Senior Bid Manager

Senior Bid Manager - FreedomLocation: UK-wide (Remote/flexible with national travel)Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 + car allowance + private healthcare and flexible benefits

Summary

Freedom Group, part of NG Bailey, provides technical, environmental, and land-related services to power and water infrastructure projects across the UK. As an ICP-accredited organisation with a strong reputation, we combine specialist expertise with national scale to help shape the future of infrastructure.

We're proud of our highly successful bid team, known for a selective, high win-rate approach and for building long-standing client relationships that result in significant repeat business. As part of NG Bailey - the UK's largest independent engineering and services business - we offer stability, development, and career growth, backed by a competitive salary, car allowance, bonus, and flexible working.

This is your opportunity to join a respected, established team and play a central role in securing complex infrastructure opportunities with major UK utilities clients.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Lead the end-to-end bid process, developing and implementing winning strategies.
• Manage and inspire a high-performing bid team, ensuring quality, collaboration, and alignment with business goals.
• Oversee the production of compelling proposals and submissions that set Freedom apart.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and clients, guiding bids from opportunity through to contract negotiation.
• Provide pipeline reporting, forecasting, and market intelligence to senior leadership.
• Play a key role in maximising return on investment through smart, targeted bid selection.

What we're looking for:

• Proven success in bid management with experience leading complex proposals.
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills with the ability to inspire and influence.
• Commercially astute with a results-driven mindset.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with UK-wide travel as required.
• Experience in utilities, HV projects, ICP/IDNO connections, or large frameworks is highly desirable.

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Car/Car allowance
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays with an option to Buy/Sell additional days
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to choose from inc: Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.

Next Steps:

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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