2024 Graduate Programme – Bidding (Consult) – Work Winning team – Manchester (September start)

Mace

Sep 17, 2023

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Business, Operations & Strategy
Manchester

Requirements

A future or recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree or higher in any subject
5 GCSEs at grade 4/C or above, including Maths and English (or equivalent qualifications)
We’re looking for ambitious people who want to make a difference in the world. Proactive people who aren’t afraid of barriers, innovate, and have a genuine passion for service excellence. And those who embody the same values, behaviours and competencies as us to proudly move our industry forward:
Values – safety first, client focus, create opportunity, and integrity
Behaviours – curious, collaborators, contributors, and champions of diversity and inclusion
Competencies – build effective teams, embrace change, solve problems, and build trusted relationships
As our projects are spread across different locations, your work base will be flexible, and travel may be required to various project sites or Mace offices. It’s therefore important to have a positive and flexible approach towards travel.

Responsibilities

In Bidding, you will play a key role supporting the bid lead and bid managers with coordination and administration across the work winning lifecycle, delivering tender responses in line with the company’s brand, position and processes. You will support the bid lead in translating win strategies and business objectives into smart, compelling, consistent, customer-focused, error-free documents and presentations, project managing activity through department bid plans and escalating risk to bid lead where required. Some of your main responsibilities will include:
Following established processes to develop and deliver high quality, client focused proposal
Coordinating the project/bid, analysing tender documents to define client requirements, deliverables, set deadlines and owners
Supporting the bid programme, highlighting interdependencies and monitoring/reporting on progress
Appropriate dissemination, communication of client tender clarifications, and facilitation of appropriate actions in response
Gathering and issuing any clarifications required to the client
Proofing/copying edit responses to ensure compliant, compelling, benefits-driven copy
Ensuring all required reviews and adjudication/sign-offs are achieved in line with Mace Way Engage
Coordinating the creation of additional supporting content, i.e., printed models/video/large-format printing/presentations
Facilitating, records and sharing lessons learnt/best practice
Supporting improvement activities and projects which may be focused on improving work winning team performance, or competence and capability
You will also work towards gaining professional membership of the Association of Project Management (APM), fully funded and supported by us.

Mace

Shaping the built environment. Leading the way to a more connected, resilient and sustainable world.

Real Estate

Industry

5001-10,000

Employees

1990

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

At Mace, we are global experts in shaping the built environment. From development and consultancy, to construction and operations, we connect expertise across the entire property lifecycle to help our clients, people, communities and society achieve more than they believe is possible. You can see our impact everywhere: from skylines that form cities around the world to the infrastructure that communities depend on to live, work and play. Over 30 years, our growth has been fuelled by an adventurous spirit and the relentless pursuit of a better way. Today, we employ over 6,300 talented and passionate people across five global hubs in Europe, Middle East and North Africa, the Americas, Sub Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific. Every day we’re moving closer towards our vision: leading the way to a more connected, resilient and sustainable world. The built environment holds many of the keys to this future. In an industry that’s too often been part of the problems, we’re determined to create solutions. That’s why, at the heart of everything we do, there’s a purpose that drives us: to redefine the boundaries of ambition. On behalf of our people, communities and society, we see every challenge as an opportunity to dream bigger and bring ambitions to life. Together, we find a way to unleash the potential within every place, project and person – inspiring the stories that shape our lives and change our world.