AECOM Jobs

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

Job Description

AECOM is looking for a Bid Manager to join their B&P Pursuits Team. This role will be focusing on bids over $ 250K and will participate in the delivery of the FY23 sector strategy and associated GSR bookings target.

The Bid Manager will be involved in the Buildings & Places UK&I Pursuits Team supporting a culture of bidding best practice to improve our win rate. Focusing on priority bids of over +$250k, whilst also taking responsibility for those bids over $100K (as outline in the bidding process). Taking an active bid management role, including client pre-positioning (roadmap, four rules, client listening etc), clearly demonstrating consistence adherence to the documented B+P UK&I Pursuits Team process; including robust go/no-go’s, bid codes raised promptly, meeting kick-offs, storyboarding sessions, pink/red/gold reviews, tender boards, governance process, presentation materials, rehearsals and lessons learned and debriefs.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support sector/discipline/regional pipeline cleansing as required the management of their sector pipelines to ensure opportunities are recorded, pursued and maximised to support fee conversion.

• Participate in a continuous improvement cycle across the B&P UKI pursuits team resulting in improved bidding and the overall win rate of the team exceeding +50%. 

• Obtain detailed information on the reason for win/loss, who we were in competition, who was successful and % fee difference where lost due to fee on all bids managed and feedback to B+P UK&I market sector bid manager.

• Participate in supporting monthly B+P UK&I pursuits team meetings.

• Demonstrate collaborative engagement with MPT and marcomms to meet or exceed our bookings targets and raise AECOM’s profile and brand within the marketplace.

• Embrace the B+P UK&I Pursuits team training programme to address individual needs.

• Participate in campaign management working alongside the marketing team to support strategic/must win bids.

• Participate in new initiatives to drive bidding effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline.

• APMP Foundation level.

• Previous similar experience working on bid projects over +$250k.

• Preferaby 3-5 yrs experience in a similar environment.

• Experience of working on data center bids would be an advantage.

• Proficient InDesign skills.

• Understanding the bidding process and have effective bid management and writing skills.

• Excellent communicator, confident and adaptable.

• Good attention to detail.

• Thrives in a busy environment.

• Ability to prioritise workload.

• Ability to motivate a team (previous line management experience desirable).

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10090256

Business Line: Geography OH

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Business Development

Work Location Model: Hybrid