Proposals Lead

BGC Engineering•Vancouver, BC

5d•CA$90,000 - CA$110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Proposals Lead to strengthen and coordinate the systems, resources, and processes that support our proposal submissions. This role will help ensure our proposal teams have the tools, information, examples, and coordination support they need to produce high-quality, competitive submissions. This is a full-time role suited to someone who is highly organized, collaborative, systems-minded, and comfortable working across technical, marketing, and business development teams. This position can be based at one of our Canadian locations listed here.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.
10+ years of relevant experience in a professional services environment
Experience in proposal coordination, proposal management, business development or operations, preferably within engineering consulting
Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work effectively with technical professionals and translate complex project information into clear, useful proposal content
Comfortable working independently while coordinating across many stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Experience preparing or supporting proposals for private-sector, public-sector or multidisciplinary engineering consulting clients.
Familiarity with procurement processes, RFPs, RFQs, EOIs, and competitive selection processes.
Experience with Microsoft SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Co-Pilot and similar tools.
Experience with AI tools and applications support proposal development, content management, research, or process improvement.
Understanding of engineering, environmental, geotechnical, infrastructure, mining, or related consulting sectors.
Spanish and/or French language skills are considered an asset

Responsibilities

Develop and improve processes related to accessing and managing submitted proposal examples, templates, standard language, resumes, project descriptions, graphics, and supporting materials.
Ensure proposal content is accurate, current, well-organized, and easy for proposal teams to access and reuse.
Support the development of proposal standards, checklists, best practices, and review processes.
Develop and support training and onboarding for staff involved in proposal development.
Monitor procurement platforms and work with BGC Sector and project teams to enable Go/No-Go decision-making.
Monitor competitive proposal award notices and outcomes, including maintaining intelligence on competitors, clients, selection criteria, pricing trends, and proposal strategies.
Summarize trends and insights quarterly to inform future pursuits and improve proposal competitiveness.
Serve as a central point of coordination for proposal-related systems and information.
Work closely with project teams, Sector Leads, resource management, quality, contracts, IT, safety, marketing and communications staff, and senior management.
Help connect people and teams across BGC with relevant examples, resources, and expertise.
Promote a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration and knowledge sharing around proposals.