We have an opportunity for an organised and professional Proposals Engineer to join our proposals team on a permanent basis.
This role has been filled.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Income protection.
- Life assurance.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Early finish on a Friday.
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Main Duties
- Interpret Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and present design concepts to customers and other interested stakeholders.
- Action the preparation of proposals for a range of bespoke products by co-ordinating the activities of the Proposals, Sales and Engineering teams.
- Respond to customer questions and requests in a timely and efficient manner.
- Review and action the customers enquiry process into a costed workable solution.
- Work with Sales Managers or customer prospect to ascertain the enquiry information necessary to produce sales proposals.
- Submit a detailed response to the enquiry documentation and provide responses to any subsequent requests for clarification.
- Act as the Company’s internal contact point for the customer during the enquiry and bidding processes.
- Develop, negotiate and agree contract specifications with a variety of external groups.
- Support the Sales team in negotiations with the customer and convert those opportunities into purchase orders.
- Assist the team with further developing the costing process as part of the quotation process.
- Support the Proposals team by maintaining the cost, customers and supplier databases, pricelists and libraries.
- Carry out regular proposal follow ups and maintain the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and sales programs.
- Clarify purchase order receipt and to prepare detailed order handover documentation in a timely manner for contract engineering to execute the contract.
Desirable Skills, Competencies & Experience
- Good IT Skills conversant with MS Windows and Office packages.
- Be a team player.
- Have good communication skills and the ability to build relationships.
- A sound engineering background, an engineering qualification would be advantageous.
- Experience in a similar role, preferably in energy process applications.
- Experience in dealing with rotating equipment supply and a background of tendering and proposal preparation for engineering packages.
- You will be commercially aware.
- Knowledge of contractual terms and conditions.
- Good awareness of product limitations.
- Aware of Quality and Environmental Systems and the ability to work to the expected requirements of these systems.
- Highly responsive to customer requirements.
- You will need technical and practical understanding of mobile and fixed rotating equipment including hydraulics, electrics, diesel and pumps.
- Be able to interpret and respond to a wide range of technical specifications in order to propose and present design concepts and costings to clients.
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If you think this role is for you, please apply using the form below or email hr@calder.co.uk.
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