Assistant Bid Writer

Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure.
 
Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.
 
Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. 

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Assistant Bid Writer - Wigan

Recently recognised as one of the Best Big Company in the UK to work in 2023 by Best Companies there really is no better time to join Murphy. Take a look at the role outline and if you think you fit the bill, and want to work within a team that rewards performance ,drives personal development and offers a great working environment and you have experince as a BId Writer we want to hear from you!

Murphy have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Bid Writer working alongside the Proposals team. As an Assistant Bid Writer you will assist the work winning efforts across the business, liaising with staff in all departments to collate information to use in pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQ), responses to invitations to tender (ITT).

What you will be doing 

Working alongside the technical writers, the Assistant Bid Writer will liaise with staff in all departments to collate information to use in pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQ), responses to invitations to tender (ITT) and business proposals
Research and write information for use in PQQs and ITTs, including case studies, CVs, and evidence to assist all responses
Working with the bid writers and assist functions across the business, assist in the development and maintenance of a library of frequently used / boilerplate answers and  materials for purposed bid.
Maintain quality results by using templates; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone; editing, proofreading and printing all documentation prior to submission.
Manage an online up-to-date library of all answers submitted in PQQ and ITT responses across the business, as well as managing a bi-annual audit on the content. The content must be precise, thorough, and compliant with any industry standards
Work with the communications officer and marketing team in the production of case studies / project profiles for use within PQQs and ITTs where required
Successfully work on multiple PQQs and ITTs simultaneously in a high-paced environment, often with a short turnaround time for submissions
Under the guidance of the Bid Manager, produce responses for the non-technical sections of PQQs / ITTs, e.g. financial information, insurances, bidder information etc. (training and guidance will be provided).
Work with the Work Winning team, Marketing department and the wider business in the collation of case studies / project profiles for use within PQQs and ITTs where required.  

Who we are looking for 

Have strong inter-personal and relationship building skills
Ability to write about complicated and technical issues in plain English
Knowledge and experience of operating IT systems, i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Access and / or electronic document management systems