31 March 2026

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
HOURS OF WORK: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
SALARY: £36,000 per annum
BENEFITS: Westfield Health, EAP, KPI Related Bonus, 25 days holiday
CLOSING DATE: 31st March 2026

A vacancy has arisen for a Bid Writer to join our Business Development Team at Head Office in Barnsley.

Hargreaves Industrial Services Ltd are a quality assured contracting company delivering EPC turnkey projects, framework contracts and term service operation and maintenance contracts across a wide range of industrial markets in the UK.

The role briefly encompasses the following duties: -

  • Ensuring compliance with internal tendering and contract award process and procedure.
  • Understanding Public Procurement Regulations
  • Familiarity with framework procurements, open/restricted procedures and competitive dialogue
  • Ability to produce clear, tailored, persuasive responses that answer technical questions, method statements, quality / innovation criteria and social value requirements.
  • Adapting content to strict word counts, character limits and structured response formats.
  • Applying win themes and value propositions across answers
  • Ensuring full compliance with tender instructions.
  • Managing document controls and versioning.
  • Gathering data, case studies, KPIs, policies, and operational inputs.
  • Turning raw information into high‑scoring narrative.
  • Managing multiple tenders simultaneously
  • Writing answers that directly target scoring matrices and evaluation criteria
  • Understanding contractual risks, TUPE implications, mobilisation risks, and operational constraints.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills/experience/ attributes:-

  • A minimum of 2 years’ experience in bid writing, able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of preparing scored tender responses and achievement of high scores which ultimately led to winning bids.
  • The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience in public procurement sector, especially for contracting with Local Authorities and major infrastructure projects.
  • Professional attitude and excellent communicator with the ability to communicate with all appropriate stakeholders as necessary.
  • A high attention to detail with an excellent editing and proofing ability
  • Excellent literacy skills, with an extensive vocabulary
  • Deadline driven with effective time management skills
  • Thrive in a busy environment
  • Ability to multitask and prioritise workload
  • Strong competence in Microsoft Office suite and other appropriate software

What we do:

As an established contract management Company, Hargreaves Industrial Services provides high standard, professional services to our clients within the power, port, steel, rail and other industrial sectors both within the UK and abroad.

Our core services include:

  • Materials Handling expertise, offering efficient and optimal solutions for all bulk handling requirements
  • Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance and Engineering
  • Operation and Maintenance of Material Handling Plants

As a Company we pride ourselves on our service delivery and professional 'can do' attitude and we are always looking for committed, keen, professional people to join us. If you are interested in a rewarding career with us in this role, you should submit your CV to our HR Department quoting reference (HIS334) via e-mail to his.recruitment@hsgplc.co.uk