WGI is always looking for remarkable individuals to join our team and help us grow in our vision. If you think you are an innovative, self-motivated team player, and want to shape your community, join our WGI team today!
WGI offers a complete Benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, LTD and STD, life insurance, 401k with match, PTO, holidays, HSA with company contribution, pet insurance, and employee assistance program.
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Responsibilities
Duties/Responsibilities
Support Transportation pursuit managers on pre-marketing efforts and participates in go/no go process
Collaborate with Transportation pursuit managers in strategic planning that includes evaluating pre-marketing intelligence, identifying customer concerns and key issues, and developing win strategies
Manage the proposal teams, including coordinators and specialists
Be versed in Transportation Division strategic and business plans
Coordinate the production of compliant proposals, following proposal management process
Coordinate with technical staff and subconsultants development of proposal content and information
Coordinate with graphic designers to develop graphic elements for the proposals or presentations
Analyze debriefs and apply lessons learned to add value to strategy and reviews
Facilitate proposal production planning meetings
Coordinate presentation production
Participate in presentation practices and assist during rehearsals
Ensure quality of all produced material including messages, consistency, spelling, and grammar
Proactively lead the update effort of resumes, project descriptions, project photos, and additional boilerplate material
Responsible for page-turned quality control
Assist coaching proposal coordinators in WGI’s proposal production process
Qualifications
Qualifications/Skills
Strategic thinking, message development, and problem-solving
Thorough understanding of effective proposal and presentation best practices and tools, including how to convey messages, themes, differentiators, and responses to evaluation criteria clearly and effectively
Strong proposal writing and editing skills, including grammar and style
Very strong organizational and time management skills
Ability to work and coordinate efforts across the firm's geographic reach
Professional demeanor and excellent interpersonal skills
Work ownership, accountability, reliability, a positive “can-do” attitude, and eagerness to learn and contribute to the team
Assertive, resourceful, problem solver
Must be able to adjust to multiple, concurrent deadlines and delegate
Attention to detail and ability to provide feedback constructively
Intermediate/Advanced skills in Adobe software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat)
Intermediate/Advanced skills in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams)
Effective use of AI a plus
Must be flexible and willing to work overtime when needed
Knowledge, Experience, and Other Requirements
Bachelor’s degree preferably in English, Communications, Journalism, or Marketing
Minimum 5 years of experience in the A/E/C industry preparing proposals for federal, state, and municipal clients
Must have the ability to work well with others (e.g., supervisor, department managers, project managers, proposal coordinators, and anyone involved in business development efforts)
Pre-employment drug screening is a condition of employment
Knowledge and Experience Desired
Experience preparing proposals for Transportation services, including FDOT, NCDOT, and/or TxDOT
Experience with strategic initiatives and delegation
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas
Physical Demands
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is performed in an office setting. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate a computer, keyboard and mouse. Use of a telephone headset will allow for virtual communication with team members through Zoom and/or Microsoft Teams. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to sit for prolonged periods, use hands/fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms, speak and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
If you have what it takes to join our growing organization and want to be part of a dedicated team, please submit your resume for review by our Talent Acquisition Team. WGI provides a competitive salary and an outstanding work environment. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
WGI does not accept any unsolicited resumes. Should any 3rd party agency or recruiter forward or submit any resume(s) to a WGI associate without a pre-existing contractual agreement, the submitted resume(s) will be deemed the property of WGI, and no placement fee will be provided.
All agencies and vendors are required to have a signed WGI vendor agreement from the WGI Chief HR Officer permitting them to work directly through our Talent Acquisition team. Obtaining this signed vendor agreement is the only way you will receive payment. Verbal or written commitments from any other member of our staff will not be binding.
All third-party recruiting/supplemental staffing agencies are expected to familiarize themselves and abide by this policy.
