Bid Writer
Company
Location
Barnsley, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/21/2025
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Description
Bid Writer – Construction & Engineering
Location: Barnsley
Sector: Transport Infrastructure, Construction & Engineering (including rail, aviation, highways, environment, canals & rivers, power, and energy)
Join Our Dynamic Team
AmcoGiffen is seeking an experienced and motivated Bid Writer to become a vital part of our central work-winning team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to contribute to high-profile projects across the UK’s critical infrastructure sectors. If you have a passion for crafting compelling proposals and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.
About Us
AmcoGiffen has built a strong reputation for delivering innovative solutions and high-quality outcomes in civil engineering and infrastructure. Our expertise includes maintenance frameworks, capital delivery projects, and complex civil engineering works such as bridge reconstruction and environmental infrastructure.
Our diverse project portfolio features, but is not limited to:
The Role
As a Bid Writer, you will be a key contributor to our business development efforts, responsible for producing high-quality, persuasive written content for a variety of bid documents. Your work will involve close collaboration with technical experts, project managers, and senior stakeholders to craft tailored responses that meet client requirements and showcase our capabilities.
Your responsibilities will include:
This role is ideal for an experienced Bid Writer or a highly skilled individual with a background in proposal development. We also welcome applications from recent graduates with strong writing skills, or professionals transitioning from roles such as journalism or communications.
Essential Skills & Experience:
Apply now and help us shape the future of UK infrastructure!
Join us at AmcoGiffen and become part of a forward-thinking company dedicated to delivering impactful infrastructure projects and supporting your career growth.
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
[email protected]
Recruitment Manager
Location: Barnsley
Sector: Transport Infrastructure, Construction & Engineering (including rail, aviation, highways, environment, canals & rivers, power, and energy)
Join Our Dynamic Team
AmcoGiffen is seeking an experienced and motivated Bid Writer to become a vital part of our central work-winning team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to contribute to high-profile projects across the UK’s critical infrastructure sectors. If you have a passion for crafting compelling proposals and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you.
About Us
AmcoGiffen has built a strong reputation for delivering innovative solutions and high-quality outcomes in civil engineering and infrastructure. Our expertise includes maintenance frameworks, capital delivery projects, and complex civil engineering works such as bridge reconstruction and environmental infrastructure.
Our diverse project portfolio features, but is not limited to:
- Rail infrastructure maintenance and improvements
- Bridges & Structures
- Tunnels & Station Infrastructure
- Access for All (AfA) rail station infrastructure
- Highways & Roads
- Flood Alleviation & Repairs
- Earthworks & Embankments
- Aviation
- Power & Energy
- Canals & Rivers
- Environmental Infrastructure
The Role
As a Bid Writer, you will be a key contributor to our business development efforts, responsible for producing high-quality, persuasive written content for a variety of bid documents. Your work will involve close collaboration with technical experts, project managers, and senior stakeholders to craft tailored responses that meet client requirements and showcase our capabilities.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing compelling proposals for Market Engagement Questionnaires (MEQs), Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs), Invitations to Tender (ITTs), and other procurement documents
- Managing and coordinating written responses to client inquiries and expressions of interest
- Crafting answer plans and proposal strategies to address client objectives
- Reviewing tender documentation for completeness and accuracy
- Editing and reviewing templates such as answer responses, CVs, and organisation charts
- Ensuring compliance with client requirements and internal procedures
- Attending bid meetings and supporting the bid team throughout the process
- Monitoring feedback and post-tender analysis to improve future submissions
- Collaborating on bid strategy development and supporting marketing initiatives
This role is ideal for an experienced Bid Writer or a highly skilled individual with a background in proposal development. We also welcome applications from recent graduates with strong writing skills, or professionals transitioning from roles such as journalism or communications.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Degree-level education or equivalent
- Exceptional written communication, editing, and proofreading skills
- Ability to translate complex technical information into clear, engaging narratives
- Strong attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines
- Excellent organisational skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Proven experience in proposal writing within the construction or engineering sectors (or related fields) – desirable but not essential
- Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with internal teams and external partners
- Competitive salary, negotiable based on experience
- Company car or car allowance
- 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays (with increasing entitlement over time)
- Company contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Westfield Health Cash Plan & Rewards
- Employee referral scheme
- Ongoing learning and professional development opportunities
- A supportive, inclusive, and safe working environment
- Employee forums for your voice to be heard
Apply now and help us shape the future of UK infrastructure!
Join us at AmcoGiffen and become part of a forward-thinking company dedicated to delivering impactful infrastructure projects and supporting your career growth.
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
[email protected]
Recruitment Manager
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