Bid coordinator

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Bid Coordinator (Defence Engineering) - £competitive plus benefits. FTSE 250 organisation.

I am recruiting a bid coordinator on behalf of a market leading engineering organisation. The role is based in Bristol and is in support of major defence bids ranging from £25m to in excess of £1b

As the bid coordinator you will join a highly successful and skilled team. Reporting into the Head of Major Bids you will be responsible for the following:

* Supporting the activities of bid teams, from PQQ through to tender submission, for competitive, high value technical engineering bids.

* Coordinating and contributing to the preparation of technical tender documentation to customers.

* Producing templates within technical drawing software such as AutoCAD, for consistency throughout response documents.

* Managing technical teams, daily stand up meetings, action items, graphics, and schedule adherence activities.

* Providing direction and advice to technical teams from an understanding of both bidding and engineering principles.

* Undertaking proposal development and edits using Adobe InDesign.

* Applying the company business winning process.

* Managing day-to-day tender specific tasks.

* Coordinating the tender documentation and bid library using SharePoint, ensuring documentation is version controlled from, kick off to the production of proposal collateral.

* Point of contact when Bid management Team are unavailable.

Ideal Candidate

* Significant first-hand experience in major (>£25M) competitive bids and proposal co-ordination is essential.

* The successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

* Proficient with SharePoint and able to manage multiple SharePoint sites.

* Strong organisational skills essential.

* Highly motivated and reliable.

* A good and confident team member, comfortable working under pressure.

* Ability to be flexible to support tender timeframes.

* Ability to work across disciplines and Business Units and obtain sufficient knowledge of the technical issues to be able to talk confidently to teams of specialists and other internal Stakeholders.

* Familiarity with the Shipley Associates bidding methodology, or equivalent, is essential

This is an excellent opportunity for a bid coordinator to work for a market-leading organisation on exciting and high profile bids. For more information or to apply, please contact Aaron Wallace at Experis.