National Transportation Underwriter
LAZ Parking · Hartford, CT · 3 wk ago
Sales$120k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only if real content. Use for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to extract content.
From posting:
- About the role: The Spirit of the Position paragraph: "The National Transportation Underwriter is responsible for evaluating, developing, and underwriting transportation and mobility contract opportunities throughout the United States. This position serves as a critical link between LAZ Regions, Business Development Teams, Operations, Finance, Safety, Fleet, Human Resources, and Legal to ensure proposed contracts are operationally achievable, competitively priced, financially sound, and appropriately structured before submission."
Also earlier paragraph about company description maybe not needed as about role? The instruction: do NOT repeat job title as heading. Use About the role for description of role. So we can put that paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of duties. Many bullet-like sentences. We need to put them in
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to extract content.
From posting:
- About the role: The Spirit of the Position paragraph: "The National Transportation Underwriter is responsible for evaluating, developing, and underwriting transportation and mobility contract opportunities throughout the United States. This position serves as a critical link between LAZ Regions, Business Development Teams, Operations, Finance, Safety, Fleet, Human Resources, and Legal to ensure proposed contracts are operationally achievable, competitively priced, financially sound, and appropriately structured before submission."
Also earlier paragraph about company description maybe not needed as about role? The instruction: do NOT repeat job title as heading. Use About the role for description of role. So we can put that paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of duties. Many bullet-like sentences. We need to put them in - . Must preserve all substantive info. We'll extract each responsibility sentence.
List from "Responsibilities" heading in posting:
- Contract & RFP Underwriting
- Review transportation, shuttle, transit, mobility, and parking RFPs and bid opportunities.
- Analyze scopes of work and identify operational, financial, contractual, and compliance requirements.
- Develop detailed assumptions for each opportunity and identify requirements that could materially impact operating costs or profitability.
- Review customer-provided operating statistics, schedules, service levels, ridership data, fleet requirements, and performance standards.
- Identify unclear or conflicting RFP requirements and develop clarification questions.
- Maintain an underwriting checklist, Pipeline and approval process for major proposals.
- Develop and validate operating budgets for proposed contracts and calculate anticipated annual operating costs.
- Evaluate management fees, margins, contingency allowances, and escalation assumptions.
- Develop staffing and labor cost models, including wages, overtime, payroll taxes, workers' compensation, benefits, recruiting, training, and uniforms.
- Evaluate fleet acquisition, lease, maintenance, fuel, insurance, technology, and facility costs.
- Support operating models incorporating vehicle requirements, revenue and non-revenue hours and mileage, peak vehicle requirements, staffing, dispatch, maintenance, spare ratios, fuel or energy consumption, service hours, deadhead mileage, overtime, training, and facility requirements.
- Evaluate whether proposed operating plans can realistically meet contractual service requirements.
- Assist proposal team in developing financially and operationally competitive solutions.
- Review final pricing with region leadership before executive approval and ensure pricing assumptions align with the technical proposal.
- Participate in proposal strategy meetings and support Best and Final Offer (BAFO) negotiations.
- Identify and quantify risks related to liquidated damages, performance penalties, service guarantees, staffing, wage escalation, collective bargaining agreements, insurance, vehicle availability, fleet replacement, maintenance, fuel volatility, regulatory requirements, technology, customer-controlled operating changes, and unfunded scope increases.
- Recommend pricing contingencies or contract modifications to mitigate identified risks.
- Conduct pre-bid site assessments when appropriate, evaluating existing operations, vehicle condition, maintenance facilities, driver availability, labor markets, dispatch, customer service, route complexity, technology, parking, safety, and management staffing.
- Document findings and incorporate them into the underwriting model.
- Prepare a formal underwriting handoff to implementation and region teams for awarded contracts.
- Document assumptions used in the final pricing model and review approved staffing and fleet plans.
- Identify key contractual milestones and performance requirements and participate in startup meetings.
- Compare actual startup costs against underwriting assumptions and conduct post-award reviews to improve future underwriting accuracy.
That's responsibilities.
- Requirements: The posting includes "Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience..." etc. Also "Experience developing or reviewing transportation operating budgets." etc. Also "Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, transportation, operations, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent transportation industry experience may substitute." Also "Experience working with multi-location or national transportation operations preferred." Also "Experience with RFPs, bids, proposals, contracts, or transportation pricing strongly preferred." Also "Must be willing to travel within assigned region, as necessary. Spends 10-20% of time in the field." Also physical demands etc. But those might go under Requirements or Qualifications? We'll separate: Requirements = mandatory? Qualifications = preferred? The instruction: Use headings as given: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where.
We have:
- Requirements: Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience in transportation, mobility, parking, shuttle, transit, bus operations, or a closely related industry. Experience developing or reviewing transportation operating budgets. Experience with RFPs, bids, proposals, contracts, or transportation pricing strongly preferred. Experience working with multi-location or national transportation operations preferred. Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, transportation, operations, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent transportation industry experience may substitute.
But "strongly preferred" and "preferred" maybe better under Qualifications. However we can treat Requirements as the mandatory: Minimum 3-5 years experience, Experience developing or reviewing transportation operating budgets. Maybe also "Experience with RFPs, bids, proposals, contracts, or transportation pricing" is strongly preferred, but we could still put under Requirements? The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content. We'll allocate.
Qualifications: Could include "Bachelor’s degree ... preferred; equivalent experience may substitute." Also "Experience working with multi-location or national transportation operations preferred." Also maybe "Strong understanding of bus, shuttle, transit, mobility, parking, or similar operations..." etc. Actually those are under "Transportation Operations:" etc. Those are skills/knowledge.
Skills: list of abilities: Transportation Operations, Financial Analysis, RFP & Contract Analysis, Advanced Excel, Cross-Functional Leadership.
Also maybe "Ability to lift, push and pull at least ten pounds." physical demands maybe not needed as skill.
Benefits: The posting mentions "LAZ Also Provides Additional Optional Benefits Such As Optional life insurance Paid time off Holiday pay Reimbursement for approved travel expenses". Also maybe other benefits not listed. So we can include Benefits section with those items.
Pay: "Compensation: $120,000 annually with annual bonus". So Pay section.
Schedule: Not explicitly given besides travel 10-20% time in field. No schedule like full-time, etc. Not given. So we should not create Schedule section because no specific schedule content.
We also have Location: Remote. Could be included maybe under About the role? Or maybe as a short paragraph under About the role? The instruction: do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
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We must remove boilerplate: EEO, E-Verify, etc.
Now construct HTML.
Structure:
Location: Remote
About the role
The National Transportation Underwriter is responsible for evaluating, developing, and underwriting transportation and mobility contract opportunities throughout the United States. This position serves as a critical link between LAZ Regions, Business Development Teams, Operations, Finance, Safety, Fleet, Human Resources, and Legal to ensure proposed contracts are operationally achievable, competitively priced, financially sound, and appropriately structured before submission.
Responsibilities
- Contract & RFP Underwriting
- Review transportation, shuttle, transit, mobility, and parking RFPs and bid opportunities.
- Analyze scopes of work and identify operational, financial, contractual, and compliance requirements.
- Develop detailed assumptions for each opportunity and identify requirements that could materially impact operating costs or profitability.
- Review customer-provided operating statistics, schedules, service levels, ridership data, fleet requirements, and performance standards.
- Identify unclear or conflicting RFP requirements and develop clarification questions.
- Maintain an underwriting checklist, Pipeline and approval process for major proposals.
- Develop and validate operating budgets for proposed contracts and calculate anticipated annual operating costs.
- Evaluate management fees, margins, contingency allowances, and escalation assumptions.
- Develop staffing and labor cost models, including wages, overtime, payroll taxes, workers' compensation, benefits, recruiting, training, and uniforms.
- Evaluate fleet acquisition, lease, maintenance, fuel, insurance, technology, and facility costs.
- Support operating models incorporating vehicle requirements, revenue and non-revenue hours and mileage, peak vehicle requirements, staffing, dispatch, maintenance, spare ratios, fuel or energy consumption, service hours, deadhead mileage, overtime, training, and facility requirements.
- Evaluate whether proposed operating plans can realistically meet contractual service requirements.
- Assist proposal team in developing financially and operationally competitive solutions.
- Review final pricing with region leadership before executive approval and ensure pricing assumptions align with the technical proposal.
- Participate in proposal strategy meetings and support Best and Final Offer (BAFO) negotiations.
- Identify and quantify risks related to liquidated damages, performance penalties, service guarantees, staffing, wage escalation, collective bargaining agreements, insurance, vehicle availability, fleet replacement, maintenance, fuel volatility, regulatory requirements, technology, customer-controlled operating changes, and unfunded scope increases.
- Recommend pricing contingencies or contract modifications to mitigate identified risks.
- Conduct pre-bid site assessments when appropriate, evaluating existing operations, vehicle condition, maintenance facilities, driver availability, labor markets, dispatch, customer service, route complexity, technology, parking, safety, and management staffing.
- Document findings and incorporate them into the underwriting model.
- Prepare a formal underwriting handoff to implementation and region teams for awarded contracts.
- Document assumptions used in the final pricing model and review approved staffing and fleet plans.
- Identify key contractual milestones and performance requirements and participate in startup meetings.
- Compare actual startup costs against underwriting assumptions and conduct post-award reviews to improve future underwriting accuracy.
Requirements
- Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience in transportation, mobility, parking, shuttle, transit, bus operations, or a closely related industry.
- Experience developing or reviewing transportation operating budgets.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, transportation, operations, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent transportation industry experience may substitute.
- Experience working with multi-location or national transportation operations preferred.
- Experience with RFPs, bids, proposals, contracts, or transportation pricing strongly preferred.
Skills
- Transportation Operations: Strong understanding of bus, shuttle, transit, mobility, parking, or similar operations, including driver staffing, scheduling, dispatch, fleet utilization, maintenance, and service delivery.
- Financial Analysis: Ability to develop and analyze multimillion-dollar operating budgets, pricing models, labor projections, fleet costs, and profitability scenarios.
- RFP & Contract Analysis: Ability to read complex RFPs and contracts and translate requirements into operational and financial assumptions.
- Advanced Excel: Proficiency with pricing models, staffing models, operating budgets, scenario analysis, cost-per-hour and cost-per-mile calculations, margin analysis, and multi-year projections.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Ability to work effectively with Business Development, Operations, Finance, Fleet, Safety, HR, Legal, Procurement, and executive leadership.
Benef
or drop it. Location is minor metadata; we could include a short
after About the role? But we must not create extra headings. We could include a
after About the role for Location. However the instruction says "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other
paragraphs outside sections. So we can add a
for Location. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, E-Verify, etc. Now construct HTML. Structure:
Location: Remote
About the role
The National Transportation Underwriter is responsible for evaluating, developing, and underwriting transportation and mobility contract opportunities throughout the United States. This position serves as a critical link between LAZ Regions, Business Development Teams, Operations, Finance, Safety, Fleet, Human Resources, and Legal to ensure proposed contracts are operationally achievable, competitively priced, financially sound, and appropriately structured before submission.
Responsibilities
- Contract & RFP Underwriting
- Review transportation, shuttle, transit, mobility, and parking RFPs and bid opportunities.
- Analyze scopes of work and identify operational, financial, contractual, and compliance requirements.
- Develop detailed assumptions for each opportunity and identify requirements that could materially impact operating costs or profitability.
- Review customer-provided operating statistics, schedules, service levels, ridership data, fleet requirements, and performance standards.
- Identify unclear or conflicting RFP requirements and develop clarification questions.
- Maintain an underwriting checklist, Pipeline and approval process for major proposals.
- Develop and validate operating budgets for proposed contracts and calculate anticipated annual operating costs.
- Evaluate management fees, margins, contingency allowances, and escalation assumptions.
- Develop staffing and labor cost models, including wages, overtime, payroll taxes, workers' compensation, benefits, recruiting, training, and uniforms.
- Evaluate fleet acquisition, lease, maintenance, fuel, insurance, technology, and facility costs.
- Support operating models incorporating vehicle requirements, revenue and non-revenue hours and mileage, peak vehicle requirements, staffing, dispatch, maintenance, spare ratios, fuel or energy consumption, service hours, deadhead mileage, overtime, training, and facility requirements.
- Evaluate whether proposed operating plans can realistically meet contractual service requirements.
- Assist proposal team in developing financially and operationally competitive solutions.
- Review final pricing with region leadership before executive approval and ensure pricing assumptions align with the technical proposal.
- Participate in proposal strategy meetings and support Best and Final Offer (BAFO) negotiations.
- Identify and quantify risks related to liquidated damages, performance penalties, service guarantees, staffing, wage escalation, collective bargaining agreements, insurance, vehicle availability, fleet replacement, maintenance, fuel volatility, regulatory requirements, technology, customer-controlled operating changes, and unfunded scope increases.
- Recommend pricing contingencies or contract modifications to mitigate identified risks.
- Conduct pre-bid site assessments when appropriate, evaluating existing operations, vehicle condition, maintenance facilities, driver availability, labor markets, dispatch, customer service, route complexity, technology, parking, safety, and management staffing.
- Document findings and incorporate them into the underwriting model.
- Prepare a formal underwriting handoff to implementation and region teams for awarded contracts.
- Document assumptions used in the final pricing model and review approved staffing and fleet plans.
- Identify key contractual milestones and performance requirements and participate in startup meetings.
- Compare actual startup costs against underwriting assumptions and conduct post-award reviews to improve future underwriting accuracy.
Requirements
- Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience in transportation, mobility, parking, shuttle, transit, bus operations, or a closely related industry.
- Experience developing or reviewing transportation operating budgets.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, transportation, operations, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent transportation industry experience may substitute.
- Experience working with multi-location or national transportation operations preferred.
- Experience with RFPs, bids, proposals, contracts, or transportation pricing strongly preferred.
Skills
- Transportation Operations: Strong understanding of bus, shuttle, transit, mobility, parking, or similar operations, including driver staffing, scheduling, dispatch, fleet utilization, maintenance, and service delivery.
- Financial Analysis: Ability to develop and analyze multimillion-dollar operating budgets, pricing models, labor projections, fleet costs, and profitability scenarios.
- RFP & Contract Analysis: Ability to read complex RFPs and contracts and translate requirements into operational and financial assumptions.
- Advanced Excel: Proficiency with pricing models, staffing models, operating budgets, scenario analysis, cost-per-hour and cost-per-mile calculations, margin analysis, and multi-year projections.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Ability to work effectively with Business Development, Operations, Finance, Fleet, Safety, HR, Legal, Procurement, and executive leadership.