Senior Bid Manager

Are you ready to help shape the future of our water business? In this position, you have the unique opportunity to manage the end-to-end work winning process for our most complex and strategic water bids, ranging in value from £5m to £20m+. Reporting to the Work Winning Lead for Water, our Senior Bid Manager will deliver high quality proposals, work collaboratively with stakeholders and adhere to AECOM’s work winning processes. You will be a part of our Water business focused on solving challenges around climate change, water scarcity and the energy transition. Responsibilities will include: - Preparing and managing large/complex proposals that may involve multiple departments and regions, supporting from capture through to interview/lessons learned stage. - Overseeing positioning and capture activities, including facilitating win strategy workshops, working with key internal stakeholders and leadership. - Following best practices, using AECOM processes and templates to create compliant and compelling bids. - Leading and driving forwards all bid stages including kick off, answer planning, review stages, document production, interviews - adding value as a subject matter expert in bidding. - Analysing internal debriefs and client feedback on proposals to ensure and demonstrate continuous improvement and identify trends, lessons learned and best practices across clients and markets.  - Lead discrete projects within the work winning team to embed best practice in bidding across Water, such as delivering training. - Assist the Water Work Winning Lead with active pipeline management and resource planning. Being part of the team: As part of the Water Work Winning Team, you will contribute to initiatives to improve the quality of bids across the Water business through preparation of training materials, knowledge management and upkeep of the bid library, and promoting the use of industry-recognised processes.  Come & Grow with Us. Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top-tier civil, mechanical, electrical, and process engineers to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion. Here, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued. Enjoy the Perks. At AECOM you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we'll need from you: - Experience of managing complex multi-disciplinary bids, in the construction/engineering industry, from capture/positioning phase to interview/lessons learned. - Experience of creating win strategies/themes to craft compelling and compliant bid responses. - A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Teams and PowerPoint. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to work with stakeholders at all levels including senior leadership. - The ability to work positively under pressure and deliver quality output to deadlines. - An eye for detail, not accepting second best and taking personal pride and responsibility for all aspects within their control. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!