Linxon
Proposal Engineer
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Proposals Engineer
Role Overview
As the Proposals Engineer, you will support the delivery of high-quality, compliant, commercially robust, and customer-focused proposal submissions that contribute to Linxon’s growth objectives.
Working closely with the Proposal team as well as cross-functional stakeholders, you will coordinate proposal activities, and contribute to the successful delivery of competitive tenders. This role provides an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to develop their career in proposal / bid management, and business development within a dynamic engineering and infrastructure environment.
Key Responsibilities
As a Proposals Engineer, you will be expected to:
- Support the end-to-end proposal process from receipt of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) through to submission and project handover.
- Review customer requirements to identify key deliverables, compliance requirements, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop and maintain proposal plans, submission schedules, compliance matrices, and proposal documentation to ensure deadlines are achieved.
- Coordinate inputs from operational, commercial, legal, and finance teams to support the proposal development.
- Assist in the preparation, formatting, and quality review of proposal submissions.
- Monitor progress and follow up on actions to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
- Ensure documentation is maintained accurately and stored in accordance with company procedures.
- Build effective working relationships with key stakeholders across the business.
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Experience & Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- A Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- An understanding of proposal management principles and competitive tendering processes.
- Experience working within structured processes and governance frameworks would be advantageous.
- Professional development or qualifications related to proposal management, project management, or commercial disciplines would be beneficial.
Skills & Competencies
You will demonstrate:
- Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality work.
- The ability to analyse and interpret complex information and present it clearly and effectively.
- Strong editing, proofreading, and document management capabilities.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Good commercial awareness and an interest in developing broader business knowledge.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a willingness to take ownership of responsibilities.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.
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Development & Career Progression
At Linxon, we are committed to supporting the professional growth of our employees through mentoring, structured development opportunities, and exposure to complex and strategically important projects.
As an Associate Proposals Manager, you will have the opportunity to develop your commercial, technical, and stakeholder management capabilities while gaining broader experience across the business.
Progression opportunities may include:
- Proposal/Senior Proposal Manager
- Bid/Senior Bid Manager
- Tendering/Senior Tendering Manager
This role provides an excellent foundation for individuals seeking to build a long-term career in bid management, commercial management, business development, and project delivery within the engineering and infrastructure sectors.
Linxon Values
At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
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Job Type Regular
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