Assistant Bid Lead
Company
Location
Derby, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/1/2025
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Description
About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Bid Lead to join our team. This is a project-focused role that supports the wider business in securing work and delivering high-quality pre-construction services. You’ll be involved in Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) schemes, strategic client engagement, and leading buildability reviews. Working closely with Commercial, Operational, Engineering and Technical teams, this role is ideal for someone looking to grow their career in pre-construction and bid management.
What you'll be doing
The Following Qualities/experience Are Essential
We’re looking for someone enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to develop within a pre-construction or bid-focused role. You may have recently started your career in construction, estimating, or project support and are now ready to take the next step.
You’ll be detail-oriented, comfortable working with technical information, and able to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients. You’ll enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and be able to juggle multiple tasks while staying organised.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
Balvac is a leading specialist contractor in structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment , and part of the Balfour Beatty Group. As a trusted expert Balvac sustainably extends the life of our nation’s infrastructure by delivering innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions to return our customers assets to full capacity and extend their working life.
About Us
Operating in the transport, energy, and power sectors with a focus on highway infrastructure, our expert capabilities extend the life of existing civil and building infrastructure across the UK. We implement a 'Detect, Diagnose, Develop, Deliver' approach offering a complete professional service from scheme development and design through to project delivery. These include structural concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing injection, structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, corrosion protection and cathodic protection, bridge bearing replacement, concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques. We also undertake testing, inspection and structural health monitoring, pile testing and noise, vibration and air quality monitoring.
Our ambition is to create an exciting platform for career development through diverse and challenging civil engineering infrastructure projects, expanding our industry leading specialist expertise, and creating the next generation of experts.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Bid Lead to join our team. This is a project-focused role that supports the wider business in securing work and delivering high-quality pre-construction services. You’ll be involved in Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) schemes, strategic client engagement, and leading buildability reviews. Working closely with Commercial, Operational, Engineering and Technical teams, this role is ideal for someone looking to grow their career in pre-construction and bid management.
What you'll be doing
The Following Qualities/experience Are Essential
- 6 to 12 months of relevant experience in pre-construction, bid support, estimating, or a similar role.
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills, with the ability to manage documentation, delivery programmes, and risk registers.
- Ability to coordinate with internal and external stakeholders across functions including design, proposals, commercial and technical teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to contribute to meetings and liaise with clients and suppliers.
- A proactive mindset with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Understanding of construction standards, specifications, and methodologies.
- Experience using Candy estimating software and/or MS Project.
- Familiarity with the modular or infrastructure construction industry.
- Knowledge of document control and bid coordination processes.
- Experience using Jaggaer Procurement Portal or similar platforms.
- Previous exposure to bid strategy meetings, client brief reviews, and risk management practices.
We’re looking for someone enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to develop within a pre-construction or bid-focused role. You may have recently started your career in construction, estimating, or project support and are now ready to take the next step.
You’ll be detail-oriented, comfortable working with technical information, and able to communicate effectively with colleagues and clients. You’ll enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and be able to juggle multiple tasks while staying organised.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
Balvac is a leading specialist contractor in structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment , and part of the Balfour Beatty Group. As a trusted expert Balvac sustainably extends the life of our nation’s infrastructure by delivering innovative structural repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance solutions to return our customers assets to full capacity and extend their working life.
About Us
Operating in the transport, energy, and power sectors with a focus on highway infrastructure, our expert capabilities extend the life of existing civil and building infrastructure across the UK. We implement a 'Detect, Diagnose, Develop, Deliver' approach offering a complete professional service from scheme development and design through to project delivery. These include structural concrete repair, crack injection, leak sealing injection, structural strengthening including the use of FRP composite materials, corrosion protection and cathodic protection, bridge bearing replacement, concrete carriageway rehabilitation using vacuum assisted void grouting and slab realignment techniques. We also undertake testing, inspection and structural health monitoring, pile testing and noise, vibration and air quality monitoring.
Our ambition is to create an exciting platform for career development through diverse and challenging civil engineering infrastructure projects, expanding our industry leading specialist expertise, and creating the next generation of experts.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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