Bid Writer in Blackburn

Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s Strategy of Growth? Due to company growth/expansion, Vital Energi Ltd are looking for a Bid Writer to work in our head office in Blackburn. The Bid Writer is accountable for generating high-quality, persuasive content for all bid submissions. This individual demonstrates expertise in exemplary bid writing and has comprehensive knowledge of the standards necessary for successful outcomes. The Bid Writer integrates key strengths from previous submissions to improve future bids and works closely with the Work Winning Support Team and Bid Managers to secure optimal quality scores for the business.

The role emphasises strict adherence to standards, ongoing improvement, and the application of innovative strategies to develop compelling, bespoke, and fully compliant bid documents. In collaboration with Bid Managers, the Bid Writer addresses bid management challenges, streamlines the drafting process, ensures sufficient time for thorough review at each stage, and guarantees that drafts submitted to Directors already embody best practices, strong written communication, and valuable enhancements, such as client testimonials, images, and case studies to fulfil all client requirements comprehensively.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the “Quality Task Force”, ensuring bid writing standards are upheld and continuous improvement is driven across all submissions.
• Guide the Bid Leads in following the Work Winning procedures and all associated documents/forms etc. to drive a transparent and efficient tender process.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of qualitative requirements for each bid, ensuring Bid Managers adhere to established processes to optimise quality scores in written submissions.
• Facilitate early qualitative reviews throughout the bid process by managing timelines efficiently, allowing for proactive feedback and improvements to written content.
• Ensure qualitative aspects of bid submissions progress in line with milestone targets and that content is reviewed at multiple stages of the bid process.
• Work collaboratively with senior management and Bid Managers to agree strategies and approaches for each qualitative submission, ensuring alignment and clarity in written content.
• Develop and implement innovative qualitative strategies to suit each bid, encouraging early and collaborative input from Bid Managers, the Head of Bids/Pre-Construction, senior directors, and ensuring their contributions are accurately reflected in the final written submission.
• Conduct strategic evaluations of key bids, including comprehensive review of qualitative questions, and support the development of structured responses, answer plans, and quality-focused tender queries.
• Review the “Plan on a Page” for each bid, constructively challenge the Bid Lead on content, assist in shaping answers and answer plans, and direct them towards successful previous submissions.
• Work with Bid and Pre-Construction Managers to ensure established processes are followed, challenge their approaches to qualitative responses, and share feedback with the Head of Bids and Head of Pre-Construction, highlighting any areas needing additional support or intervention.
• Gather information from subject matter experts across Vital Energi (e.g., Engineering, Commercial, Energy Solutions, Project Delivery etc.) and convert technical input into clear, customer-focused language.
• Ensure every proposal is reviewed at the appropriate stages throughout the bid period, from initial strategy and question structure to content development and final review.
• Proactively escalate any issues to maintain quality and compliance, ensuring proposals are properly approved before submission.
• Collaborate with the Head of Bids and Submissions Managers to ensure every submission is of the highest quality, clearly defining roles and support required during the bid period.
• Guarantee all submissions are fully supported, gateway-reviewed, compliant, and meet “Vital Ready” standards.
• Contribute to individual proposal submissions as required, generating tailored and personalised content to ensure bids are compelling and fully compliant.
• Promote the effective use of AI in bid writing, ensuring Bid Managers utilise appropriate tools for specific tasks, discourage generic AI-generated content, and advocate for thorough fact checking and quality assurance.

The Company: Vital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We are supporting Hospitals, Universities, New Build developments, Towns and Cities as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to decarbonise their buildings. We have and continue to work on ground-breaking projects throughout the UK which are supporting the UK’s Net Zero targets, such as the recently announced £1 billion low-carbon infrastructure project for Westminster. With plans to double our headcount over the coming years, supported by offices opening in new locations across the country and our strong investment pipeline, coupled with our expansion into new markets such as industrial power generation with our very own Energy-from-Waste facility, there is no better time to join the family here at Vital Energi.

Experience:

• Several years’ experience in bid writing with responsibility for creation of quality content on large value projects or several lesser projects at one time.
• Previous experience in facilitating the improvement of department processes.
• Previous experience of liaising with inter departmental teams, to ensure valuable contribution to each bid submission.
• Drive, excellent team working skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• A proven track record of a similar role within a related engineering environment.

The package:

• Salary negotiable DOE
• Company Car
• Contributory Company Pension Scheme
• Non-contributory death-in-service insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 Days Holiday plus 8 days bank holidays.
• Additional holidays awarded in line with length of service
• Option to purchase/sell additional holidays
• Onsite gym/wellbeing centre at our Blackburn Head Office
• Discounted gym membership across the UK
• EV charging points where possible

Applications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements. Only applicants who are legally entitled to work in the UK and are currently resident in the UK are invited to apply.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.