PROPOSAL WRITER, FACILITIES ENGINEERING/ OPERATIONS & MAINTENANC

As a member of the PAE Government Services, Inc., Bid and Proposal Department (BPD), the Facilities Engineering/ Operations & Maintenance Proposal Writer will report to the Proposal Manager. The position is responsible for writing winning Base Operating Support and Base Operating and Maintenance proposals in a maner that paints a clear and concise picture to the evaluation board of what we are proposing and how we will accomplish what we have proposed better, cheaper, and faster than any PAE competitors.
Candidate will support Proposal Management Team in analyzing customer requirements as specified in RFP, primarily for Technical relevance, with an awareness of Management and Past Performance Volume requirements. Will conduct Data Calls to gather relevant source materials such as corporate experience, capabilities, and personnel information. Will assist in developing Win Strategies based upon published RFP, and knowledge of competitors gathered and presented by PAE Marketing staff in Capture Plan documents. Candidate will help prepare annotated compliant outlines, section strategies, and story boards as assigned. Will assist in development of fully compliant writing plans for technical proposals that are responsive to client requirements, and fully address all PAE Win Strategies relevant primarily to the Technical proposal, and Management proposal as requested/directed. Responsible for technical proposal development (text and graphics) and for ensuring compliance with the RFP. Will conduct internal reviews. report status to Proposal Manager, and support and participate in formal proposal reviews (e.g., pink, red, gold teams). Accountable for integration of formal review team comments into the proposal narrative. Coordinates with all other volumes/elements of the proposal to ensure consistency.

Work with Proposal Manager to ensure efficient planning/use of BPD production resources/support. Support Business Development (BD) staff/teams to ensure capture/proposal process compliance, ensure schedules are met, and resources are used efficiently and effectively.
REQUIREMENTS
Requires completion of a bachelor's or graduate-level degree in an engineering or engineering management field.

Candidate will have a minimum of 10 years' active duty experience in the Army Corps of Engineer Career Management field as a Facilities/Contract Construction Management Engineer. Incumbent must have direct experience with plans and programs for construction and maintenance of facilities for Army and Air Force installations. Incumbent should have experience providing facilities Engineering and Family Housing support for the Army in garrison and in the theater of operations.

Candidate should have working knowledge of Life Cycle Management, Work Management Systems (civilian and military), and functional operating experience enabling the candidate to analyze workload data to develop organizational structures, staffing levels, equipment requirements, material requirements, and the ability to provide informed analysis of submitted written products. The candidate must have the ability to represent the company at DoD pre proposal conferences and site visits, and generate intelligent questions to enable a comprehensive proposal to be submitted.

Specific Experience/Requirements Include:
- Excellent organizational, time management, writing and editing skills
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills required
- Previous corporate proposal writing experience preferred. Recent military retirees may substitute active duty experience if applicable.
-Knowledge of the proposal process
-Proactive, quality-oriented, team player
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
- Ability to assess/react to ever changing requirements with a willingness to learn/try anything and work with anyone.
- Ability to multi-task in a high pressure and fast paced working environment.
- Must be willing to work extended hours when required
- Having possessed a security clearance or having the ability to obtain a security clearance from the U.S. Government is desirable.
- Must know how to operate a PC to access the internet/intranet, and must demonstrate proficiency in the use of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Knowledge of Visio, MS Project, and MS Access is desired but not required.

Other Duties Include:
- Evaluate and analyze RFPs and other customer bid documents/invitations. Prepare and consolidate RFP questions. Determine scope/magnitude of work to be performed.
- Document/Apply/Continually Improve the capture/proposal process, while ensuring effective use of best business practices
- Provide assistance to BD staff and proposal process by interfacing with subcontractors as required to help develop subcontractor proposals and input for PAE proposal effort
- Assist BD staff in developing/reviewing capture plans, win strategies, executive summaries, proposal plans and schedules, kick-off/review packages, outlines, and compliance matrices
- Analyze requirements and coordinate necessary resources to assist BD staff in developing briefings, documents, and other customer focused marketing material, assuring conformance with company standards and compliance with customer requirements
- May be required to establish proposal team and be capable of creating a list of proposal team roles and responsibilities using the RFP as a guide

Security clearance:
Clearance is not currently required. Must past internal background check, and future security clearance may be required.