Bid Manager

We Served; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Bid Manager based in Bristol or Plymouth with hybrid working. The role involves leading strategic bids, managing relationships, and ensuring compliance with governance processes. Requires proven bid management experience and a relevant degree. Offers competitive salary, generous benefits, and strong development opportunities while maintaining security clearance. Closing date: 05/01/2025.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in bid management or strong process management background.
• Ability to build and influence relationships to achieve shared goals.
• Skilled in developing plans and schedules to deliver project objectives.
• Confident communicator with stakeholder management expertise.
• Experience applying governance processes to support project aims.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate bid activities to meet customer timescales and requirements.
• Ensure compliance with governance and business winning processes.
• Manage data in the sales and forecast pipeline accurately.
• Prepare documentation for gate reviews.
• Mentor Bid Coordinators and support team development.

Skills

Bid management

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Process management

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline

Job description

Job Title: Bid Manager

Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £43,935.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67698

Create impact where it matters most

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Bid Manager at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Bid Manager, you’ll join our Naval Nuclear Bid Team and lead strategically important bids across the submarine support pipeline, owning opportunities end‑to‑end, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs and growing established customer accounts rather than chasing purely greenfield bids. Your work will help secure and sustain platforms and services that protect people and safeguard national security, while accelerating your career across complex, purpose‑led programmes.

Day-to-day, you’ll be supporting Head of Business Growth in achieving SSE’s business growth targets, order intake, revenue and profit through the effective leadership of bids and proposals.

• Lead and coordinate bid activities to meet customer timescales and requirements.
• Ensure compliance with Babcock governance and business winning processes.
• Manage data in the sales and forecast pipeline accurately and on time.
• Prepare documentation for gate reviews and record outputs.
• Mentor Bid Coordinators and support team development.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Bid Manager

• Proven experience in bid management or strong process management background.
• Ability to build and influence relationships to achieve shared goals.
• Skilled in developing plans and schedules to deliver project objectives.
• Confident communicator with stakeholder management expertise.
• Experience applying governance processes to support project aims.

Qualifications for the Bid Manager

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.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 Babcock 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.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 [e-mail] 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: 05/01/2025

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