Technical Secretary / Proposal and Technical Writing Job at Express Employment P

Overview

Technical Secretary / Proposal and Technical Writing at Express Employment Professionals – Arnold, MO. Worksite: On-site, Downtown St. Louis, MO, Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00 (some flexibility). Compensation: $50,000-$70,000 base + comprehensive benefits.

About the Opportunity

Join an employee owned consulting engineering firm in downtown St. Louis where your writing helps win work that shapes the region. In this proposal-first role, you'll be the hub for RFP/RFQ/SOQ responses—organizing inputs from engineers and architects, crafting clear narratives, and delivering compliant, polished submittals. You'll also support interview decks and light website/news updates.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate and produce compliant proposals for public/private clients (RFP/RFQ/SOQ).
• Write and edit project narratives, approaches, cover letters, and resumes tailored to evaluation criteria.
• Build and maintain a proposal library (boilerplates, resumes, case blurbs, images).
• Create clean, on-brand layouts in InDesign and impactful PowerPoint interview decks.
• Partner with technical SMEs to gather content on time; drive version control and final QA/QC.
• Perform light website/news updates (personnel changes, wins, announcements).

What You Bring

• Strong technical writing skills and detail orientation; 1-4+ years in engineering/construction (AEC) proposals or highly relevant RFP-driven environments.
• Hands-on experience responding to RFPs/RFQs/SOQs with on-time, compliant submittals.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word/PowerPoint) and Adobe InDesign (styles, templates, export).
• Organized under deadlines; calm communicator who can wrangle SME input.
• Ability to provide 1-2 writing samples (project blurb + approach/cover letter; redact PII).

Bonus Points

• Prior experience in engineering/construction (AEC) and public sector proposals.
• Basic Photoshop/Illustrator for imagery; CMS experience for light site updates.
• SMPS or similar professional involvement.

Why You'll Love It

• Real impact: your proposals directly influence wins and the firm's growth.
• Employee owned culture with collaborative, expert teams.
• Visible work across municipal/civil and specialty structures.

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