Proposal Specialist (12 months)

Overview

Manage bids and proposals for transport projects, coordinating stakeholders and ensuring compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• compliance
• bid management
• proposal prep
• stakeholder mgmt
• transport expertise
• knowledge sharing

Tasks

-Ensure compliance, maintain client focus, and oversee the quality and commercial integrity of all proposal content. -Share knowledge and best practices across teams, supporting colleagues to strengthen bidding skills. -Work across all transport sectors (road, rail, aviation, buses, and active transport) managing multiple high-pressure deadlines simultaneously. -Influence collaborative processes across diverse teams, ensuring coordinated and effective bid delivery. -Manage internal and external stakeholders to identify high-value pursuits, develop strategies, and prepare responses to tenders and proposals.

Requirements

• 8+ years
• bid management
• communication
• resilience
• project management
• high pressure

What You Bring

-8 years+ experience in proposal or bid management roles (e.g., Proposal Specialist, Bid & Proposal Partner, Tender Specialist, Pursuit Partner) -Exceptional written, verbal, and client communication skills. -Flexible, resilient, and able to perform effectively under high-pressure deadlines -Proven ability to manage multiple proposals and deadlines with strong project management capability

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Benefits

-Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year -Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options -Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities -Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better

About Aecom

-Launched as a bold independent infrastructure consultancy from a merger of five legacy firms dating back over a century. -Handles everything from geotech to electro-mechanical systems, as seen in the award-winning Romaine Hydroelectric Complex in Canada. -Guides projects through every lifecycle stage in transportation, buildings, water systems, energy, and environmental sectors.

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