Senior Proposal Specialist

ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP® is seeking a Senior Proposal Specialist to join our Marketing team. This position is virtual, but strongly preferred to be in pacific or mountain time zones.

The Senior Proposal Specialist is critical in supporting Energy Systems Group (ESG)’s business development efforts in the west and southwest geographies. This individual will coordinate, develop, and deliver high-quality responses to public sector solicitations, ensuring compliance with client requirements and alignment with ESG’s strategic goals. The Senior Proposal Specialist will also provide grant-writing support to help ESG’s clients reach their goals.

The Essential Functions Of The Position Include

• Proposal Development & Coordination: Collaborate with business development, engineering, and project management teams to develop RFQ/RFP strategies and content for public sector opportunities, including state and local government contracts, schools, and other public entities
• Pre-Selection Proposal Management: Lead the development of pre-selection proposal responses, ensuring all technical and financial components are comprehensive, competitive, and aligned with client objectives
• Grant Writing Support: Provide support in researching, writing, and submitting grant applications related to public and private sector projects, ensuring compliance with grant requirements and deadlines
• Proposal Process Improvement: Continuously explore opportunities to enhance the proposal development process, incorporating best practices and innovative approaches to improve proposal quality
• Compliance & Quality Control: Ensure proposals and grant submissions meet all solicitation requirements and are compliant with applicable procurement regulations for public sector clients
• Document Management & Configuration: Maintain and expand the templates and write-up library to ensure consistency and quality in all submissions and oversee document control for the proposal process, ensuring all versions are appropriately managed and stored
• Team Collaboration & Coordination: Work with internal teams to ensure alignment and clarity on proposal deliverables. Facilitate proposal review meetings to refine and improve submission quality before finalization
• Proposal Schedules: Develop and manage proposal schedules, ensuring sufficient time is allocated for review and revisions, with timely delivery of final documents
  
  

Your Background Includes

• Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications, Business, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in proposal writing and development, preferably within the energy services, construction, or related industries
• Experience in grant writing, especially for public sector projects, is required
• Knowledge of public sector procurement processes (state and local level) is highly desirable
  
  

A Bonus To Have

• Familiarity with energy efficiency, renewable energy, or energy performance contracting
• Previous experience within the ESCO (Energy Service Company) sector
• Familiarity with grant researching, writing and application process
• Understanding of state and local procurement guidelines and requirements
  
  

What We Bring To You

• Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision insurance plans and wellness plans for employee and your family
• Life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Nine Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Personal/Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child/children
• Highly competitive salaries and incentive structure
  
  

We Want You To Know

ESG is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We value talent and understand that our colleagues allow us the opportunity to deliver an exceptional customer experience. We achieve our goals through teamwork and conduct our business with integrity. Join our world-class team to provide safe, reliable innovative energy efficiency and infrastructure solutions for K-12 schools and universities to local, state and federal government agencies and more.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR

• 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.