Proposal Team Coordinator Intern

About the role

Badger Meter is a leading global water technology company with over 120 years of experience preserving and protecting the world's most precious resource. The company optimizes water delivery and use, maximizes revenue, reduces waste, and fosters a workplace that celebrates differences, empowers voices, and encourages fresh ideas. When you join us you'll find purpose‑driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe, career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential, and a supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive. The Badger Meter Internship Program provides students with hands‑on, real‑world experience through meaningful projects, mentorship, professional development, community outreach, and a final capstone project. As a Proposal Team Coordinator Intern you will join the Proposals Department to evaluate and improve the RFX Checklist risk‑management and project‑tracking process, gain experience in business process analysis, workflow design, requirements gathering, technology evaluation, documentation, and process improvement, identify automation opportunities, and recommend technology solutions that can improve how proposal teams manage complex RFP and RFX processes.

Responsibilities

• Review and document the current RFX Checklist, including processes, requirements, workflows, and pain points.
• Work with the Proposals team and cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and risk reduction.
• Evaluate the current risk management and project tracking process and identify opportunities to improve validation, consistency, accountability, and visibility.
• Help define business and functional requirements for a redesigned RFX Checklist or replacement tool.
• Develop recommendations for automated validation requirements, required fields, workflow controls, and risk mitigation parameters.
• Identify opportunities to build error‑proofing and standardized controls directly into the proposal process.
• Research and evaluate technology tools and solutions that could support proposal management, workflow automation, document management, project tracking, and risk management.
• Explore solutions beyond the current use of Adobe and PDF‑based proposal packages, including opportunities to streamline document creation, review, tracking, collaboration, and approval processes.
• Assist with mapping current and future‑state workflows and documenting proposed process improvements.
• Create process maps, requirements documentation, user guides, workflow diagrams, or other supporting materials