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Proposal Specialist II (REMOTE)

Role overview

Summary

The Proposal Specialist II role at Michael Baker International focuses on collaborating with technical leads to develop winning proposals and presentations. You will partner with Capture Managers to lead proposal development, ensuring adherence to best practices while fostering a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Journalism, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 6+ years of experience in the planning, preparation, and development of architectural and engineering proposals and qualifications packages for government and private clients.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Exceptional writing, editing, and document organization skills.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with the AEC industry.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate kick-off meetings that define expectations.
  • Identify tasks, assign responsibilities, and develop and manage adherence to proposal schedule.
  • Develop outlines to guide proposal authors.
  • Lead the team in the development of visual and written content for proposals; draft and/or edit proposal narrative as necessary.

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • Bid Writer
  • $90K – $110K / year
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Writing
  • Editing
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Organizational Skills
  • Decision Making
  • Time Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Problem Solving
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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Michael Baker International

  • Engineering Services
  • Large
  • 1,001–5,000
Michael Baker International is a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management. The company provides its comprehensive range of services and solutions to support U.S. federal, state, and municipal governments, foreign allied governments, and a wide range of commercial clients. Michael Baker’s more than 3,000 employees across nearly 100 locations are committed to a culture of innovation, collaboration and technological advancement to help solve challenges for clients and communities throughout the country.

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Job description

What We’re Looking For

Michael Baker International is seeking an energetic leader to collaborate with technical leads on winning proposals and presentations. The Proposal Specialist will partner with Capture Managers to jointly lead proposal and interview development within the company’s best practices framework. The ideal candidate balances creativity and organization with strong project management, writing, and page layout skills.

The successful candidate brings leadership, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to work with teams to shape strategic pursuit messages. They demonstrate excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills, along with transparency and strategic thinking. 

What You’ll Do

  • Facilitate kick off meetings that define expectations.

  • Identify tasks, assign responsibilities, and develop and manage adherence to proposal schedule.

  • Facilitate strategy discussion and collaborate with team to develop strategy and win themes.

  • Develop outlines to guide proposal authors.

  • Schedule and facilitate proposal review meetings.

  • Develop page layout and manage proposal documents.

  • Lead the team in the development of visual and written content for proposals; draft and/or edit proposal narrative as necessary.

  • Communicate and coordinate status with the proposal team.

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Journalism, or equivalent combination of education and experience

  • 6+ years of experience in the planning, preparation, and development of architectural and engineering proposals and qualifications packages for government and private clients.

  • Strong project management skills.

  • Strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.

  • Ability to focus on details and on the big picture.

  • Organizational conceptual thinking skills.

  • Effective decision-making skills.

  • Time management skills; ability to manage, organize, and prioritize project assignments to meet competing deadlines.

  • Exceptional writing, editing, and document organization skills.

  • Familiarity with the AEC industry. 

  • Experience with Adobe InDesign.

  • Intermediate to expert skills in Microsoft Office Suite.

  • Experience with proposal database software Deltek Vision is preferred but not required. 

Compensation

The approximate compensation range for this position $90,000 - $110,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.   

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision insurance 

  • 401k Retirement Plan 

  • Health Savings Account (HSA) 

  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) 

  • Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability 

  • Professional and personal development 

  • Generous paid time off 

  • Commuter and wellness benefits 

  • Tuition Reimbursement

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