Job Description
About Us
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, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation natural resources energy and water. Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together we work as 'One Murphy' directly delivering the people plant and expertise needed to make our projects a success.
About The Role
The Bid Writer will be responsible for developing high-quality persuasive proposals to secure contracts within the natural resources and process engineering sectors. This role requires close collaboration with technical teams project managers and senior stakeholders to translate complex technical information into clear compelling and compliant bid documents that meet client requirements and align with company standards.
What You Will Be Doing
- Bid Development: Create write and edit bid responses and proposals that clearly communicate the company's technical capabilities ensuring they are compliant with client requirements and industry standards.
- Collaboration: Work with multidisciplinary teams including engineers and project managers to gather and verify technical information for bids.
- Bid Strategy: Develop and contribute to bid strategies by understanding client needs the competitive landscape and company strengths.
- Content Management: Maintain a library of reusable content case studies and technical data ensuring consistency and accuracy across all bid documents.
- Deadlines: Manage multiple projects simultaneously delivering high-quality work within tight deadlines.
- Post-Bid Analysis: Support debriefs after bid submissions to identify opportunities for improvement in future proposals.
What We Are Looking For
- Technical Communication: Ability to translate complex engineering concepts into persuasive accessible language for non-technical stakeholders.
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous focus on accuracy consistency and compliance with client and industry requirements.
- Project Management: Strong organisational skills to manage multiple projects and meet strict deadlines.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work closely with both technical and non-technical teams.
- Research and Analysis: Strong research skills to understand client needs market trends and competitors tailoring bids effectively.
- Prioritisation: Ability to prioritise tasks balancing multiple responsibilities to meet tight deadlines.
You Will Have
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering English Communications Business or a related field.
- An understanding of engineering principles is advantageous.
- Experience: Previous experience in construction or engineering sectors.
- Skills: Excellent organisational presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication and people skills.
- Great attention to detail ensuring the quality of all bid materials.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- IT Proficiency: Competent in using various IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office.
What Murphy Offer In Return
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review.
- Above market rate contributory pension scheme available from day one.
- 27 days annual leave per annum.
- Generous Private Healthcare Allowance.
- Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
- Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts cycle to work scheme etc.