Senior Proposal Coordinator

Position Overview

Mettle Ops is seeking an experienced Proposal Coordinator to lead and coordinate the development of compliant, compelling, and competitive responses to federal, state, and commercial solicitations. The successful candidate will have no less than ten (10) years of experience supporting government contracting pursuits within manufacturing, engineering, technical services, or defense-related industries.

This position serves as a key member of the business development team and will manage the proposal lifecycle from opportunity identification through submission. This key position will collaborate with procurement, engineering, manufacturing, program management, quality, and executive leadership teams to develop proposals, capability statements, qualification packages, and other business development materials supporting strategic growth objectives.

The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of government procurement processes, solicitation requirements, proposal best practices, and compliance standards, including FAR and DFARS requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead proposal development efforts from solicitation release through to final submission.

• Review solicitation documents and develop compliance matrices, proposal outlines, schedules, and submission plans.

• Coordinate proposal activities among engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, contracts, and executive stakeholders.

• Manage proposal calendars, draft reviews, milestone deadlines, and submission requirements.

• Analyze RFPs, RFQs, and other procurement documents to ensure complete compliance with customer requirements.

• Prepare, edit, and format technical, management, and past performance narratives.

• Convert multi-author content into a cohesive, customer-focused, single-voice response.

• Coordinate collection of technical information, resumes, certifications, project descriptions, and past performance references.

• Maintain proposal databases, content libraries, capability statements, and corporate qualifications materials.

• Support capture planning and opportunity pursuit activities prior to solicitation release.

• Prepare capability statements, presentations, and supporting business development materials.

• Review and integrate graphics, process diagrams, manufacturing capabilities, production data, charts, and technical illustrations.

• Ensure consistency with corporate branding and proposal standards.

• Submit proposals through government portals and electronic procurement systems as required.

• Capture lessons learned and maintain proposal metrics to support continuous improvement.

Work Environment

This position operates in-office in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment supporting federal government and defense manufacturing opportunities. This role requires close collaboration with technical, engineering, production, and executive teams while managing multiple proposal efforts under demanding schedules. The successful candidate must demonstrate professionalism, adaptability, attention to detail, and the ability to consistently produce high-quality, compliant proposal submissions.