Senior Bid Manager
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Senior Bid Manager
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Region: East
Sector: Rail / Civil Engineering
We are looking for an experienced and collaborative Senior Bid Manager to join our East Region Pre-Contracts team. Based in Barnsley, this is an opportunity to play a meaningful role in securing projects that improve communities, strengthen infrastructure, and support sustainable development across the region.
You’ll be part of a supportive, high-performing team where different perspectives are valued, and where your contribution will directly influence the success of our work-winning strategy.
What We Offer
We’re committed to creating an environment where people feel supported, valued and able to thrive:
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
- Company car or car allowance
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Option to purchase additional leave
- Company contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance and health cash plan
- Structured development programmes and leadership pathways including women in leadership programmes.
- A culture that encourages inclusion, wellbeing and collaboration
- Opportunities to grow your career with clear progression routes
- Employee forums to ensure every voice is heard
About the Role
As a Senior Bid Manager, you will lead and coordinate high quality bid submissions from early engagement through to final delivery. You’ll work closely with colleagues across estimating, planning, engineering and leadership teams to produce compelling, client-focused proposals.
This role offers a balance of autonomy and collaboration, with the opportunity to shape bid strategy, influence decision-making, and continuously improve how we win work in the East region.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading and managing bids from opportunity through to submission
- Bringing together multidisciplinary teams to develop strong, competitive proposals
- Writing and reviewing clear, engaging and high-quality tender responses
- Creating bid strategies that reflect client needs and project requirements
- Managing prequalification and tender documentation (EOI/PQQ submissions)
- Identifying risks, opportunities, and solutions within tender submissions
- Facilitating collaborative bid meetings and ensuring deadlines are met
- Working with senior stakeholders to identify and pursue new opportunities
- Using feedback and insights to improve future submissions
- Supporting and mentoring others, helping the wider team to develop and succeed
What We’re Looking For
We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. If you meet most of the criteria below, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every requirement.
You’ll likely bring:
- Experience in bid management within civil engineering, infrastructure or a related sector
- Strong communication and writing skills, with the ability to translate technical detail into clear proposals
- A collaborative approach and confidence working with diverse teams
- Commercial awareness and the ability to think strategically
- Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
It would be great if you also have:
- Experience within rail or major infrastructure projects or frameworks
- A relevant qualification (HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent experience)
- Experience contributing to work-winning strategy or pipeline development
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We know that diverse teams perform better. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities and experiences including those who may feel underrepresented in our industry.
We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, supported, and able to succeed.
Apply Today
If you’re looking for a role where your ideas are valued, your development is supported, and your work has real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
tom.peach@amcogiffen.co.uk
Recruitment Manager
The Benefits
We offer excellent career prospects, a competitive salary, and outstanding training development and support opportunities. You can expect to receive a range of benefits (role dependent) including:
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