Technical Writer

Job Summary

The Proposal Technical Specialist at Day & Zimmermann plays a pivotal role in crafting high-quality, compliant proposals that drive business growth across government, commercial, and industrial sectors. This position entails a comprehensive understanding of solicitation requirements coupled with the expertise to develop precise and persuasive proposal content. As a member of the Program Management team within D&Z Plants division, you will collaborate extensively across departments to gather accurate data, integrate diverse inputs, and deliver responses that not only meet stringent compliance standards but also resonate with customer priorities and organizational goals. This role is ideal for individuals who thrive in a dynamic environment requiring attention to detail, strong analytical acumen, and excellent communication abilities. The work environment is based at the Munitions & Government facility in Texarkana, TX.

Responsibilities

• Solicitation Review and Analysis: Interpret solicitations, statements of work, technical specifications, and customer documents to meticulously identify all proposal requirements, evaluation factors, compliance mandates, and submission deliverables. Ensure alignment of proposal strategy with these parameters.
• Content Development and Editing: Collaborate with subject matter experts to develop, revise, and polish technical, management, and operational sections of proposals. Leverage historical data and best practices to produce compelling narratives that clearly articulate unique value propositions.
• Compliance Oversight: Build and maintain proposal compliance tools including matrices, outlines, response templates, and checklists to guarantee adherence to solicitation criteria, optimize content quality, and ensure completeness of submissions.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Engage with interdisciplinary teams such as engineering, operations, finance, contracts, quality assurance, and supply chain to collect inputs, resolve ambiguities, and synchronize timelines to meet stringent proposal deadlines.
• Market and Competitive Research: Conduct comprehensive research on market trends, customer priorities, and competitor offerings to inform proposal themes, distinguishers, and customer-centric messaging, enhancing the proposal’s winning potential.
• Document Management and Finalization: Format, proofread, compile, and archive proposal documents including resumes, past performance records, and content libraries to preserve institutional knowledge and support efficient future proposal development. Perform additional duties aligned with business needs.

KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Technical and Business Writing Expertise: Demonstrated proficiency in crafting clear, concise, and persuasive proposal content, complemented by strong editing, proofreading, and document formatting capabilities.
• Analytical Acumen: Skilled in deciphering complex requests for proposals (RFPs), requests for information (RFIs), statements of work, specifications, contract terms, and evaluation criteria, enabling accurate interpretation of customer requirements.
• Research and Critical Thinking: Ability to perform in-depth market, customer, and historical analysis to develop strategic, data-driven content that effectively addresses solicitation objectives.
• Project and Time Management: Aptitude for managing multiple concurrent tasks, systematically organizing extensive information, maintaining version control, and delivering high-quality proposals within tight deadlines.
• Software Proficiency: Experienced user of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and shared content repositories. Prior exposure to proposal processes within government or industrial sectors is highly ad