Senior Bid Manager
Leeds
Talented people are the key to our success.
We are seeking an experienced and driven Senior Bid Manager to join our Rail Pre-Construction team within Morgan Sindall Infrastructure (Rail). This role is responsible for the successful planning, coordination, and submission of high-quality bids to both existing and prospective clients.
You will play a key role in positioning the business for success by delivering compelling, compliant, and innovative tender submissions that maximise our competitive advantage. Working within a fast-paced environment, you will ensure all tenders are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest possible standard.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of bids and tender submissions from inception to completion.
- Produce high-quality, compliant, and compelling proposals that clearly articulate value and differentiate Morgan Sindall
- Manage multiple bids simultaneously, ensuring deadlines, quality standards, and budgets are consistently met.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders across disciplines including commercial, operational, and design teams.
- Ensure strong governance and adherence to internal processes, client requirements, and procurement frameworks.
- Contribute to bid strategy, win themes, and value propositions to strengthen competitive positioning.
- Manage and coordinate design inputs during tender and contract stages.
- Provide leadership and direction to bid teams, fostering collaboration and high performance.
- Engage with key stakeholders and influence decision-making across complex organisational structures.
- Continuously improve bidding processes, driving innovation and best practice
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
- Proven senior-level experience in work winning, including successful delivery of major, profitable bids.
- Demonstrated success in quality-led bidding, with a creative and innovative approach.
- Strong understanding of commercial principles, procurement models, and contract terms and conditions
- Experience working within large, complex organisations and influencing stakeholders beyond your immediate team.
- Background in delivering large-scale projects in an operational environment, ideally at Project Manager level.
- Experience managing design processes throughout tender and contract phases.
- Knowledge of collaborative delivery models such as joint ventures and alliances
- Excellent leadership and people management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop teams.
- Strong organisational, planning, and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Sound knowledge of construction practices, standards, and specifications, with specialist expertise in your discipline.
- Collaborative, initiative-taking, and adaptable mindset, with the ability to contribute across business units.
What is in it for you?
Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.
- Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days.
- Flexible and adaptable working
- Family friendly policies and work/life approach
- Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme
- Recognition scheme and long service awards
- Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)
- We also provide the option to participate in our share-save scheme; discounts including cycle to work and gym membership; a support and advice service for colleagues and their families, and more.
About the Rail Business Unit
Millions of people rely on Britain’s rail network to take them safely and efficiently across the country every day. Morgan Sindall helps this happen by providing renewed and enhanced rail infrastructure with the minimum of passenger disruption.
Our customers receive a multi-disciplined service covering electrification, power supply, tunnelling and a full range of civil engineering and building capabilities including structures, lineside infrastructure, and station enhancements. This is complemented by track and signalling works from our supply chain partners to provide a complete rail offering.
Our expertise is focused not only on effective delivery of projects within a railway environment, but also on minimising disruption for railway users through the adoption of innovative working practices and techniques. These include ‘live launch’ bridge construction, in which we can install bridges while allowing railways beneath to remain operational.
From landmark station refurbishment projects and platform extensions to tunnelling works and bridge launches, we have a record of delivering rail projects that are helping to provide a rail network fit for the 21st century.
Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.
Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.