Bid Writer

About The Role

Role Summary

A person who is responsible for the production of and proof-reading of written elements of tender and pre-qualification submissions for Coffey. They will collaborate with various department and company team members to develop the excellent tender and proposals content to win projects.

*This role is for a 3 month Fixed-Term contract/position.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing technical and non-technical input into pre-qualification submissions which demonstrates the company's expertise, capability and experience
• Support bid planning, including identifying unique selling points (USPs), win themes, and storyboarding
• Conduct market, competitor, and sector research to inform bid responses
• Ensure all submissions meet client requirements, internal standards, and legal or regulatory frameworks
• Maintain bid planning documents, project plans, and gap analyses
• Submission Support : With the Upload and submission of bids, tenders, and supporting documentation accurately and on time
• Be accountable for the quality of their content and written submissions.
• Reviewing and editing tender or pre-qualification submission inputs from subject matter specialists, both within and outside the company
• Creating the template documents for tender and pre-qualification submissions
• Support in creating and maintaining the systems and libraries associated with the production of bid documentation
• Promoting continual improvement in the standard of tender and pre-qualification submissions

About You

Essential Criteria

• A degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 3 years of bid writing experience in business-to-business or sales environments
• Excellent technical writing skills and written presentation skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Positive attitude to workload and learning
• Willing to work in a collaborative manner with team members within the proposals team, tendering team and the wider company
• Be self-driven and demonstrate a willingness to work on your own initiative, develop improvements and keep up to date with industry knowledge
• Able to manage work within fixed deadlines.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in technical writing, research, or marketing
• Professional recognition through organisations like the Association of Proposal Management Professionals
• Commutable distance to our Mansfield office

About Us

About us

Coffey is a water infrastructure and civil engineering specialist operating in every major construction sector throughout Ireland and the UK. Passionate about quality and efficiency, this passion drives our belief in delivering projects with the best workforce. The hallmarks of our work are innovative solutions, engineering ingenuity, professional construction management and the highest level of safety and quality. We pride ourselves in nurturing an environment that empowers critical thinking, creative problem-solving, customer focus, efficiency and flexibility.

Coffey values are at the heart of everything we do - Do the right thing, Do it better, Do it together .