Proposal Manager

Quanta Services is a leading infrastructure solutions provider serving the electric power, renewable energy, communications, and utility industries. The company is committed to safety, innovation, and delivering reliable infrastructure projects that power communities and support long-term growth.

QPS Flint Construction is a merit shop contractor with more than 60 years of experience delivering civil, mechanical, and structural construction solutions for the energy industry. As a Quanta Services company, QPS Flint specializes in compressor stations, pump stations, meter stations, site development, and heavy civil construction projects across the United States. The company is committed to safety, quality, and operational excellence while providing employees with opportunities for long-term career growth and industry-leading project experience.

General Summary: Prepares accurate project estimates and competitive client proposals while coordinating with operations, engineering, and business development teams to support successful bids and profitable project execution.

Essential Functions:

• Prepare detailed project estimates for oil and gas construction.
• Coordinate, track, and submit professional RFQs, RFPs, bids, and client proposals.
• Review drawings, P&IDs, scope of work, specifications, and client bid packages, preparing summaries for each discipline.
• Together with Project Managers, coordinate with vendors and subcontractors to obtain pricing, availability, and lead times.
• Work closely with operations teams to validate and coordinate all aspects of the estimate and proposal.
• Maintain estimating databases, historical cost records, and proposal templates.
• Ensure proposals comply with client standards, safety requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Track proposal and estimate activity, revisions, awarded projects, and bid success metrics.
• Support client meetings, pre-bid conferences, and project handoff meetings.
• Assist leadership with forecasting, pricing strategy, and market competitiveness.

Competencies:

• Communication - Actively listens and provides regular, consistent, and meaningful information and expresses the message effectively by organizing and delivering information appropriately.
• Business Acumen – An in-depth understanding of the systems and processes of how a business works, achieves its goals and objectives, and the strategies that impact financial, operations, and sales results.
• Planning and organizing - Determines priorities, schedules activities, allocates and uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Attention to Detail – Achieves thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task through concern for the areas involved, and is able to verify the correctness or error in an individual part of the procedure.
• Initiative - Recognizes, plans, and acts appropriately on one’s own to upcoming problems or opportunities and/or does more than is expected or required within his/her scope of work.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or similar, combined with experience to manage multiple estimates and proposals at one time. Minimum of 5 years managing estimates and proposals. Expert in computer usage, including Microsoft Office and the Internet.