Bid / Proposals Manager London; Manchester; Motherwell

BakerHicks continues to grow as an innovative, diverse, and agile engineering and project delivery organisation. As we expand across multiple sectors, we are strengthening our Bid and Proposals capability to support sustained growth and competitive success. This role plays a critical part in securing future work for the business by delivering high-quality proposals, tenders, and presentations. You will support bids from opportunity identification through strategy development, submission, interview, and handover to operations and helping to shape compelling, compliant, and client-focused responses. You will work collaboratively across the organisation, bringing best-practice bid expertise, creativity, and rigour to everything you do. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and detail-driven bid professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys contributing to business growth. At BakerHicks, you’ll be part of a supportive, high-performing team where quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement are central to how we work.

About You

You will be an experienced bid professional with a strong understanding of the end-to-end bid lifecycle and a passion for producing high-quality, engaging submissions. You will be capable of:

• Supporting the full bid lifecycle, from opportunity identification and strategy through to submission, interview, and handover.
• Producing clear, compelling written content and well-designed bid documents and presentations.
• Working collaboratively with technical, commercial, and leadership teams to develop winning strategies.
• Managing multiple bids simultaneously while maintaining high standards and meeting tight deadlines.
• Contributing ideas, best practice, and innovation to continually improve bid processes and outputs.

Key Purpose

• Support the growth of BakerHicks by delivering high-quality proposals, bids, and tender submissions.
• Contribute to bid strategy, planning, and governance across multiple business sectors.
• Ensure a consistent, professional, and compelling company message is presented to clients.
• Support continuous improvement of bid processes, tools, and best-practice materials.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the administration of the shared bid mailbox and manage opportunity notifications.
• Coordinate the bid decision‑making process in line with governance requirements.
• Contribute to win strategies and storyboard development.
• Prepare EOIs, PQQs, ITTs, proposals, and presentations, including:
• Bid management, coordination, and administration
• Collation of technical and commercial information
• Management of clarification questions
• Writing and editing responses and coordinating contributions from subject matter experts
• Producing CVs and case studies
• Formatting, layout, and document design
• Ensure all bids follow company governance processes and procedures.
• Complete supplier questionnaires and other supplier‑related information.
• Develop presentation materials and other collateral that clearly promote the BakerHicks message.
• Ensure all bid deadlines are met.
• Maintain and update the Best Practice Library, CV library, and externally facing templates.
• Support internal development projects as required.
• Provide general support to the Bid Team.
• Travel to other UK and European offices as required.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Sound knowledge of bid processes and best practice.
• Creative approach to both written content and presentation design.
• Highly organised with excellent time management and attention to detail.
• Confident managing multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (e.g. InDesign) is an advantage.
• A proactive, dependable, and positive “can‑do” attitude.
• Willingness to learn, develop, and undertake further training.
• Committed to quality, continuous improvement, and supporting team success.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance for this role as required by our clients and sectors.

Benefits

• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc.)
• Family friendly policies
• Employee assistance

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout.