Bid Author / Writer

Role Title: Bid Writer Business Unit: Oak Facades Location: Uxbridge or LeicesterRole Overview The Façade Bid Writer is responsible for producing high-quality, persuasive, and compliant tender submissions for façade, cladding, and building envelope projects across both new build and remediation/recladding sectors. Working closely with the Pre-Construction, Technical, Design, Commercial, and Operations teams, the role involves developing compelling bid responses that clearly communicate the company's expertise, delivery capability, quality standards, and value proposition to clients.What You Will Be Doing: Lead the preparation and submission of PQQs, SQs, RFIs, ITTs, and tender proposals for façade and remediation projects.Review and analyse tender documentation to identify key requirements, risks, opportunities, and win themes.Coordinate information from estimating, design, commercial, HSEQ, project delivery, and supply chain teams to create comprehensive submissions.Develop and maintain a library of bid content, case studies, CVs, project profiles, and supporting evidence.Ensure all submissions are compliant with client specifications, quality standards, and submission requirements.Highlight the company's expertise in façade systems, remediation works, recladding solutions, fire safety improvements, and building envelope performance.Collaborate with technical and operational teams to articulate construction methodology, project phasing, resident liaison strategies, and risk mitigation measures.Maintain consistency in branding, presentation, and quality across all tender documents.Coordinate responses relating to sustainability, social value, health and safety, quality assurance, and environmental management.Support the successful conversion of tender opportunities into secured projects.Enhance the company's reputation as a leading specialist contractor in façade new build, remediation, and recladding works.Continuously improve bid content, processes, and submission quality to maximise win ratesAbout You: Previous experience as a Bid Writer within the construction, façade, cladding, or building envelope sector.Strong understanding of façade systems, remediation programmes, recladding projects, and fire compliance requirements.Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and common bid management software.What We Can Offer in Return:With an impressive order book of over 4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues. We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.Our Benefits:We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidaysA wide range of corporate discountsCycle to Work schemesComprehensive pension planRegular Save as You Earn share purchase schemePrivate medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need itPaid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your roleAbout us:Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position.