About the role
Our innovative thinking shapes our industry; equipping the world for tomorrows challenges.
Our Major Projects Work Winning team is expanding! Come and Join our centre of excellence as a Proposal Writer and you can contribute to tangible, worthwhile work you can be proud of!
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 Proposals Writer, your main accountabilities will be as follows:
- Gather, collate and write material in order to meet the requirements for pre-qualification and tender submissions
- 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
- Maintain regular communication with the work winning team
- Capture and support development of bid win themes from tender strategy meetings and workshops
- Write specific responses to questions in a PQQ or tender
- Keep up to date with project-specific case studies and value reports
- Produce bespoke material to support business development and account management activities
- Research and write supporting information for use in proposals, including case studies, CVs, project best practice and project innovations
- Proactively engage in knowledge management systems, capturing and submitting evidence for use in future bids
- 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
- Keep abreast of proposal best practice, including guidance to less experienced staff and those from other areas of the business
Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:
- Previous experience in work winning / tendering environment
- An excellent standard of written English, with strong verbal communication skills
- Thorough knowledge and experience of the techniques and methods of proposal writing, and the requirements for quality presentations and customer-focused communication
- A thorough knowledge of Word and other Microsoft Office software
- Attention to detail and the ability to see tasks through to completion
- A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with subject matter expertise outside of the core team
- 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:
- Thorough knowledge of InDesign publishing software
- 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.
About us
Our Major Projects business delivers large-scale, innovative and complex infrastructure projects which keep the UK moving and the economy thriving. Employing over 2,000 people, we operate within three principal markets; Transportation; Energy and Power, and Major Infrastructure.
To maximise our offering on major infrastructure projects, we collaborate with the worlds leading international companies such as VINCI, Skanska and Mott MacDonald, in joint ventures to complement our construction offering on mega-infrastructure projects.
Our current portfolio of major projects includes two design and build contracts for High Speed 2 in a joint venture with VINCI; and Londons new major super-sewer through central London, in a joint venture with BAM Nuttall and Morgan Sindall.
In addition, Balfour Beatty is currently delivering the four-year Hinkley Point C nuclear power station tunnelling and marine works package on behalf of EDF Energy. Created at Balfour Beattys innovative manufacturing facility in Avonmouth, this UK-first project is utilising pre-fabricated nuclear-grade concrete segments to ensure significant efficiency savings.
Iconic projects of the past include Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 departure lounges, the transformation of the iconic former London Olympic Stadium into a multi-purpose sporting venue and in a joint venture with VINCI the South West of Englands first Smart Motorway to improve journey safety and traffic capacity on the M4 and M5.
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
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
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