Job Title: Bid Coordinator
Location: Bristol, UK – Hybrid Working Patterns Available
Compensation: £39, - £48,
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape winning bids that protect the nation
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together.
If you join us, you can play your part as a Bid Coordinator at our Bristol site.
A career at Babcock means contributing to something that truly matters. From naval capability to complex defence engineering, our work supports national security, protects critical infrastructure and enables frontline services. Joining our Business Growth team places you at the heart of this mission — helping to secure projects that make a real difference, today and for generations to come.
The role
As a Bid Coordinator, you’ll play a vital role in shaping high‑quality, competitive bids that help Babcock grow sustainably across defence, aerospace and engineering markets. You’ll support the end-to-end bid management process, working collaboratively with bid managers, writers, designers and technical experts to deliver compelling customer responses.
This is an exciting opportunity to build your career within a FTSE organisation, gaining valuable exposure to complex defence procurement, senior stakeholders and high-profile programmes. You’ll deepen your expertise in bid management, develop your professional capability and grow your career in a collaborative, supportive and high‑performing environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Coordinating bid activities in line with Babcock’s Business Management System and Business Growth policies
2. Managing bid schedules, kick-off meetings, reviews and stakeholder workshops to ensure timely, high-quality submissions
3. Supporting multiple bids simultaneously, tracking actions, inputs and approvals across diverse teams
4. Maintaining customer procurement portals and ensuring accurate, compliant documentation
5. Producing bid reports and updates that inform progress, risks and decision-making
The role is 37 hours per week, based at our Bristol site. Hybrid working patterns are available, balancing flexibility with business and team needs. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be expected to support bid activity.
Essential experience of the Bid Coordinator:
6. Proven experience in a Bid Coordinator role, ideally with 1–2 years’ experience
7. Experience supporting United Kingdom Ministry of Defence bids within a prime defence contractor environment
8. Knowledge of defence procurement processes and contracting mechanisms
9. Confidence working with multiple stakeholders across business development and technical teams
10. Willingness and ability to travel within the United Kingdom and internationally, including occasional periods away from base location
Qualifications for the Bid Coordinator:
11. Essential: Educated to A level or equivalent
12. Desirable: Membership of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals
13. Desirable: Bid or Proposal Foundation or Practitioner Certification
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
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