Proposal Specialist III

Proposal Specialist III Full-time State/Province: California Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc Business Line: Geography OH Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: Americas Primary Location: US - Sacramento, CA - 2020 L St Compensation: USD 75000 - USD 130000 - yearly Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

AECOM is seeking a Proposal Specialist III to assist in writing water business line proposals. This role will work closely with the West marketing team, business operations, and support staff to bring strong leadership, sharp compliance, skilled writing, and creativity to some of our must-win West pursuits. The job includes leading large proposals and presentations, and supports from pre-RFP project positioning through to interview stage, as required. This will be a hybrid position including a combination of both remote and in-office work schedules, that can be based in either our Los Angeles, CA or Orange, CA offices. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: Demonstrates substantial expertise as a marketing and proposal management generalist or specialist. Leading a variety of proposals and presentations from pre-RFP positioning through to interview stage, as required. Participate in go/no-go and green light analyses in compliance with delegation of authority guidelines, capture planning and positioning activities as they pertain to preparation for the proposals. Interfaces with technical and BD staff to develop submittals and materials to win new contracts for the company, and to manage the information infrastructure that enables the business to do so efficiently. Provides leadership and direction to pursuit teams for proposals, including schedule, templates, compliance, content planning, messaging and production. May serve as lead writer/editor for resumes and past performance sections for proposals. Provides document design, while ensuring RFP instructions and internal brand guidelines pertaining to format, fonts, etc. are being followed. Participates in go/no-go and greenlight analyses, capture planning and positioning activities as they pertain to preparation for the proposal. Facilitates pink and red team, quality reviews, and applies lessons learned to add value to proposals. Manages the implementation of proposal and presentation revisions based on direction from review teams. Writes and edits tailored resumes and past performance sections for proposals. Provides grammatical and technical editing to ensure quality. Supports special projects, as required.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelors and 4+ years of managing design proposals, in particular winning work for facility design-bid-build and design-build pursuits or a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education. A developed understanding of effective proposal and presentation strategy development and compliance, and writing and production.

Working knowledge of and interest in the A/E industry, including AECOM’s projects, people, credentials,