Title: Construction Proposal Writer
Location: Chicago, IL 60625 (Hybrid)
Duration: Permanent Hire
Salary: 50k – 65k
This is a full-time position, and days and hours of work are Monday through Friday
We are currently seeking an experienced Proposal Writer to join our team of dedicated, hard-working individuals in our north side Chicago construction office. We are a family-owned, blue-collar organization with an extensive and reputable history in our field, servicing large commercial clients throughout the city and suburbs. We are in search of a reliable team-player with excellent written, grammatical and editing skills who can contribute to the productivity of our office operations.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Producing proposals in response to Requests for Proposals (RFP) and other generated leads. Responsible for compiling, formatting, proofing, editing and assembly of proposal documents.
- Producing professional correspondence based on direction from various estimating team members
- Familiarity with documentation corresponding with, but not limited to, public construction projects in City of Chicago and surrounding suburbs
- Working with internal staff on creating documentation and presentations for various projects and services
- Communicating with client regarding proposal when necessary
- Prioritizing projects and establishing target completion time for information gathering, drafting, reviewing, and obtaining approval of proposals
- Maintaining quality results by creating new documents and using existing templates, and following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone
- Maintaining and improving proposal template database; updating and organizing as necessary
- Tracking proposals during drafting process so that all bids are delivered and no proposal is overlooked
- Writing annual/biannual maintenance proposals for properties requiring maintenance
- Logging maintenance proposals to keep track of maintenance
- Improving proposal-writing results by evaluating processes, approach, coordination and templates
- Performing various office tasks including reception, filing and other miscellaneous clerical duties as necessary
Other Duties
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor Degree preferably in English, Journalism, Communications, or similar
- Construction experience preferred or a strong understand of how the trades work
- 65 - 70 WPM
- Solid Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Solid Google Drive skills (Gmail, Google Calendars, Docs)
- Impeccable writing, spelling, and grammar skills
- Outstanding reading and listening skills
- Organized presentation skills
- Excellent detail-oriented organizational skills
- Problem solving ability
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to think conceptually
- Strong teaming and collaborative competence
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Capability of developing and maintaining effective working relationships throughout the office and with clients and vendors
- Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple tasks in order to ensure assignments are completed in a timely manner.
- Ability to work well under pressure and within time constraints
- Ability to work on complex projects with general direction and minimal guidance
- Dependability is a must as we are ultimately looking for a long-term reliable addition to our company.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Benefits:
Insurance 75% paid by the employer (health only) Blue Cross Blue Shield
PTO (1 week accrued)
No 401k
No Dental
No Vision
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value the benefits of diversity in our work force .
We comply with all federal, state and local laws designed to protect employees and job applicants from discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.
