Head of Bids & Proposals

About us

ORS is a leading Irish multidisciplinary building consultancy firm with 30 years' industry experience. Our mission is to design and build a better world by delivering sustainable solutions for our clients and creating a supportive workplace for our people.

ORS has been a certified Best Place to Work by Great Place to Work since 2018. We placed in the top 3 companies in our category at the 2025 Great Place to Work Awards. This acknowledgment reflects our unwavering commitment to cultivating a supportive work environment that nurtures and empowers our employees.

 We were also honoured to receive the "Best Hybrid Way of Working" award in 2022 and recognised as Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing in 2026

About the role

We are seeking a Head of Bids & Proposals to lead and evolve our bid function, driving a high-performing team in the delivery of successful tender submissions across the construction and built environment sector.

The successful candidate will bring strong leadership capability, a track record of winning complex tenders, and sector experience in construction or engineering consultancy

This is a leadership role responsible for leading bid strategy, managing and developing the bid team, improving win rates, and embedding best-practice bidding processes.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor and develop the bid team


• Foster a high-performance, collaborative culture


• Allocate resources across multiple concurrent bids
  
  

Bid Strategy & Governance

• Develop and implement winning bid strategies aligned to business goals


• Lead bid/no-bid decisions and oversee complex submissions


• Ensure consistent messaging, positioning and review processes

Bid Delivery & Quality

• Oversee end-to-end bid delivery across the business


• Ensure submissions are compliant, competitive and client-focused


• Drive continuous improvement in tools, templates and processes

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with senior leadership, technical teams and operations


• Secure high-quality inputs and support pre-tender positioning activities

Performance & Improvement

• Track bid performance, win rates and pipeline conversion


• Lead post-tender reviews and implement lessons learned


• Continuously improve bid quality and knowledge sharing

Essential Requirements

• 7+ years’ bid management experience, including leadership responsibility


• Proven track record delivering successful public sector and construction/engineering tenders


• Experience managing complex bids and multi-disciplinary teams


• Strong commercial awareness


• Strong knowledge of OJEU/ETenders and public procurement processes


• Background in construction, engineering, infrastructure, or the built environment


• Strong leadership, commercial awareness and bid writing skills


• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and deadline management


• Relevant degree and APMP qualification desirable


• Experience with CRM/bid management systems and digital collaboration tools preferred 

What We Can Offer You 

ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences.

Being part of ORS means more than just a job, it means joining a company that invests in you and your ambitions with transparency, structure and support. 

We are delighted to offer a suite of benefits when you join ORS, which include: 
 

• Competitive salary 

• Performance-related bonus 

• Pension scheme with matching contributions 

• Remote-first hybrid model – use your home as a base and any of our office locations as you see fit 

• Work from abroad 

• Flexible working hours 

• Access to over 60 health disciplines through our Kara Connect Platform 

• Continuous Professional development (CPD) programme & funding 

• Paid maternity, paternity and fertility leave 

• Company and birthday annual leave days 

• Death in Service benefit 

• Tax saver - travel and bike to work 

• Culture, social, wellness and CPD committees 

• Talent Development Programmes 

• Access to leading career coach Gerry Duffy 

About ORS 

ORS is a world-class multidisciplinary building consultancy with more than 30 years of delivering technical excellence across the built environment. Our mission is simple but powerful: We endeavour to make the lives of our team, clients, partners and communities happier and better in the ways that really matter every single day. 

Don’t just take our word for it! ORS has won numerous awards, recognising our Great Place to Work culture. 

• Winner of the Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025 

• Winner of the Graduate Programme of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025 

• Winner of the Best Company to Work For at the Irish Design & Build Awards 2024 & 2025 

• Winner of the Best People Development of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2024 

• Winner of the Recruitment & Retention Strategy at the Workplace Excellence Awards 2024 

• Great Place to Work certified consecutively since 2017 

• Top 3 Company Best Workplaces in the medium-sized category at the Great Place to Work awards 2025 

• Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing 2025 & 2026 Great Place to Work 

• Engineers Ireland CPD Accreditation since 20217 

• Awarded for Hybrid Way of Working at the 2022 Great Place to Work Awards 

• Silver Accreditation through Investors in Diversity 2025 

ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences.