Associate Director Technical Authoring Lead, Infrastructure Pursuits

Overview

Lead author of technical bids for major infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• technical writing
• bid authoring
• quality assurance
• market insights
• resource alignment
• narrative development

Tasks

-Work with technical specialists and internal/external stakeholders to clearly articulate complex technical solutions. -Lead authorship of technical responses for major infrastructure bids, ensuring alignment with client requirements and evaluation criteria. -Upskill technical contributors, champion continuous improvement including in AI/Automation and promote excellence in technical writing across the organisation. -Embed relevant market insights, trends, and organisational value propositions into bid content. -Manage the bid quality assurance process including stage reviews. -Develop tailored case studies and value proposition narratives specific to infrastructure markets. -Work with resourcing and commercial leads to ensure technical responses remain aligned with evolving delivery strategies, resource planning, and commercial positioning. -Collaborate closely with bid coordinators to plan, manage and deliver timely and high-quality deliverables. -Work closely with the Strategic Pursuits Director to translate bid strategies and pursuit plans into compelling narratives and feed input into future opportunities. -Contribute to marketing, presentation and thought-leadership content in collaboration with Cities Directorship and Partners. -Critically review technical inputs to ensure completeness against scope requirements, narrative coherence, and compliance with bid objectives.

Requirements

• apmp
• design-build
• public bids
• infrastructure
• engineering
• organisational

What You Bring

-Excellent organisational skills, managing working on multiple proposals concurrently while ensuring high-quality standards. -The ideal candidate will have experience within design and build (D&B) environments or effectively collaborating with consultants and contractors. -Demonstrated capability to review and elevate the quality of bid content authored by others. -Membership / Certification in APMP (Association for Proposal Management Professionals). -Demonstrable track record of successfully authoring and shaping public sector bids and frameworks working alongside and with input from technical experts across a number of engineering environmental disciplines. -Proven ability to interpret client evaluation frameworks and tailor responses to fully address scoring criteria, consistently achieving top scores in quality assessments. -Exceptional skills in writing, editing, and structuring technical methodologies, evidence and strategic bid content. -Significant experience in managing complex public sector infrastructure bids within engineering, infrastructure, or construction sectors and proven track record of high scoring questions and winning bids. -Strong interpersonal skills, capable of influencing and engaging multidisciplinary technical teams and building internal network of content contributors. -Track record of producing precise, compliant, and persuasive answers that withstand rigorous client evaluation, ensuring bids are differentiated and score maximum available points.

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Benefits

-Income Protection. -Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays. -Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts. -Hybrid working arrangements. -Life Assurance. -Private Medical Health (family cover). -Early leaving at the end of the month - Buro Happold actively encourages its employees to finish at 3pm on the last Friday of each month (depending on business demands). These hours can equate to an additional 4 days leave per annum. -Company Pension Scheme.

About Buro Happold

- excels in providing creative and sustainable solutions for complex projects. - serves a diverse range of sectors. - projects include large-scale infrastructure, high-end residential, and innovative commercial buildings. - recognized for its expertise in structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering. - portfolio includes iconic projects such as the Sydney Opera House renewal and London's Crossrail. - innovative, sustainable design is central to the company’s approach, incorporating cutting-edge technologies. - delivers solutions that enhance the built environment.

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