Proposal Manager - Energy Market

Kiewit; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Top-tier medical, dental, and vision plans

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a Proposal Manager to lead the development of complex, client-focused proposals within their Energy proposal team. This role requires strong project management skills and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders to ensure successful proposal submissions.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 8+ years managing projects/teams in A/E/C, EPC or related industries.
• Strong organizational, communication, and editing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposal development from solicitation through submission.
• Establish proposal priorities and strategic messaging.
• Develop proposal planning tools and schedules.

Skills

Project management

Technical writing

Content development

MS Office proficiency

Adobe Acrobat

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Requisition ID: 181238

Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group: KEG Business Development

Department: Business Development & Proposals

Market: Power

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit’s Energy proposal team is seeking a Proposal Manager to lead the development of complex, client‑focused proposals, qualifications packages and other pursuit‑related deliverables that support the successful acquisition of new work.

In Kiewit’s Energy Group, the Proposal Manager serves as a leader within the proposal development process, partnering with business development, operations, engineering, estimating, executive leadership and subject matter experts to transform pursuit strategies into compliant, compelling and strategically aligned submittals. This role requires an individual capable of independently leading proposal development efforts while creating alignment across multidisciplinary pursuit teams with varying perspectives, priorities and objectives.

Successful candidates possess advanced proposal management capabilities and are recognized as trusted advisors throughout the pursuit process. They understand how to interpret procurement requirements, develop proposal strategies, identify gaps and risks, facilitate discussions that drive decision‑making and guide teams toward a unified vision for the final deliverable. While pursuit strategy is developed collaboratively with pursuit leadership, the Proposal Manager plays a critical role in facilitating strategic discussions, challenging assumptions, identifying differentiators and translating complex technical, operational and commercial concepts into evaluator‑focused messaging.

This individual is expected to recognize when proposal development efforts are drifting away from client priorities, pursuit objectives or established strategy and proactively partner with internal leadership to intervene and realign the team. They possess the technical fluency and business acumen necessary to ask insightful questions, connect ideas across disciplines and help pursuit teams develop stronger, more cohesive responses without serving as the technical authority themselves.

District Overview

The Kiewit Energy marketing, creative and proposal team provide get‑work services to an array of markets, including power generation, transmission and distribution, renewables, industrial, oil and gas, and water/wastewater. Individuals in this department get exposure to a mix of high‑profile, complex pursuits across North America valued from $5M–$6B. This incredibly profitable, competitive, fun group focuses on winning more work with high‑quality, client‑focused sales strategies through creative communication techniques. Our rapidly growing team, which includes graphic designers, proposal professionals, writers, digital strategists, marketers, and data analytics brings vast experience, communication expertise, innovative concepts, and best practices to all projects we support across the company.

Location

This role can be based at any one of our offices in Houston, TX; Lone Tree, CO; or Lenexa, KS office. Opportunities for flexible work are available.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposal development efforts from solicitation release through final submission across a variety of pursuit types and levels of complexity.
• Facilitate alignment discussions with pursuit leadership to establish proposal priorities, strategic messaging, differentiators and client‑focused themes.
• Develop and maintain proposal planning tools, schedules, compliance documentation and pursuit‑specific work plans that guide proposal development activities.
• Identify proposal risks, content gaps, conflicting assumptions and areas of misalignment while proactively driving resolution with the appropriate stakeholders.
• Build strong working relationships with pursuit leadership and the Market Manager through proactive communication, early escalation of concerns and a willingness to seek input when additional perspective or direction is needed.
• Facilitate proposal kickoffs, strategy sessions, working meetings, review meetings and other discussions necessary to advance pursuit development.
• Coach support proposal personnel on a pursuit (or when specifically asked by the Market Manager) and support their development in proposal management, content development, compliance and strategic thinking.
• Partner with business development, operations, engineering, estimating and executive leadership to gather information, refine messaging and strengthen proposal positioning.
• Translate complex technical, operational and commercial concepts into compelling, evaluator‑focused content and proposal narratives.
• Guide the development of executive summaries, key messages, action captions, themes and other strategic proposal elements.
• Manage proposal review cycles and facilitate discussions that drive decisions, establish accountability and maintain forward progress.
• Partner with graphic designers to develop visuals that communicate technical concepts, strengthen messaging and improve evaluator understanding.
• Oversee final production, quality control and submission activities to confirm proposal deliverables are complete, compliant and aligned with pursuit objectives.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, proposal process enhancements and development of reusable knowledge resources.
• Perform other departmental duties as needed, including marketing support, internal communication, meeting support, document formatting, copy editing and production.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project and/or team management experience in A/E/C, EPC or related industries.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, CM, Engineering or a related field.
• Strong technical writing and content development skills.
• Strong proficiency in all MS Office programs and Adobe Acrobat; exposure to Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
• Excellent organization, communication, interviewing and editing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and deliver high‑quality work in a dynamic environment.
• Occasional travel (less than 10%) may be required.

Other Requirements

• Regular, reliable attendance.
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely.
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.

Compensation

Base Compensation: $120,000/yr – $145,000/yr (Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location).

Benefits

We offer our full‑time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top‑tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Kiewit is an equal‑opportunity employer and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.