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.

APTIM is searching for a Proposal Specialist to work in our Denver, CO office, 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

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Additional Desirable Qualifications:

• APMP certification is preferred

Other Requirements:

• Regular, reliable attendance

• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled

Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may make their request known by e-mailing HRQuestions@cbifederalservices.com or calling 855.343.5600 for assistance.

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