Title: Proposal Coordinator
DesignForce is seeking a dynamic marketing professional for our client, a Maryland-based MEP consulting firm with a diverse focus on healthcare, laboratory, clean room, and higher education projects. Their Germantown, MD office has a strategic need for a Proposal Coordinator who thrives on detail, excels in a deadline oriented environment, and brings strong communication skills to a collaborative, fast-paced team.
We're looking for a professional who will thrive in a supportive and creative culture where your contributions are recognized, your growth is encouraged, and your impact truly matters.
This role is being driven by growth of the organzation and is a newly created position that offers stability, opportunity to support a healthy backlog of new and repeat work for an entrprenurial and fun team of leaders to work alongside of a grow with.
Key Responsibilities:
As the Proposal Coordinator, you will:
- Support the coordination and preparation of proposals of all sizes, working directly with Proposal Manager, Marketing Manager, and Engineering staff.
- Proactively pursue and track RFQ/RFP opportunities and compose responses that both satisfy technical requirements and are graphically pleasing.
- Work with Leadership and Senior staff to develop proposal language and collateral materials.
- Perform research on and track existing and potential clients to support line of sight into new opportunities for the Principal Engineering and Marketing team.
- Assist in liaising between technical teams and clients to address clarifications, updates, and follow-up requests during the proposal process.
- Prepare qualification packages and client-specific marketing materials.
This firm is hoping to find someone who can fold into a healthy backlog of work and not only be willing to learn how they develop fee related proposal coordination and details, but someone who can be the master choreographer for pulling all the details together needed. You'll work directly with core leadership in this second generation consulting engineering firm to keep things moving in their dynamic and growing practice.
Additional Responsibilities:
- While this is not a graphic of web based design role, this hire will have the ability to assist in managing website content and social media presence.
- Provide support to the marketing team to achieve marketing and business development goals.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to create cohesive messaging that aligns with the company's brand and objectives across various platforms and channels.
- Foster an environment of collaboration by actively encouraging input, feedback, and creative contributions from team members and other departments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, English, or related field
- 1-6 years of relevant experience (AEC industry experience highly preferred)
- Strong writing, editing, and organizational skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Experience with Deltek Ajera is a plus+, but not required and can be taught
What We Offer:
Our client is committed to their people and culture. They demonstrate this commitment through a number of comprehensive benefits packaged and curated to ensure that their employees lead happy, healthy, and balanced lives.
Benefits include:
- Competitive compensation platform - compensation for this role and others is always commensurate to experience aligned with the role requirements.
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
- Retirement fund with employer contributions.
- Competitive Paid Time Off and paid holidays.
- Robust professional development support.
- On-Demand External Career Coaching.
Applications are exclusively processed through DesignForce on behalf of this organzation.
Interested applicants should apply through this job posting or submit resumes directly to the following DF team members:
Tasmia Hussain:
Kyra Merrill:
Equal Opportunity Employer
Our client is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veteran, or disabled status.