Business Development Coordinator

**Position Overview**

You have an aptitude for technical communication and proposal writing. You understand proposal writing as well as graphic design and formatting in a global context. You stay in tune with the latest AEC news. You are ready to dive deep into competitor analysis and think strategically. You pay attention to the details but know when to prioritize for a deadline.

If this resonates with you, you will want to know more about StructureCraft, and about this opportunity.

Needed by our BD team is a driven, quick individual who can curate our proposal, presentation, and qualification resources, working closely with our Business Development team - the face of the company.

As a Business Development Coordinator, you will act as a versatile assistant to our sales and estimating group. You will assist with proposal/RFP chases of world-class structures across North America and abroad, working with some of the best designers in the industry. You

Expect a warm, close BD team atmosphere with significant potential for growth and increased responsibility. Often you will face quick deadlines and intense deliverables, but with a high success rate and a unique sales edge - our delivery model (learn more below). You will be responsible for new presentations, technical engineering and construction proposals, qualifications submittals, and proposal database management.

You will report to the Manager of Business Development & Preconstruction, working closely with our whole BD and Marketing team.

**Who We Are**

StructureCraft combines creative, pioneering structural engineering with the old-world idea of a “master-builder”, bringing a single source of responsibility for the design and construction of a building’s structure.

We’re a unique, vertically integrated design-build company of 150 engineering and construction professionals that specializes in timber structures, incorporating steel, glass, concrete and other materials. Since our beginning in 1998, we have pioneered award-winning structural concepts to help create carefully detailed building and bridge structures in which people the world over love to work and play. We work across institutional, high rise, office, residential, cultural, and other public projects, and leverage our experience to stay at the leading edge of the mass timber “revolution”.

We are rooted in our mission of “making beautiful structures possible,” which harnesses both traditional principles and paradigm-shifting innovation to bring the inherent properties of materials to their highest use. As a firm of master engineers and timber construction experts with offices in Canada, the United States, and Italy, we partner with world-renowned developers, owners and architects, often as the Structural Engineer of Record, to create buildings that are elegant in their own right, sustainable, and also serve the greater good of a community.

Our head office and shop is located in the beautiful Fraser Valley, just an hour east of Vancouver, and close to the growing Abbotsford airport. Our Vancouver office is located in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, strategically located near our architecture and construction/development clients with a global reach. Our international engineering offices are located in Seattle, WA and Trento, Italy.

**Responsibilities**
- Curate and organize new project proposals, qualifications packages (RFQ/RFP), client presentations/powerpoints and project/services writeup. Both for engineering and construction services.- We use the full Adobe suite extensively, including InDesign, Photoshop, etc; as well as the MS suite (Word, Excel, PPT). Additional graphic experience is a bonus but not required
- Technical writing experience is a must; our proposals often shift between short, quals-based documents and long-form, project-specific writeups tailored to site challenges, design team relationships, etc. Ability to adapt and think strategically based on RFP requirements is necessary.
- Assist Marketing with the development of new qualifications materials / literature as needed for proposal responses.
- Assist BD team with upkeep of Hubspot CRM, including new client entries, deals, data management.
- Manage bidding / lead generation software (e.g. Dodge) including monitoring / researching new opportunities and summarizing progress with measurable outcomes.Run BD/market research projects including tracking construction/market data and exploring new market opportunities.
- Manage product sample library; coordinate with the BD team / shop to arrange and send samples to clients, including tracking on a spreadsheet.
- Develop and maintain detailed knowledge of the Company’s services and past work. Depending on aptitude and level of interest, you will have opportunity to participate in additional business development activities, including fielding incoming client calls, estimating, etc.
- General business development admin assistance.

**General Expectations**
- Sharp, nimble per