Job Title: Bid Manager
Location: Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF65508
Lead Strategic Bids That Shape the Future of Nuclear Innovation
At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re committed to building a safer, more secure world—together. As a Bid Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact from one of our key locations: Warrington (Cheshire), Leicester (Leicestershire), or Bristol.
The Role
As a Bid Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of Cavendish Nuclear’s mission to deliver critical nuclear solutions across clean energy, defence, and decommissioning. You’ll lead high-value, complex bids that directly contribute to national infrastructure and energy security—making a real impact on society and your career.
Day-to-day you’ll lead the preparation and submission of winning bids, managing internal teams and external partners.
* Drive opportunities through Cavendish Nuclear’s governance process, from bid/no-bid to preferred bidder status.
* Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders across the business.
* Ensure bids meet all schedule milestones and budget expectations.
* Provide regular progress updates and resolve issues that may impact bid success.
This is a full-time, permanent position based at one of our key locations—Warrington (Cheshire), Leicester (Leicestershire), or Bristol. The role follows a hybrid working pattern, with 2–3 days per week in the office. Occasional travel to partner and client sites across these locations is expected. You will work 37 hours per week.
Essential experience of the Bid Manager:
* Proven success managing complex bids valued over £10 million.
* Strong organisational skills and ability to meet critical deadlines.
* Deep understanding of the end-to-end business winning process.
* Experience working under pressure to meet both final and interim milestones.
* Practical knowledge of bid components such as scheduling, supply chain, risk, and commercial models.
Qualifications of the Bid Manager:
* This role is experience-led and does not require specific qualifications. However, a background in project or bid management within engineering, defence, or infrastructure sectors is advantageous.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (
What We Offer
* Generous holiday allowance
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
Join us and discover how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 13/02/2026
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