide and visual standards across all proposal materials.
* Prepare post‑bid presentations and support clarifications.
Collaboration & Communication
* Partner with sales, marketing and subject matter experts to gather insights and evidence.
* Coach contributors and reviewers; champion plain English and visual storytelling.
* Foster a constructive, deadline‑driven culture with clear roles, responsibilities and accountability.
Continuous Improvement
* Build and manage bid plans, schedules, risks, assumptions and dependencies; enforce deadline discipline.
* Manage and evolve a reusable knowledge library: case studies, CVs, boilerplate, graphics and templates.
* Track metrics (win rate, quality scores etc)
* Monitor market trends and competitor positioning to refine differentiators.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
* Minimum 3 years’ experience, ideally 5+ years for full proficiency (with significant exposure to complex, multi-stakeholder bids) in B2B environments.
* Experience in engineering-led sectors such as infrastructure, process industries, or digital services is an advantage.
* Advanced Microsoft 365 skills – Word (styles, sectioning, cross‑referencing), PowerPoint (Slide Master, layouts, animation) and Excel (tables, basic modelling).
* Strong written communication and editing skills; able to craft persuasive, evaluative content with clear structure.
* Commercial awareness – Comfortable articulating value, ROI, risk and price‑quality trade‑offs.
* Experience running formal review cycles (Pink/Red/Gold), compliance matrices and submission portals.
* Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) for bid design and visual storytelling.
Qualifications
* APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) Certification — Foundation (preferred) or Practitioner/Professional (advantage).
* Degree or equivalent experience in business, marketing / communications or a related field.
How to apply
Please send your CV to the email address detailed below. Should you wish to discuss other opportunities in your area, you are welcome to contact our friendly recruitment team.
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Nelson Permanent Placements Ltd. The services of Nelson Permanent Placements Ltd are that of an Employment Agency.
Please be advised that our client can only accept applications from candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom.
Potential candidates who do not have this right or permit, or are pending an application to obtain this right or permit should not apply as your details will not be processed