Bid Coordinator

Bid Coordinator

At Babcock, we are committed to creating a safe and secure world. Join us as a Bid Coordinator at Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth, and play a vital role in shaping bids that support national defence.

As a Bid Coordinator, you will be instrumental in delivering high-value, strategically important bids for programmes worth billions of pounds. These programmes are critical to national security and defence capability. You will work within our Business Growth function, coordinating complex proposals, aligning cross-functional teams, and ensuring all submissions meet the highest standards. This is a dynamic and fast-paced role offering a fantastic opportunity to build your career in Defence, aerospace, and Engineering Bid Management, develop specialist expertise, and make a tangible impact on Babcock’s growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinating bid management plans, schedules, and documentation for major Defence programmes.
• Supporting the organisation of bid meetings, including procurement management, Kick-Offs, reviews, and stakeholder engagements.
• Managing procurement portals and ensuring accurate and timely submission of bid materials.
• Producing regular bid reports and tracking progress against milestones and deliverables.
• Facilitating Gate governance processes, including supporting Gates 0–6 approvals within the Babcock bid lifecycle.

This is a full-time role (37 hours per week) based at Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth, with hybrid working patterns available.

Essential Experience:

• Ideally 1-2 years of experience in bid coordination or proposal bid support roles.
• Strong understanding of governance frameworks, including bid methodologies, Gate Governance review processes, and Shipley colour team reviews.
• Good knowledge of UK MOD procurement processes, portals, and commercial contracting mechanisms.
• Experience operating within complex, large-scale engineering, defence, or comparable environments.
• Willingness to travel within the UK.

Qualifications:

• Association of Proposal Management Professionals membership (Desirable).
• APMP Bid or Proposal Foundation Certification (Desirable).
• APMP Bid or Proposal Practitioner Certification (Advantageous).

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National and able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Please note that many positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. Your eligibility may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and residency. Further details can be found on the GOV.UK website regarding UK Security Vetting levels.

What Babcock Offers:

• Generous holiday allowance.
• Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations via Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee share scheme.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• 10 days special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces.
• Holiday Trading benefit.
• 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering.
• Excellent development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including an employee assistance programme supporting wellbeing.

Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 employees dedicated to making a difference. Join us to contribute to essential products and services for national security and public infrastructure, and build a meaningful career with a focus on work-life balance. We call this lifetime engineering.

We are a disability confident committed employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or selection process, please contact [email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We are happy to discuss flexible working options.