Salary
Circa £45,000 depending on experience.
Flexible working (hybrid)
1-2 days per week on-site due to workload classification.
Security Clearance
British Citizen or a dual UK national with British citizenship.
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. After offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you
- Company bonus: up to £2,500 based on company performance.
- Pension: maximum total contribution of up to 14% (employer and employee).
- Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime.
- Flexi leave: up to 15 additional days.
- Flexible working: We welcome applicants looking for flexible working arrangements.
- Enhanced parental leave: up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (enhancements available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments).
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals and free car parking.
- Healthcare cash plan: option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing.
The opportunity
To join a dynamic, forward‑thinking bid team, focusing on complex New Business D&M‑Phase bid generation. This is a unique opportunity to build a strong stakeholder‑management network covering all Manufacturing programmes, projects and products.
In this role your main focus will include interpreting bid directives, cost modelling, utilising multiple data sources and creating 3‑point estimations. You will perform advanced data analytics to inform bid content, applying robust methodologies with strong commercial acumen and a focus on risk and AEDs.
Experience in generating an auditable manufacturing cost base for bids in the D&M Phase or similar is desirable. Excellent presentation skills are required as all bids are presented to the Senior Management Team (SMT) for approval. This role requires resilience in delivering within demanding timescales and priorities.
The team has grown in recent years, evolving the process of generating cost models by introducing new methodologies and enhancements. Each bid must be auditable, with tangible source data and fresh ideas. We welcome your ideas to help continuous improvement and support bidding excellence.
The position is available due to a significant increase in both D & M‑Phase bidding activity, with the need to grow the team further in the generation of compliant complex bids on major programmes, working closely with our Manufacturing programmes team, in a collaborative, high‑performing environment.
What we're looking for from you
- Experience working on complex bids with a proven record of creating auditable cost models, proposals and bids.
- Commercially astute, able to use cost models to generate costings for direct/in direct items, materials and other manufacturing costs.
- Experience in the defence industry, particularly with bids from concept/development through to manufacturing, would be advantageous.
- Enthusiastic and driven, bringing tenacity and resilience to overcome challenges and deliver consistently strong bids.
- Excellent communication skills; the bid team works across all programmes, so strong relationships with stakeholders and experience working within multi‑functional teams are important.
- Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team, with a proactive approach.
- Ability to articulate costing theory and ensure evidence is collated for audit purposes.
Our company
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We partner with governments to defend freedom for all nations. We support the armed forces, providing them with necessary equipment and capabilities.
We are proud of our employee‑led networks, including Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, and Disability. We recognise that everyone is unique and encourage applicants to request any adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
