Senior Proposals Specialist

Senior Proposals Specialist

The future you want is within reach.

At PCL, we build the places where life happens and find camaraderie in the process. Were a community of builders committed to building better communities. Thats why were always looking ahead, and not just to the next project or whats next in our industry.

Were also looking at whats next for you and how we can help you build a career youre proud of.

Heres how a Senior Proposals Specialist for our Civil Infrastructure office contributes to our team:

Responsibilities

Ensures proposals for clients identify differentiators while engaging the three levels of readership. Graphics are used for content improvement and enhancement which emphasizes the key messages.

Evaluates the narrative for relevance, comprehension, and applicability. Identifies any new narrative requirements with the appropriate partners to create them. New proposal narratives are created as the need arises.

Accurately proofs, edits, and rewords context to deliver a high-quality, compliant, error-free to meet the established timeline. Ensuring the content is written in a singular voice with messaging continuity throughout the document.

Owns the proposal planning process, including review of client requirements, development of proposal outline, and creation of timeline/assignments.

Conducts client background research to identify questions, concerns, and potential risks and advises strategic visioning and proposal planning stage.

Collaborates with internal client/partners to develop overall proposal strategy and applies it to the proposal in a manner that is compliant with the client requirements and consistent with district win strategy and/or corporate objectives/policies/goals.

Coordinates and leads the proposal strategy and planning sessions in collaboration with internal partners. Schedules and chairs the proposal kick-off meeting at the beginning of the pursuit phase.

Proactively tracks and maintains the communication including assignments for local & remote partners and the to ensure timelines are met.

Collaborating with the proposal team in preparation of presentation and interviews with prospective clients.

Participates and seeks involvement in outside professional organizations that support the proposal coordinator position.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or equivalent preferred.

Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) practitioner certification, Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) certification or equivalent is preferred.

7 years’ experience as a proposal coordinator or in a related role (communications, marketing, visual communications).

Excellent project management, organizational, and time management skills to effectively establishing the priorities and scheduling of work tasks

Outstanding attention to detail, good judgement, and able to problem-solve.

Outstanding verbal, written, and visual communication skills. Ability to develop grammatically sound, customized, technical and written content.

In-depth knowledge of proposal fundamentals and standard methodologies.

Highly developed interpersonal skills with an ability to lead and collaborate with a diverse group sensitively, thoughtfully, and respectfully.

Ability to establish, influence, and maintain relationships with decision makers and key partners.

Strong intuition for business understanding industry practices and new developments in construction process, delivery models, contract types).

PCL is an innovative, employee-owned company comprised of people who find passion in their profession and take pride in doing great work every day. Our work powers the infrastructure and utilities that are essential to daily life and our projects are the scene of vacations, careers, education and healing. We are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for because we are committed to supporting and developing our teams.

The PCL Companies celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating equitable opportunities and an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We make employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or veteran status.

PCL combines numerous pay and benefit strategies to provide a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package. Any salary range displayed by a job board is an estimate. Your salary, which considers your unique qualifications and experience, is just one component of the robust total rewards youll enjoy at PCL. This may include an employee share purchase offering, discretionary annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits and wellness programs, retirement plan plus matching, and career development programs.

Should you require an accommodation during the application process, please contact us atcareers@pcl.com (ecareers@pcl.com) with the position and location you are interested in.

Together, we can build success and a better future. Let’s get started!

Employee Status: Regular Full-Time

Company: PCL Construction, Inc.

Primary Location: Long Beach, California

Job: Senior Proposals Specialist

Requisition : 6995