Proposal Specialist

Dillon Consulting is seeking individuals to fill the role of Proposal Specialist. We are looking for professionals passionate about creating effective and engaging solutions for our clients.

Your Opportunity

As a Proposal Specialist at Dillon, you will play a significant role in leveraging advanced technology to better communicate our ideas and solve our clients' problems. You will provide oversight of the submission workflow, directing resources and support staff to handle operational components while you focus on strategy, compliance, and quality control.

We offer flexible work hours and hybrid work arrangement options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life. At Dillon, we operate as one team. This position is available at Calgary, Edmonton, Brandon, Winnipeg, Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, St. John's, Yellowknife, Halifax, and Sydney.

What your day will look like

• Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams through the proposal workflow.
• Tech Integration: Utilize AI and other software tools to analyze criteria, determine layout, and develop initial drafts.
• Quality & Compliance: Serve as the final gatekeeper to ensure every proposal meets client requirements and maximizes scoring potential.
• Process Management: Lead the submission workflow, directing support staff on resumes and project write-ups so you can remain focused on core content.
• Client-Centric Solutions: Partner with Submission Managers to ensure we are communicating unique, tailored solutions to our clients’ underlying problems.

Learning & Development

• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development.

What you will need to succeed

• Drive for Success: A focus on increasing win rates through innovation.
• Influential Leadership: The ability to guide technical teams toward modernized, effective workflows.
• Tech-Savviness: An eagerness to leverage new applications to improve efficiency.
• Exceptional Management: Strong organizational skills within a deadline-driven environment.
• Communication: Ability to translate technical concepts into winning value propositions.

• Experience in proposal preparation and submissions.
• Post-secondary education in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
• Aptitude for using AI-enabled tools and proposal management platforms.
• Experience in professional services (engineering, environmental, or planning) is a significant asset.

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop. 

We live our core values:

• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous Development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;
• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust.

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan

• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.

• A competitive compensation package

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions

• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options

• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs.  We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life. 

• Learning and Development opportunities

• As a knowledge-based business, we use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.

• Focus on Innovation

• The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.

• Employee and Family Assistance program

• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.

• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership

• Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
• Wellness Subsidy
• Our employees can take advantage of a wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes  and dance classes.

About Dillon

Dillon is a proudly Canadian, employee-owned, professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science, and management. We partner with clients to provide committed, collaborative, and inventive solutions to complex, multi-faceted projects. With over 25 offices and more than 1100 employees across Canada, Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years, we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 19 years in a row and has the distinction of being a Platinum Club member in this program.

Health & Safety at Dillon

Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillon's core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active, ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform, and the active, ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.

Employment Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon

Dillon is committed to employment equity and an inclusive, diverse workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities. If you require accommodation during the interview process, please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon

We invest in modern technologies to enable continuous improvement across the organization. Please be advised that Dillon Consulting utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports this process, all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying, you acknowledge and consent to this use.

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