Bid Manager in Broughton-in-furness

Job description

Job title: Bid Manager

Location: Weapon Systems UK, Barrow in Furness – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £55,000 – £69,000 (Depending on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• You are leading and managing the bid team, including co-ordination across all functions/capabilities, through all aspects of a bid including requirements capture activities, bid scheduling and budgeting, developing resource and materials estimates and executing the Bid Management Plan
• You are developing and maintaining the project baseline: work breakdown structure (WBS), organisational breakdown structure (OBS), risk and opportunity register, project resource and management plans
• You will be scheduling and co-ordinating the preparation for key bid reviews, including Lifecycle Management Reviews, to assure bid quality and compliance. Capturing actions and lessons learnt from reviews and ensuring all relevant experience is reflected in the development of bids and processes
• You are going to be managing the business approval process including relevant security and export approvals and the configuration control of key bid documentation
• You will be leading all aspects of the planning and execution of the overall proposal development effort to deliver compelling and innovative customer proposals
• You will interact with bid stakeholders including senior management and customer representatives
• You will keep the Campaign leadership team informed and engaged including timely escalation of issues needing resolution

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Qualified to degree standard or equivalent and have Project Management qualifications or relevant experience
• Experienced Project Manager with Bid Management experience from within a defence or similar industry (Engineering/ Procurement/ Government contracts)
• Dynamic problem solver with the ability to produce innovative solutions to solve complex issues.
• Excellent collaboration and influencing skills working with stakeholders within the customer domain and internally across multiple disciplines
• Resilient and able to operate in a dynamic fast-moving environment and able to adapt and work under pressure
• Have confidence to lead, use initiative and drive progress reviews

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Weapon Systems UK (WSUK) Team:

As part of BAE Systems Platforms and Services sector, Weapon Systems (UK) designs, develops, manufactures, and supports artillery systems, naval guns, and provides engineering capability to the wider BAE Systems business. Our global reach brings our customers a depth and breadth of expertise that meet critical needs in the air, on land, and at sea. Our mission strives for us to be our customer’s trusted and affordable weapons provider, delivering enhanced effects on target and complete mission solutions. We are looking for innovation, commitment and drive to help define the future of Weapon Systems capabilities.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Broughton-in-furness

Type of Contract

Casual / Part Time Jobs

Published at

16-10-2024

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English