Proposals Manager
Location: Based in Dartford full time
This role does not offer visa sponsorship
Do you want to help secure our future business and be part of a high‑performing team bidding for some of the UK's most exciting major building and infrastructure projects?
Laing O'Rourke has an excellent opportunity to join our UK Proposals Team. Every successful pursuit is a team effort and our collaborative approach has achieved a peer‑group leading bid success rate of 1 in 1.1 in 2025. Our team brings together expertise, creativity and strategy to craft compelling proposals that win work.
As a Proposals Manager, you'll work across multiple concurrent pursuits, partnering with our in‑house proposals specialists, bid leaders and subject matter experts. This is where experience, innovation and intent come together to create submissions that stand out.
We're looking for an emerging leader, someone proactive, organised and driven to produce exceptional quality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop compelling, benefit‑led proposal content showcasing our value to clients.
- Project manage high‑quality submission materials and presentations.
- Provide clear direction to our in‑house proposals team and coordinate activity effectively.
- Combine strong writing, great design and 4D visualisation by collaborating with our graphic design, digital engineering and visualisation teams.
- Work closely with the head of proposals, bid leaders and SMEs to deliver multiple pursuits successfully.
- Lead review sessions and provide constructive feedback to ensure responses meet all requirements and scoring criteria.
- Capture lessons learned, share insights and drive continuous improvement.
- Use technology effectively to maximise productivity and responsiveness.
Candidate Success Profile:
- Emerging leader ready for the next step in bid/proposal management.
- Strong communicator with excellent written skills and an eye for clear, effective design.
- Skilled writer and reviewer of high‑quality proposal content.
- Innovative thinker able to influence outcomes and drive quality.
- Humble, collaborative and comfortable drawing on the expertise of others.
- High attention to detail and a commitment to fully answering and evidencing every requirement.
- Organised, calm under pressure and able to manage challenging deadlines.
- Takes pride in their work and motivates others.
- Curious, open to feedback and committed to best practice.
- Committed to ongoing professional development, supported by our APMP corporate membership.
- Brings experience that will positively influence our ways of working and team growth.
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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