At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our Sales team to create winning proposals and collaborate on exciting projects.
- Company: CEMA Ltd, a leader in MCC and power control solutions.
- Benefits: Permanent position with competitive salary and opportunities for growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a supportive team and opportunities to visit client sites.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the engineering sector while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in tendering and proposal submission; strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
Overview
Our Sales team is looking to recruit a Proposal Engineer to join our business on a permanent basis to aid in the submission and award of contracts across the UK.
As a specialist business in the MCC and power control sector, we are ideally placed to offer you a diverse portfolio of work to tender for as well as the opportunity to work alongside an established team to deliver control system solutions to industry.
Responsibilities
- Attending project start-up meetings.
- Liaison with Clients and their Professional representatives.
- Review tender documents assessing scope, risks involved, tender complexity and provide feedback.
- Work in a collaborative and proactive manner with other members of the estimating team.
- Produce enquiry schedules for scope of works and packages required from the tender documentation, drawings and specifications for Sub-contracted scopes.
- Pricing tenders in accordance with Framework agreed Schedules of Rates and Prices, if required comparing Bottom-up pricing versus agreed Framework Prices.
- Understanding the terms and conditions of the contract and assessing the cost for any insurance, warranties, bonds, performance penalties, etc.
- Input to project risk register and attend project risk meetings in the presence of Estimators, Planning Engineers, Design Co-ordinators and Client representatives.
- Attend tender price review meetings in the presence of the tender team with Senior Management Team.
- Make tender amendments where applicable utilising Client feedback on submitted tenders.
- As necessary provide supports and respond to tender queries made by project team personnel.
- Preparing detailed information for handover to Production Teams for successful tenders including presentation at Project Start Meetings.
Requirements
- Suitably experienced in tendering and proposal submission within the Engineering and/or Construction sector.
- Ability to interpret drawings and specifications to allow the preparation of Bills of Quantities/Schedules of Rates and other such procurement documentation.
- Ability to be able to read and understand the sequencing of projects programs or schedules.
- Must be able to meet tight deadlines and communicate effectively at all levels both internally and with Clients.
- Although predominantly office based, there is a requirement to attend out of office meetings and visit Client sites.
- IT literacy in all MS applications, in particular Excel and Word.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Some previous experience working with Estimating software packages would be highly advantageous.
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Proposal Engineer CEMA Ltd in Nottingham employer: Cema Ltd
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