Bid Co-ordinator in Gloucester

Location: Barnwood, Gloucester or Salford Quays Manchester – hybrid working.

The successful hire must be able to work on-site at either of these locations.

Security Clearance Required: Eligible for SC – may need to apply for DV in the future.

Duration: Full time permanent.

Hours: 37hrs per week.

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence. Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development.

About the Role: Bid Co-ordinator (Pathway to Project Management)

In this role, you’ll play a key part in coordinating bids and proposals working closely with the Business Development, PMO and Engineering functions as well as senior stakeholders. Over time, you’ll gain exposure to project planning, delivery processes, and stakeholder management, with clear scope to develop into a Project Manager as your skills and experience grow in the following areas:

• Coordinating the end-to-end bid and proposal process.
• Managing bid schedules, deadlines, and submission milestones.
• Gathering inputs from technical, commercial, and delivery teams.
• Ensuring bid documentation is accurate, compliant, and high quality.
• Supporting and maintaining bid libraries, templates, and supporting materials.
• Lead kick-off meetings, reviews, and post-bid handovers.
• Gaining exposure to project planning, risk management, and delivery preparation.
• Continuously improving bid processes and ways of working.

Why Join Us?

Your role will be instrumental from the very start – winning work! As a Bid Co-ordinator, you’ll gain a unique perspective on how projects are shaped, priced, and planned as well as giving you a strong foundation for a successful career in project management if desired.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience in a coordination, administrative, or junior project role (bids experience is a plus, but not essential).
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Excellent written communication and attention to detail.
• A proactive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn.
• Confidence working with a variety of stakeholders.
• Interest in developing a career in project management.
• Familiarity with tools such as MS Office, SharePoint, or collaboration platforms.
• Any exposure to bids, proposals, or project environments is beneficial but not required.
• Capable of achieving SC clearance (with looking to gain DV in future).

Learning & Progression:

This role is designed as a development opportunity. You’ll receive hands-on experience, mentoring, and exposure to delivery teams, with opportunities to:

• Learn project management fundamentals and methodologies.
• Support project planning and mobilisation activities.
• Take ownership of small workstreams or internal projects.
• Work towards relevant certifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM, Agile).
• Progress into a Project Manager role over time.

Benefits and Work Culture:

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr).
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.

Work Culture:

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed.
• More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

RTX Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.