The Opportunity
Join a Growing Team Driving Business Success!
Due to continued growth and a strong pipeline of opportunities, OCU is looking for a talented Bid Writer to join our Group Proposals Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in securing future business across a diverse range of sectors. Working closely with operational, commercial, and technical teams, you'll be responsible for creating compelling, compliant, and high-quality tender submissions that showcase OCU's expertise and capabilities.
If you're a strong writer with a keen eye for detail and a passion for winning work, we'd love to hear from you.
- Producing high-quality responses for PQQs, EOIs, ITTs, RFPs, and framework submissions.
- Supporting bid planning activities, including storyboarding and submission strategies.
- Collaborating with subject matter experts across operational, commercial, and technical teams.
- Gathering and coordinating evidence, case studies, and supporting information.
- Developing persuasive win themes and value propositions.
- Reviewing tender requirements and ensuring all submissions are fully compliant.
- Supporting internal review processes, including Pink, Red, and Gold reviews.
- Maintaining and developing bid content libraries and knowledge management systems.
- Assisting with client presentations and interview preparation when required.
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and lessons learned activities.
Essential
- Experience in a Bid Writer, Proposal Writer, Tender Coordinator, or similar role.
- Experience supporting the preparation of PQQs, EOIs, ITTs, RFPs, and framework submissions.
- Excellent written communication, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
- High attention to detail and a commitment to producing quality submissions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
Desirable
- APMP Foundation qualification or working towards accreditation.
- Experience within utilities, energy, infrastructure, construction, telecommunications, or engineering sectors.
- Knowledge of public sector procurement processes and frameworks.
- Experience using procurement portals such as Achilles, Jaggaer, Delta, Proactis, or similar platforms.
- More than 2 years' experience within a bid, proposals, or tendering environment.
At OCU, we believe that meaningful work should come with meaningful support. That's the principle behind Careers with Purpose, our commitment to ensuring every person at OCU feels supported, developed, and valued, not just in their role today, but throughout their career with us.
Alongside the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, we offer a benefits package that we are continuing to develop as we grow, and the kind of career acceleration that only comes from being inside a business moving at this pace.
As a rapidly growing organisation, there are genuine opportunities to progress, broaden your experience, and build a long-term career within OCU Group.
For a confidential conversation about this opportunity, please contact Beth Brookes
at
[email protected]
We review applications every day and may close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. We encourage early applications.
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
