About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Proposals Writer to join our Major Projects and Highways Work Winning team based in London, Canary Wharf .
As part of our Proposals team, you'll work on opportunities across the UK with flexible working arrangements, although a minimum of two core days are expected to be in London.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Proposals Writer, your main accountabilities will be as follows:
1. Gather, collate and write material in order to meet the requirements for pre-qualification and tender submissions
2. Work to a programme of deliverables to meet tender requirements, including organising and attending workshops as appropriate, to support development of the storyboard, first draft and final draft responses
3. Maintain regular communication with the work winning team
4. Capture and support development of bid win themes from tender strategy meetings and workshops
5. Write specific responses to questions in a PQQ or tender
6. Keep up to date with project-specific case studies and value reports
7. Produce bespoke material to support business development and account management activities
8. Research and write supporting information for use in proposals, including case studies, CVs, project best practice and project innovations
9. Proactively engage in knowledge management systems, capturing and submitting evidence for use in future bids
10. Liaise with the operations teams in order to ensure that they are briefed on the details of the bid or PQQ and work with them on the resolution of technical responses
11. Keep abreast of proposal best practice, including guidance to less experienced staff and those from other areas of the business
12. Live the Balfour Beatty Values
13. Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
14. Support the delivery of Sustainability activities
Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:
15. Previous experience in work winning / tendering environment
16. An excellent standard of written English, with strong verbal communication skills
17. Thorough knowledge and experience of the techniques and methods of proposal writing, and the requirements for quality presentations and customer-focused communication
18. A thorough knowledge of Word and other Microsoft Office software
19. Attention to detail and the ability to see tasks through to completion
20. A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with subject matter expertise outside of the core team
21. A self-starter who can manage their own time and who proactively seeks and executes activities that will add value
The following qualities/experience are desirable :
22. Thorough knowledge of InDesign publishing software
23. Knowledge of the construction industry or experience within a project-based organisation
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.