Proposals Specialist

Laing O'Rourke group; Dartford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An international engineering and construction company is looking for a Proposals Specialist based at their Dartford office. The successful candidate will collaborate with the bid team to prepare and present high-quality proposal content. Essential qualifications include strong document production experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications. Candidates should be detail-oriented, self-starters who thrive in a collaborative environment. The role offers opportunities for professional development and training support.

Qualifications

• Experience in document production, ready for greater responsibilities.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong attention to detail to maintain high standards.
• Able to organize workflow and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain proposal templates.
• Ensure consistent formatting in all submissions.
• Collaborate with bid teams for technical document production.
• Manage workload effectively to meet peak demands.

Skills

Document production

Microsoft SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Written communication

Verbal communication

Job description

Based: Dartford Head Office

This role does not provide visa sponsorship.

About the Job

New to proposals or have some experience and want to kick start your career? This is your perfect opportunity! If you're curious, confident, ready to get stuck in, and love asking questions, you'll fit right in.

We want someone excited to work for an incredible company like Laing O'Rourke and keen to learn every step of the way. As a Proposals Specialist, you'll support the collation and production of proposal and presentation materials. You'll work as part of our in‑house, multi‑disciplinary team, creating response templates, applying our house style consistently, and ensuring submissions are polished and professional. It's a hands‑on role where your curiosity and attention to detail will help us deliver outstanding proposals.

Key Responsibilities

• Create templates, maintain consistent formatting and publish documents and presentations that are structured, orderly and aesthetically pleasing.
• Meet internal and external deadlines.
• Ensure bids and presentations look appealing, well‑structured, consistently follow company/brand guidelines and are easy to navigate.
• Organise and manage workflow by tracking the progress of components as they are completed.
• Support proposals and bid teams with technical document production.
• Manage workload with other Proposals Specialists to meet peaks in production.
• Source information and images from our collateral system for use within bid submissions.
• Complete housekeeping administration at the end of each submission.

Desired Candidate

• Experience in document production, ready to take more responsibility in a larger team or on bigger pursuits.
• Excellent skills across the Microsoft stack: SharePoint, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
• A self‑starter who can proactively influence and drive outcomes.
• Collaborative worker with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail, to ensure consistent high standards.
• Can organise themselves to meet challenging deadlines.
• Takes pride in their work and enthuses others.
• Curious to learn from feedback, share insights and develop best practice.
• Humility: you don't need to know every answer, just how to get there using the strength and knowledge of others.
• Commitment to their continual professional development supported by our APMP corporate membership.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long‑term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email [e-mail].