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Bid Manager

SISK Group

Ireland

On-site

EUR 40,000 - 70,000

Full time

30+ days ago

Job summary

SISK Group is seeking a talented Bid Manager to join their Citywest office in Ireland. In this role, you will lead the bid writing process, working collaboratively with the bid team to produce high-quality proposals for public and private procurement. The ideal candidate will possess strong writing skills, attention to detail, and have at least 5 years of experience in bid management, helping drive the company's strategic growth.

Benefits

26 days holiday

Company Car or Car allowance

Employer pension

Flexible and remote working

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in a professional bid environment.
High attention to detail with strong writing ability.
Experience in end-to-end bid management.

Responsibilities

Manage bids from writing to submission, ensuring deadlines are met.
Produce compelling bid materials and visuals in line with company guidelines.
Liaise with stakeholders and marketing teams to gather accurate information.

Skills

Bid writing

Attention to detail

Time management

Team collaboration

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

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John Sisk & Son are seeking a Bid Manager/Coordinator to join us in our Citywest Office.

The Bid Manager/Coordinator will have a strong bid writing focus, developing technical and business content for bids and prequalification proposals (public and private procurement), and also support the bid team with the bid pipeline by managing their bids from start to finish.

The role requires bid writing, reviewing, and editing content, working with bid team members to produce written bid responses and presentation collateral in line with customer deadlines. The ideal candidate will be an integral part of our business strategy and development team, directing supporting our growth

Review and understand the bid approach and contribute to evolving it
Produce compelling bid material in line with the messaging to the customer
Discuss an approach to a bid or specific question with the Head of Service and produce the agreed response for review, uplift and sign off in areas such as value propositions, methodologies, delivery approaches etc.
Write effective, concise and compelling content while working towards multiple deadlines
Work as a team to get accurate, high-quality information from all bid stakeholders in order to produce a comprehensive and cohesive bid is essential
Attention to detail and the ability to extract and summarise bid documents
Manage standalone bids (RFT’S/PQQ’s etc) of varying scales as required from start to finish, which will require excellent managerial skills
Liaise with the Marketing team on RFT’s / PQQ’s to make sure company details are up to date and accurate.
Design compelling visual content in line with Sisk brand guidelines with graphics experience
A thought leader in terms of the bid process and bid material and continually look to evolve our bid messaging and approaches.
Scheduling meetings and managing department’s contract and project filing structure
Assisting in commercial tasks including drafting payment applications and project variations
Co-ordinating team communications
Experience of technical and business writing essential within a professional bid environment (5 years+)
High attention to detail with an excellent writing ability
Deadline driven with effective time management skills
Ability to multitask and prioritise workload
Design skills and ability to create compelling bid contributions
Experience in end-to-end bid management
Experience of design work and design packages to create visually compelling bid content and submissions desirable
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
Shipley Bid Writing (desirable)
APMP Foundation (desirable)
Competitive Salary with yearly increase
26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)
Company Car or Car allowance
Employer pension
Competitive mileage rate
Travel expenses
Flexible and remote working
Enhanced parental leave
Professional and Educational development

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.

At Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Sales and Business Development
Industries
Construction

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