Proposal Specialist

At APTIM , we come to work each day knowing that we are making an impact on the world. Our work spans from safeguarding and maintaining critical infrastructure to helping communities recover from natural disasters, from empowering our armed forces and first responders to reducing carbon and energy use, and from making cities more resilient against the threats of climate change to restoring contaminated ecological systems.

Job Overview:

APTIM is searching for a Proposal Specialist who has a good understanding of the federal proposal process with a basic understanding of state and local proposals as well.

What you can expect from APTIM:

• Work that is worthy of your time and talent

• Respect and flexibility to live a full life at work and at home

• Dogged determination to deliver for our clients and communities

• A voice in making our company better

• Investment into your personal and professional development

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Lead task order or standalone opportunities of various sizes with a primary focus on federal proposals

• Support Proposal Managers with large ID/IQ efforts as volume lead or writer

• Take end-to-end ownership of proposal development and related support processes, including:

• Developing and maintaining proposal management tools such as compliance matrices, schedules, outlines, storyboards, win themes, and action items

• Conceptualizing and developing strategic win themes and discriminators

• Leading a team of writers, graphic artists, schedulers, estimators, procurement, contracts, and other key proposal staff from kickoff through proposal delivery

• Writing and editing proposal/marketing narrative

• Leveraging existing archived proposal information

• Interviewing technical and program staff to extract critical information

• Tracking all solicitation amendments and modifications

• Performing quality and compliance checks of all proposal sections and volumes

• Participating in the development of oral presentation slide concepts and scripting, as needed

• Closely interacting with capture managers, program and project managers, strategic business unit leaders, and technical professionals

Basic Qualifications:

• Critical skills include time management, communication, and teamwork

• Strong organizational skills and follow-through

• Strong attention to detail, and proofreading skills

• Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization

• Ability to motivate along with a "do-whatever-it-takes" attitude

• Ability to manage situations involving high stress and deadline pressure

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, engineering or related discipline, or equivalent

• 3+ years of federal proposal experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, high-volume proposal environment is preferred

• Some large (>$10M) federal proposal experience is required

• DoD proposal experience is preferred

• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple completing deadlines

• Ability to conceptualize and write compelling, marketing-oriented proposal narrative, as required

• Expert knowledge of MS Office Suite is required

• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite is preferred

• Excellent command of English grammar and punctuation is required

• Proven ability to work remote with little to no supervision is preferred

• Although not extensive, some travel and evening and weekend work may be required

Additional Desirable Qualifications:

• APMP certification is preferred

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Who we are and what we do:

APTIM is a global industry leader headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. With more than 4,000 employees worldwide, APTIM specializes in critical infrastructure, technical and data solutions, program management, environmental services, resilience, as well as sustainability and energy solutions. Our dedicated people have the proven experience and expertise to provide integrated services and solutions to government agencies, commercial, industrial, and energy customers. APTIM is committed to accelerating the transition toward a clean and efficient energy economy, building a sustainable future for our communities and the natural world, and creating an inclusive equitable environment that celebrates the diversity of our people.

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Aptim Making a Difference

APTIM is committed to providing a benefits package that accomplishes the primary purpose of our programs which is to protect and promote the health and financial well-being of our employees and their families. APTIM's health care and insurance benefits include the following programs: medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, basic life insurance, optional life insurance, spouse life insurance, child life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, optional accidental death & dismemberment, short- and long-term disability with optional buy-ups, employee assistance program, health care spending account, dependent care spending account, health savings account and business travel accident insurance for themselves and their eligible family members, per plan guidelines. Multiple voluntary benefits are available to employees for enrolment including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, etc. APTIM also provides participation in a retirement program, paid absences such as vacation time (annual days determined by length of service) and sick leave to eligible employees in accordance with the APTIM sick pay policy and as required by law. The targeted salary for this position is $65-90K.

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