Logistics Proposal Specialist

Position Overview

Location and Schedule

• The position is remote in the United States.
• Schedule is Monday through Friday and full time.

Compensation and Contract

• Compensation is $36 to $42 per hour.
• The contract term is one year, with a high likelihood of extension or conversion to a full-time employee.

Proposal and Tender Support

• Support logistics activities for domestic and international projects during the Inquiry-to-Order phase.
• Develop proposal, tender, and RFQ content and prepare scope narratives, assumptions, exclusions, and commercial qualifications.
• Participate in bid reviews and customer clarification discussions.

Transportation Planning and Estimating

• Develop concepts for heavy haul, breakbulk, containerized, rail, and multimodal shipments.
• Prepare budgetary estimates using market intelligence, historical data, and carrier quotations.
• Coordinate pricing from freight forwarders, carriers, ports, terminals, warehouses, and specialty providers.
• Support feasibility studies, route assessments, schedules, and milestone planning.

Risk and Commercial Support

• Identify risks, constraints, permitting requirements, infrastructure limitations, and schedule impacts.
• Review packing lists, shipping drawings, and equipment dimensions to validate transportation assumptions.
• Support value engineering by identifying cost-saving opportunities and alternative transportation solutions.

Collaboration and Improvement

• Collaborate with Engineering, Procurement, Project Management, Commercial Operations, and Logistics teams.
• Document logistics assumptions, pricing, schedules, and execution strategies for project handoff.
• Maintain pricing databases and estimating tools and support standard templates, checklists, and lessons learned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in logistics, transportation, freight forwarding, supply chain, or project logistics.
• Experience with transportation planning, freight estimating, or proposal development.
• Understanding of domestic and international transportation modes and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with capital equipment, energy, industrial, or infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of heavy haul, oversized cargo, breakbulk, rail, ocean freight, project logistics, Incoterms, customs, or international shipping.
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings, packing lists, and shipment specifications.