Senior Bid Manager at United Infrastructure, Warrington, Cheshire

United Infrastructure is looking for an experienced Senior Bid Manager to lead complex, high-value bids across major infrastructure opportunities.

Working closely with senior leadership, commercial, engineering and operational teams, you will manage the full bid lifecycle, developing clear win strategies and delivering compelling, compliant submissions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead bids from initial qualification through to submission, interview and project handover.
• Develop bid strategies, win themes, value propositions and bid plans.
• Lead kick-off meetings, strategy workshops and senior bid reviews.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary commercial, technical and operational teams.
• Produce and review high-quality, persuasive tender responses.
• Ensure submissions meet client requirements, evaluation criteria and governance standards.
• Manage bid programmes, actions, risks and key deadlines.
• Work with Directors and senior stakeholders to support bid/no-bid decisions and key approvals.
• Capture lessons learned and continuously improve work-winning performance.
• Support and mentor Bid Managers, Bid Writers and Coordinators where required.

About You

You will ideally have:

• Significant experience in bid management, work winning or pre-construction within infrastructure, construction, utilities or engineering.
• A proven track record of leading complex, high-value tenders.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and strategic thinking.
• Confidence working with Directors, clients and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent planning, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to manage multiple bids and competing deadlines