Lead Proposal Engineer – Renewables

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Direct the creation of high-quality, client-oriented technical proposals and project cost estimates.

• Organize pursuit teams and manage proposal timelines from initial intake to final submission.

• Engage in market analysis, sales efforts, and internal Proposal Team meetings.

• Analyze RFPs, proposal intake details, technical documents, and information provided by clients.

• Recognize compliance requirements, identify missing information, scope gaps, risks, assumptions, exclusions, subcontractor needs, and potential RFIs.

• Lead proposal kickoff sessions and define proposal strategies, schedules, responsibilities, milestones, and necessary inputs.

• Independently manage medium-complexity and multi-scope proposals, as well as highly complex proposals with little to no oversight.

• Draft proposals and collaborate with technical pursuit teams to finalize scope, methodologies, schedules, fees, assumptions, and supporting content.

• Develop and maintain proposal development plans, assignments, communications, review timelines, and submission requirements.

• Oversee fee estimation and development of discipline-specific scope when applicable.

• Conduct technical editing reviews to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, compliance, and alignment.

• Adhere to proposal writing, editing, formatting, and branding standards.

• Coordinate proposal reviews, revisions, approvals, authorized signatories, and submission timelines.

• Collaborate with Sales, Technical Services, Field Services, Project Management, Legal, Safety, Quality, Procurement, and other stakeholders.

• Participate in Go/No-Go discussions, opportunity prioritization, and pursuit strategy meetings.

• Enhance proposal processes, tools, templates, standard content, databases, resource libraries, and workflow documentation.

• Maintain CRM opportunity records and the proposal management database.

• Manage or facilitate subcontractor proposal components.

• Assist with proposal closeout, identification of reusable content, content updates, and lessons learned.

• Provide guidance, coaching, and process support to new team members.

• Lead projects or internal initiatives with limited risk and resource demands.

• Perform additional related duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, structural, mechanical, or civil).

• Five to ten years of relevant experience in proposal development, engineering, project management, technical writing, estimating, or related roles in Power, Renewables, infrastructure, EPC, utility, or consulting settings.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convert technical information into clear, client-focused proposal content.

• Proven ability to independently manage concurrent proposals, coordinate cross-functional teams, oversee milestone timelines, and influence without direct authority.

• Capability to interpret technical specifications, drawings, scopes, client standards, and project requirements while identifying associated risks, assumptions, exclusions, and execution considerations.

• Excellent organizational, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and follow-through skills in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, identifying information gaps, asking informed questions, and establishing a practical way forward.

• Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States.

• Engineer in Training (EIT) certification or Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.

• Experience supporting proposals for utility-scale solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), substations, transmission, distribution, interconnection studies, or related power and renewable-energy infrastructure.

• Familiarity with Shipley color reviews or similar proposal development methodologies.

• Experience in developing scope-and-fee proposals, qualifications-based proposals, cost estimates, compliance matrices, resumes, organization charts, and client-specific proposal packages.

• Demonstrated success in applying automation, analytics, or AI-enabled workflows.

• Proficient in Microsoft 365: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams.

• Knowledgeable in Adobe Creative Cloud: InDesign and Illustrator.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or a comparable CRM platform.

• Experience with Visme.

• Proficient in Power BI.

• Familiar with proposal-management databases, content libraries, collaboration tools, and related workflow systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Workplace.

• Employee Ownership.

• Competitive Pay.

• Comprehensive Benefits Package.

• Collaborative Environment.

• Innovative Culture.

• Flexible working schedule.

• Remote, hybrid, or in-office work options.

• Separation between home and work life.

• Drug-Free Workplace.