Bid Management Specialist II

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a highly talented Marketing Proposal Specialist to join our East Region Marketing team. The Marketing Proposal Specialist will be a key member of our busy team responsible for leading preparation of winning proposals for various infrastructure projects for our Transportation business. The successful candidate can work a combination of work from home and/or work from out of any of AECOM offices within the East Region of the United States.

Job Summary/Responsibilities:

The Marketing Proposal Specialist must exhibit a high level of integrity and professionalism, and display excellent leadership, time-management, and communication skills (both oral and written.) Must be able to work effectively in rapidly changing environment with multiple deadlines.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead a variety of proposals and presentations from pre-RFP positioning through to interview stage, as required.

• Provides leadership and direction for proposals, including compliance matrices, content planning, outlines/templates, proposal review and production schedules, and production.

• Facilitate and lead proposal kick-off, status, and review meetings.

• Write qualification-based sections of proposals including resumes, project descriptions, and other general information materials. Provides grammatical and technical editing to ensure quality.

• Provides document design, while ensuring RFP instructions and internal brand guidelines pertaining to format, fonts, etc. are being followed.

• Interface with BD and technical staff at all levels of the organization to win work. Assist in the development of capture planning, win themes, and differentiators.

• Performs advanced assignments requiring independent decisions and resolves problems using an exceptional degree of ingenuity.

• Under limited supervision or general direction, completed work is reviewed for desired results.

• Use SalesForce CRM software.

• Supports special projects, as required

Additional Information:

• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.

• Relocation and/or per diem benefits are not offered

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements :

• BA/BS, preferably in Journalism, English, Communications, Marketing or a related field

• A minimum of two (2) years of experience collaborating within a regional marketing team to lead and/or support proposal activity with key client and strategic pursuits in support of winning work, or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience.

• Preferred Qualifications:

• Developing knowledge of and interest in the A/E industry, including AECOM’s projects, people, credentials, and competitors.

• Knowledge of marketing best practices and procedures, work processes, and tools 

• A working knowledge of word processing programs (e.g., Microsoft Word), spreadsheet management (Excel), and presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint), as well as desktop publishing software and graphics programs (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Acrobat).

• Initiative, skill, and personal commitment to work on multiple projects and details concurrently, follow up, and bring tasks and projects to full completion.

• Proven organizational and administrative skills, including the ability to complete varied work tasks on schedule, and lead deliverable efforts by others; and the proven ability to manage documents.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.