Proposal Specialist-Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Responsibilities

• Work under direction of Regional Proposal Strategy Manager and will serve as a regional proposal resource working together with a team of other proposal, writers, and creative team members to deliver quality proposals throughout a multiple state region.
• Lead non-complex standard proposals with limited supervision and support complex alternative delivery proposals.
• Analyze and interpret solicitation documents and requirements (RFQ, RFI, RFP) to prepare and develop comprehensive response templates (compliance matrix, proposal outlines, schedule).
• Facilitate proposal kick-off meetings, milestone reviews, and recovery periods.
• Manage and coordinate all proposal sections to ensure compliance with client’s objectives and requirements while ensuring consistency with proposing entity’s strategy and approach.
• Organize and may facilitate strategy and storyboarding sessions to incorporate concepts and data into deliverable documents.
• Responsible for leading other proposal and graphics staff and/or partners in developing deliverables.
• Collaborate and interview engineers, designers, and others to secure information for various writing assignments to prepare compliant and compelling written proposal content.
• Serve as lead writer for various proposal sections (i.e., project descriptions, qualification summaries, resumes, technical, etc.).
• Collaborate with creative team to conceptualize and integrate compelling graphics to convey proposed solutions within SOQ/proposal responses.
• Make accurate and timely formatting, edits, and revisions to documents, and adjust schedule as required.
• Understands and applies proposal methods and tools, consistently implement standard best practice processes
• Lead or assist in the total production and delivery for on-time delivery of proposals (electronic and hard copy)
• Support presentation phase of pursuit, coordinates graphics, and helps refine key messages
• Assist with maintaining, monitoring, and managing proposal database, files, and systems through appropriate information management systems
• Support and drives development and continuous improvement of best practices and templates, data platforms, and style guides

Qualifications

The successful candidate must possess the following qualifications:

•    3+ years of proposal coordination/writing experience in engineering/construction or similar industry
•    Prior exposure to construction management practices
•    Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Communications, Journalism, English, Liberal Arts, or equivalent
•    Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
•    Advanced knowledge and skills in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat

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