Overview
UMIAQ Environmental is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Proposal Manager to lead the development and submission of competitive proposals for environmental consulting, remediation, and regulatory compliance projects. This role will oversee the proposal process from solicitation review through final submission, collaborating with technical staff, project managers, and leadership to develop compliant, compelling, and strategically aligned proposals that support the company’s growth and business development objectives.
Responsibilities
Essential functions will include:
- Lead proposal development for federal, state, municipal, and private-sector opportunities.
- Review solicitations, identify requirements, and develop proposal schedules and compliance matrices.
- Coordinate with project managers, technical staff, and leadership to develop technical approaches, staffing plans, schedules, and cost inputs.
- Write, edit, and format proposals, statements of qualifications, capability statements, and past-performance summaries.
- Manage proposal deadlines, document reviews, quality control, and final submissions.
- Maintain proposal templates, resumes, project descriptions, and past-performance databases.
- Identify opportunities and support business development and capture planning.
- Ensure proposals align with solicitation requirements, company capabilities, and client expectations.
- Track proposal status, submission outcomes, and lessons learned to improve future efforts.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, environmental science, or a related field preferred.
- Three or more years of experience managing proposals, preferably in environmental consulting, engineering, construction, or government contracting.
- Experience with federal, state, or municipal solicitations, including RFPs, RFQs, and IDIQ task orders.
- Strong technical writing, editing, organization, and project management skills.
- Ability to coordinate multiple proposals and meet competing deadlines.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and document collaboration tools.
- Experience with federal contracting requirements, including SBA 8(a) programs, is a plus.
- Familiarity with environmental remediation, regulatory compliance, site characterization, spill response, or related services is desirable.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds.
- Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time.
- Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically.