At a Glance
- Tasks: Create compelling technical proposals for various sectors, turning complex details into persuasive narratives.
- Company: Join Network Plus, an award-winning provider of essential utility and infrastructure services.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, full benefits package, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Other info: Collaborate with experts and grow in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make your mark by crafting impactful submissions that shape the future of essential services.
- Qualifications: Strong writing skills and experience in tender or technical proposal writing are essential.
The predicted salary is between 40500 - 49500 £ per year.
As a Bid Writer, you will be responsible for producing all technical proposals included within tender submission documents across our gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater portfolios. Your writing will bring the Company's knowledge, experience, and delivery capability to life — turning technical detail and operational input into clear, persuasive, evidence-led narrative that scores. This is a writing-first role. You will own the craft of the response: interpreting the question, planning the answer, drafting compelling copy, and refining it through review into polished, compliant, submission-ready content.
Plan, draft, and complete non-commercial (quality) submissions, ensuring a client-specific focus and alignment to the published evaluation criteria is applied to every response. Interpret each question, plan the answer against the marking scheme, and structure content so that it directly and fully addresses what the evaluator is scoring. Adopt best-practice proposal writing techniques – including win themes, storyboarding, and features-to-benefits – to maximise the scoring potential of every submission.
Craft compelling Social Value, sustainability, carbon reduction, and community engagement narratives that respond to client and regulatory expectations. Work to exceed expected quality standards, complying with internal bid processes and contributing to their continuous improvement. Interview and engage subject matter experts across operations, SHEQ, commercial, and technical delivery to gather the detail and evidence needed, then translate it into reader-friendly, benefit-led narrative.
Review, edit, and develop draft responses provided by other members of staff into polished, consistent, submission-ready content, applying a single clear voice throughout. Maintain and grow a reusable content and case study library, keeping boilerplate accurate, current, and ready to tailor. Maintain a high level of market intelligence, including insight into wider industry best practice, competitor activity, and client/regulatory information (Ofwat/Ofgem, AMP/RIIO).
Support post-submission activity, including refining content for presentations, clarifications, and structured win/loss reviews to strengthen future writing. Exceptional written English, with a proven ability to write clear, persuasive, and grammatically flawless responses for a scored, evaluated audience. Experience writing tenders or technical proposals (SQ/PQQ and ITT), ideally within utilities, infrastructure, construction or traffic management sectors.
The ability to translate technical, operational, and commercial input into engaging plain-English narrative pitched at the right level for an evaluator. Strong answer-planning skills – able to deconstruct a question, map the marking scheme, and structure a response that directly addresses every requirement. Awareness of best-practice proposal techniques such as win themes, storyboarding, features-to-benefits, and evidencing claims with proof points.
Computer literate in MS Office – Word, Excel and Powerpoint – with confidence navigating client e-procurement portals. Ability to work under pressure while maintaining quality.
We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package. Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
About Network Plus: Network Plus is an award-winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater. We are actively working with colleagues across the Network Plus Group to develop an inclusive environment – we want all our employees to feel valued and included to enable everyone to thrive at work and understand the value of their contribution matters no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.
Bid Author / Writer in Manchester employer: Network Plus
Network Plus is an excellent employer that values its employees by fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture in Telford, West Midlands. With a strong focus on professional development, we offer numerous growth opportunities and support for career advancement, ensuring that our team members can thrive while working on exciting projects that make a real difference. Join us to be part of a company that prioritises safety, teamwork, and client satisfaction, making every day at work rewarding and fulfilling.
