Proposal Specialist

Role Overview

Responsibilities

• Lead small to medium proposals and assist with large proposals across regions or business lines.
• Support pursuits from capture through the interview stage when required.
• Coordinate proposal and qualification content, schedules, templates, compliance, content plans, and production.
• Provide document design leadership and write or edit resumes and past performance sections.
• Facilitate Pink and Red Team reviews and implement proposal and presentation revisions.
• Participate in go/no-go, greenlight, capture planning, and positioning activities.
• Complete internal debriefs and review client feedback for continuous improvement.
• Apply quality, legal, contracts, delegation of authority, and signatory approval processes.
• Coordinate with business line, operations, technical, and business development teams on marketing information.
• Guide entry-level proposal team members and check work before review or approval.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, marketing, communications, or a related field is required.
• A master's degree or MBA is preferred.
• Three to six years of experience in proposal management, tendering or bidding, business development, RFP/RFQ preparation, or techno-commercial proposal development is required.

Key Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Project coordination and stakeholder management.
• Analytical and commercial understanding.
• Time management and multitasking.
• Presentation and document formatting skills.

Onboarding

• Newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.