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Myers & Sons Construction is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to lead the development of compelling, technically strong, and highly competitive proposals for major transportation and infrastructure projects. This person can work in any of our three offices (Sacramento, Los Angeles, Denver). The Proposal Manager will lead pursuits from opportunity identification and RFP review through strategy development, proposal production, final submission, and interview preparation. Working directly with company executives, project leadership, estimators, schedulers, engineers, designers, joint venture partners, and technical specialists, this individual will transform complex technical information into clear, persuasive proposals that demonstrate why Myers is the right team for the project. The ideal candidate combines strong proposal leadership, exceptional writing and editing skills, strategic thinking, organization, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary pursuit teams under demanding deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the complete proposal process for RFQs, SOQs, technical proposals, alternative-delivery pursuits, shortlist interviews, and other strategic pursuits.
- Analyze RFQs/RFPs and procurement documents to identify client priorities, evaluation criteria, compliance requirements, differentiators, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop pursuit strategies, win themes, key messages, differentiators, and proof points that clearly communicate Myers' value to the client.
- Establish proposal execution plans, including compliance matrices, outlines, schedules, assignments, review milestones, and production requirements.
- Lead proposal kickoff, strategy, progress, and review meetings, maintaining accountability for assignments and deadlines.
- Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary pursuit teams, including executives, operations personnel, estimators, schedulers, technical specialists, joint venture partners, designers, consultants, and subcontractors.
- Write, edit, and develop persuasive proposal content, translating complex construction and technical concepts into clear, client-focused narratives.
- Guide technical contributors in developing responses that directly address evaluation criteria and communicate measurable client benefits.
- Manage proposal development and production from initial concept through final quality review, assembly, and submission.
- Lead development of resumes, project profiles, organizational charts, staffing plans, technical approaches, graphics, and other proposal components.
- Coordinate shortlist interview development, including presentation strategy, storyboarding, presentation materials, talking points, rehearsals, and coaching.
- Partner with leadership and operations teams on capture planning and positioning for strategic pursuits before the RFP is released.
- Coordinate with joint venture and teaming partners to establish consistent messaging, responsibilities, schedules, and deliverables.
- Conduct quality and compliance reviews to ensure proposals are responsive, accurate, compelling, and visually polished.
- Participate in client debriefs and capture lessons learned to continuously improve future pursuits.
- Maintain and enhance Myers' proposal resources, including resumes, project descriptions, boilerplate content, photography, graphics, and pursuit information.
- Mentor and provide direction to proposal coordinators and other marketing/proposal staff.
- Manage multiple concurrent pursuits while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and deadlines.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, Business, Construction Management, or a related field preferred. Equivalent relevant professional experience will be considered.
Experience
- 7+ years of professional proposal development, technical writing, marketing, or related experience, preferably within the construction, engineering, architecture, or infrastructure industry.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex proposals from RFP through final submission.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing contributors who are not direct reports.
- Strong experience writing and editing technical proposal content.
- Experience with Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, CM/GC, CMAR, or other alternative-delivery procurements strongly preferred.
- Experience with transportation infrastructure—including aviation, highways, bridges, transit, rail, or heavy civil construction—is highly desirable.
- Experience developing shortlist presentations and supporting interview teams preferred.
The seven-year threshold is consistent with the Proposal Manager benchmark you provided, which requires seven years of professional technical writing and proposal preparation experience as well as experience coordinating or supervising proposal personnel.
Knowledge, Skills + Abilities
- Exceptional technical and persuasive writing skills, with the ability to turn complex information into concise, compelling narratives.
- Strong understanding of proposal strategy, development, production, and quality-control processes.
- Ability to quickly interpret complex RFQs/RFPs and identify what matters most to the client.
- Ability to develop and communicate win themes, differentiators, benefits, and proof points throughout a proposal.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate people who are not direct reports.
- Exceptional organizational and project-management skills.
- Ability to confidently facilitate meetings involving executives, project managers, technical experts, and teaming partners.
- Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority pursuits simultaneously.
- Ability to remain effective, organized, and solutions-focused under demanding deadlines.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
- Strong proficiency in Adobe InDesign preferred.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, CRM systems, and proposal/content databases is a plus.
- Flexibility to work extended hours when required to meet major pursuit deadlines.
- Ability to travel as needed for pursuit meetings, strategy sessions, and interviews.
What Success Looks Like
A successful Proposal Manager at Myers does more than manage a deadline or assemble a document. This individual drives the pursuit forward —understanding what the client values, challenging the team to strengthen its response, identifying gaps early, extracting the best ideas from technical experts, and translating those ideas into a clear and compelling reason to select Myers. The Proposal Manager brings strategy, people, technical content, and presentation together into one cohesive pursuit and maintains ownership from kickoff through submission and interview. At Myers & Sons Construction, proposals are an extension of how we pursue and deliver work: collaboratively, strategically, and with a Project First mindset. Our pursuit teams compete for complex infrastructure projects where technical expertise, innovative thinking, alternative-delivery experience, and strong partnerships matter. The Proposal Manager will work directly with company leadership and some of the industry's leading contractors, designers, engineers, and specialty partners to pursue significant infrastructure projects throughout the West.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision) - our company covers 80% of the healthcare cost for our employees and their dependents. Employees are responsible for the remaining 20%, which is pre-taxable.
- Company provided vehicle or car allowance and fuel card.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)/Dependent Care FSA
- 401K with 8% Match
- Life insurance
- Voluntary insurance plans available - Accident/Critical Illness/Cancer/Hospital Indemnity/Life and AD&D
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Work in a collaborative environment that fosters creativity, support and mutual respect.
Myers & Sons Construction is a Heavy Civil Construction Company. We specialize in Bridge Construction, Bridge Restoration, Roadway Rehabilitation, Water/Wastewater Treatment Plants, Concrete Bridge Overlays, Concrete Paving and Alternative Delivery Projects, including Design Build, CMGC, CMAR and Progressive Design Build throughout California and Colorado. Myers & Sons Construction is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious beliefs, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Position Summary
Myers & Sons Construction is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to lead the development of compelling, technically strong, and highly competitive proposals for major transportation and infrastructure projects. This person can work in any of our three offices (Sacramento, Los Angeles, Denver). The Proposal Manager will lead pursuits from opportunity identification and RFP review through strategy development, proposal production, final submission, and interview preparation. Working directly with company executives, project leadership, estimators, schedulers, engineers, designers, joint venture partners, and technical specialists, this individual will transform complex technical information into clear, persuasive proposals that demonstrate why Myers is the right team for the project. The ideal candidate combines strong proposal leadership, exceptional writing and editing skills, strategic thinking, organization, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary pursuit teams under demanding deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the complete proposal process for RFQs, SOQs, technical proposals, alternative-delivery pursuits, shortlist interviews, and other strategic pursuits.
- Analyze RFQs/RFPs and procurement documents to identify client priorities, evaluation criteria, compliance requirements, differentiators, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop pursuit strategies, win themes, key messages, differentiators, and proof points that clearly communicate Myers' value to the client.
- Establish proposal execution plans, including compliance matrices, outlines, schedules, assignments, review milestones, and production requirements.
- Lead proposal kickoff, strategy, progress, and review meetings, maintaining accountability for assignments and deadlines.
- Direct and coordinate multidisciplinary pursuit teams, including executives, operations personnel, estimators, schedulers, technical specialists, joint venture partners, designers, consultants, and subcontractors.
- Write, edit, and develop persuasive proposal content, translating complex construction and technical concepts into clear, client-focused narratives.
- Guide technical contributors in developing responses that directly address evaluation criteria and communicate measurable client benefits.
- Manage proposal development and production from initial concept through final quality review, assembly, and submission.
- Lead development of resumes, project profiles, organizational charts, staffing plans, technical approaches, graphics, and other proposal components.
- Coordinate shortlist interview development, including presentation strategy, storyboarding, presentation materials, talking points, rehearsals, and coaching.
- Partner with leadership and operations teams on capture planning and positioning for strategic pursuits before the RFP is released.
- Coordinate with joint venture and teaming partners to establish consistent messaging, responsibilities, schedules, and deliverables.
- Conduct quality and compliance reviews to ensure proposals are responsive, accurate, compelling, and visually polished.
- Participate in client debriefs and capture lessons learned to continuously improve future pursuits.
- Maintain and enhance Myers' proposal resources, including resumes, project descriptions, boilerplate content, photography, graphics, and pursuit information.
- Mentor and provide direction to proposal coordinators and other marketing/proposal staff.
- Manage multiple concurrent pursuits while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and deadlines.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, Business, Construction Management, or a related field preferred. Equivalent relevant professional experience will be considered.
Experience
- 7+ years of professional proposal development, technical writing, marketing, or related experience, preferably within the construction, engineering, architecture, or infrastructure industry.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex proposals from RFP through final submission.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing contributors who are not direct reports.
- Strong experience writing and editing technical proposal content.
- Experience with Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, CM/GC, CMAR, or other alternative-delivery procurements strongly preferred.
- Experience with transportation infrastructure—including aviation, highways, bridges, transit, rail, or heavy civil construction—is highly desirable.
- Experience developing shortlist presentations and supporting interview teams preferred.
The seven-year threshold is consistent with the Proposal Manager benchmark you provided, which requires seven years of professional technical writing and proposal preparation experience as well as experience coordinating or supervising proposal personnel.
Knowledge, Skills + Abilities
- Exceptional technical and persuasive writing skills, with the ability to turn complex information into concise, compelling narratives.
- Strong understanding of proposal strategy, development, production, and quality-control processes.
- Ability to quickly interpret complex RFQs/RFPs and identify what matters most to the client.
- Ability to develop and communicate win themes, differentiators, benefits, and proof points throughout a proposal.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate people who are not direct reports.
- Exceptional organizational and project-management skills.
- Ability to confidently facilitate meetings involving executives, project managers, technical experts, and teaming partners.
- Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority pursuits simultaneously.
- Ability to remain effective, organized, and solutions-focused under demanding deadlines.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
- Strong proficiency in Adobe InDesign preferred.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, CRM systems, and proposal/content databases is a plus.
- Flexibility to work extended hours when required to meet major pursuit deadlines.
- Ability to travel as needed for pursuit meetings, strategy sessions, and interviews.
What Success Looks Like
A successful Proposal Manager at Myers does more than manage a deadline or assemble a document. This individual drives the pursuit forward —understanding what the client values, challenging the team to strengthen its response, identifying gaps early, extracting the best ideas from technical experts, and translating those ideas into a clear and compelling reason to select Myers. The Proposal Manager brings strategy, people, technical content, and presentation together into one cohesive pursuit and maintains ownership from kickoff through submission and interview. At Myers & Sons Construction, proposals are an extension of how we pursue and deliver work: collaboratively, strategically, and with a Project First mindset. Our pursuit teams compete for complex infrastructure projects where technical expertise, innovative thinking, alternative-delivery experience, and strong partnerships matter. The Proposal Manager will work directly with company leadership and some of the industry's leading contractors, designers, engineers, and specialty partners to pursue significant infrastructure projects throughout the West.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision) - our company covers 80% of the healthcare cost for our employees and their dependents. Employees are responsible for the remaining 20%, which is pre-taxable.
- Company provided vehicle or car allowance and fuel card.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)/Dependent Care FSA
- 401K with 8% Match
- Life insurance
- Voluntary insurance plans available - Accident/Critical Illness/Cancer/Hospital Indemnity/Life and AD&D
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Work in a collaborative environment that fosters creativity, support and mutual respect.
Myers & Sons Construction is a Heavy Civil Construction Company. We specialize in Bridge Construction, Bridge Restoration, Roadway Rehabilitation, Water/Wastewater Treatment Plants, Concrete Bridge Overlays, Concrete Paving and Alternative Delivery Projects, including Design Build, CMGC, CMAR and Progressive Design Build throughout California and Colorado. Myers & Sons Construction is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious beliefs, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Proposal Manager
Document your proposal management credentials early
Gather transcripts, performance reviews, and project records showing proposal win rates and contract values before your PERM process begins. DOL audits frequently target documentation gaps, and organized records reduce your employer's exposure during labor certification.
Target government contractors with PERM filing history
Federal contractors and defense firms routinely sponsor Proposal Managers because the role is central to their revenue pipeline. These employers already have immigration counsel on retainer, which speeds up the PERM and I-140 filing process for you.
Search Migrate Mate for green card sponsoring employers
Use Migrate Mate to filter Proposal Manager openings by employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. This narrows your search to companies that have already cleared the PERM process for similar roles.
Clarify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Ask your prospective employer to confirm which OFLC Wage Search level your role maps to. A Level I wage can slow PERM approval if DOL determines the duties match a higher level, potentially triggering an audit or denial.
Understand how EB-2 and EB-3 eligibility differs for this role
Proposal Managers with a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience may qualify under EB-2. Without that, EB-3 covers you as a skilled worker, though priority date wait times vary significantly by country of birth.
Use O*NET to align your job description with DOL standards
The O*NET occupation profile for Proposal Managers outlines the duties and education requirements DOL expects to see in a certified job description. Matching your actual duties to this profile reduces the chance of a prevailing-wage or scope-of-work challenge.
Green Card Proposal Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Proposal Manager role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Proposal Manager positions typically qualify for EB-3 as skilled worker roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree. If the position requires an advanced degree or you have a bachelor's plus five years of progressive, specialized experience, your employer can file under EB-2 instead. The classification affects your priority date and, depending on your country of birth, your wait time for a visa number to become current.
How does the PERM green card process differ from H-1B sponsorship for Proposal Managers?
H-1B visa is a temporary status with a three-year initial period and an annual lottery cap. PERM-based green card sponsorship has no annual cap at the petition level, leads to permanent residency, and begins with a DOL labor market test your employer must pass. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM, I-140, and adjustment of status combined can take two to four years or more, compared to the faster H-1B approval cycle.
Where can I find Proposal Manager jobs that specifically offer green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Proposal Manager roles filtered by employers with verified EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. Because most job postings don't advertise green card sponsorship explicitly, filtering by actual PERM filing history is a more reliable method than keyword searching on general job boards.
What role does the PERM labor certification play in my Proposal Manager green card case?
PERM is the DOL process your employer must complete before USCIS can adjudicate your I-140 immigrant petition. Your employer must post the job, conduct recruitment, and prove no qualified U.S. workers were displaced. For Proposal Manager roles, the job description must accurately reflect your actual duties and match the prevailing wage level DOL assigns, or the application risks an audit or denial.
Can I change employers while my Proposal Manager green card case is in progress?
Once your I-140 has been approved for 180 days and your I-485 adjustment of status has been pending for at least 180 days, you can port to a new employer in a same or similar occupational classification under AC21 portability rules. Proposal Manager is an administrative and professional role, so a new employer in a comparable role should qualify, but your immigration attorney should confirm the match before you resign.