Strategic Technical Proposals Writer

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mission Technologies seeks a Technical Proposal Writer to join the team at our Fair Lakes, VA location. The writer will craft compliant and compelling responses to government and commercial solicitations, aligning with capture strategies and subject-matter inputs.

The role requires collaboration with the Capture Manager, Proposal Manager, SMEs, and other departments, ensuring sections comply with RFP requirements and amendments.

Qualifications

• 3 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 1 year relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 7 years relevant experience.
• In-depth understanding of compliance with all sections of governmental RFPs, experience analyzing RFPs, creating annotated outlines, writing new material, editing written material, and producing high-quality proposals under tight deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong facilitation, communication, and presentation skills
• Highly developed word processing skills, especially with Microsoft Office products and working knowledge of graphics and desktop software
• Working knowledge of Sharepoint or other proposal collaboration software
• Flexible and open to changing schedules and priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within compressed timeframes
• Able and willing to work extended hours to meet dynamically changing needs and delivery schedules

Responsibilities

• Write assigned proposal sections in accordance with the proposal schedule, the compliance matrix/proposal outline, and within the allocated page count
• Review the RFP and assure clear understanding of all requirements
• Review all amendments and Q&As for impact to assigned proposal sections and incorporate changes as necessary
• Help prepare the annotated outline for the assigned proposal sections
• Help formulate graphics to support written content
• Write all assigned sections through approved proposal lenses
• Incorporate the win strategy/proposal lenses/discriminators through assigned sections
• Work with SME resources to augment proposal content
• Maintain version control throughout RFP response lifecycle for assigned sections
• Develop list of questions for submission to the Proposal Manager
• Review and adjudicate comments from reviewers

Skills

Proposal writing

Technical writing

MS Office

Communications skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

High School Diploma or equivalent with 7 years experience

Tools

SharePoint

Graphics/desktop software

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mission Technologies seeks a Technical Proposal Writer to join the team at our Fair Lakes, VA location. The writer will craft compliant and compelling responses to government and commercial solicitations, aligning with capture strategies and subject-matter inputs.

The role requires collaboration with the Capture Manager, Proposal Manager, SMEs, and other departments, ensuring sections comply with RFP requirements and amendments.