When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields - each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences - then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Construction Technical Proposal Writer is responsible for developing a range of proposal content that meets proposal compliance and quality standards. The incumbent develops proposal content in coordination with the Proposal Manager and the proposal team.

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Reviews and interprets Requests for Proposal (RFP) requirements to develop comprehensive, compliant proposal outlines and writing templates.
• Collaborates with the Proposal Manager, Capture Manager, and Estimating Manager in the identification and development of pre- and post-RFP questions to the Government.
• Collaborates with Proposal Manager, Capture Manager, and other proposal writers to brainstorm strategy and approach and ensure decisions are captured in proposal outlines, templates, and other documentation.
• Performs a comparison analysis between RFP and amendments and updates proposal documentation with revised requirements and strategy as necessary.
• Leads development of assigned proposal sections, to include:
  • Knowledge of construction management processes, work accomplishment, and industry best practices to assist with development of a concept of operations to meet an RFP requirement.
  • Ability to create new content to appropriately respond to RFP requirements for specific construction and/or renovation projects.
  • Able to create sample job plans, standard operating procedures, and other material to meet RFP requirements.
  • Conceptualize graphics (workflows, process diagrams, highlights, schedules, etc.) to be created by graphics expert.
  • Reviewing graphics to ensure they provide correct, relevant emphasis to narrative points.
  • Understanding of work management processes and tools, and ability to create content describing them.
  • Initiating and performing research on subject matter to aid strategy and technical development and presenting findings to Proposal Manager.
  • Assessing resources and material against narrative requirements to determine what additional resources are necessary to complete proposal sections, including specific subject matter expert needs.
  • Developing templates and other proposal management documentation as appropriate to complete assigned tasks.
  • Leading and performing subject matter interviews in a variety of ways by assessing abilities of subject matter experts and adapting interview methods. This could include e-mail, phone, and in-person interviews.
  • Writing and editing original text, tailoring boilerplate, and rewriting third-party contributions to fulfill RFP requirements, with attention to crafting narrative that is compliant with requirements, inclusive of strategy, compelling to the reader, and meets Chugach standards.
  • Performing detailed compliance analysis between RFP and amended requirements and proposal narratives written by other authors and provide feedback to ensure a compliant final product.
  • Copy editing for grammar, spelling, factual accuracy, clarity, and Chugach standards.
  • Ensure that all calculations and numbers indicated in the proposal agree throughout the narrative to include graphics callouts.
  • Formatting documents in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher, and Adobe InDesign and Acrobat according to RFP requirements and Chugach standards and provide Proposal Manager with print-ready final documents.
  • Maintaining organized files and drafts of work in appropriate locations and according to Chugach standards.
• Assists the Proposal Manager in developing the review team evaluation package, analyzing suggested review changes, and leading all review team changes in assigned proposal sections.
• Assists in the maintenance and updates of construction reference files for Past Performance and vendor listings as required.
• Leads or participates in additional projects, such as maintenance of department desk guide and style guide and archiving boilerplate.
• Performs related work as assigned including supporting operational sites on a temporary basis.

• Bachelor's degree OR Four (4) years of relevant experience may be substituted for degree.
• One (1) year in the position of writing proposals for federal government customers or similar experience in another proposal writing field.
• Familiarity with technical areas in which Chugach Alaska Corporation and its companies' work, including base operations and facility operations and maintenance.

CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.