Proposals Engineer

4 days ago


Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Hunter Selection Limited Full time

**Proposals Engineer**

**Cambridgeshire**

**Commutable from - Cambridge, Peterborough, Huntingdon, Bedford, Chatteris, St. Neots
£40,000-£45,000**

**Our client is a global leading automation & technology solutions provider, working within the food, FMCG, e-commence and automated distribution industries.**

**Due to global growth in Ecommerce and automation in food distribution, along with securing significant automation projects, amongst multiple clients in the UK, they are looking for a Proposals Engineer to join their team.**

**A role that will provide fantastic stability and opportunities to grow within a recently formed joint business venture, that has the backing of a multi-billion PLC company.**

**Role & Responsibilities**:

- Support sales teams by preparing technical & commercial costings proposals
- Generating concepts and turning these into quotations, using a quotation system
- Preparing and submitting quotations and tenders - from concept to quote completion
- Discuss project costing requirements with sales managers, project engineers and systems designers
- Researching new technologies
- Communicating with established suppliers and obtaining competitive quotations
- Establishing in-house manufacturing costs through working with costing, production & projects
- Work on improvement and updates of quoting systems
- Support projects managers & sales teams during the project process if changes occur
- Keep the sales managers well briefed on the quoting process and financial viability
- Driving the issue of price lists, working closely with the costing department and interpreting the requirements of sales departments
- Between tenders, maintain regular contact with the companies supply chain, analyse company data and build, update database (CRM System) of production rates, exchange rates & prices

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience**:

- At least 5 years experience in quoting and costing for projects using spreadsheets
- Strong technical knowledge, preferably with knowledge of automation & engineering
- Collaborated with clients in manufacturing / production
- Able to influence, engage with and communicate effectively across multiple business levels
- Be highly detailed, accurate and analytically minded
- Strong organisational, multitask approach and have the ability to work autonomously
- Flexible to with working hours, communicating with suppliers, colleagues & customers globally
- Ideally degree / HND qualified in engineering, business, or similar field
- Must have excellent Microsoft Office skills - Expert user in Excel, MS Projects & PowerPoint
- Able to manage estimating across multiple medium to large capital projects
- Good presentation / communication skills for both customers and internal colleagues
- Have an understanding of the main principals in projects - planning, scheduling, cost, change management, project information management
- Knowledge of CRM and ERP Systems
- Able to read drawings and interpret technical concepts & Bills Of Materials (BOM's)

**SE20777 / 400**

If you are interested in this role or looking for something similar, please contact our Managing Consultant **Chris Gumm** directly at or call them for a confidential discussion on.

Hunter Selection is a nationwide provider of recruitment services in ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING, SERVICE & TECHNOLOGY. Find out more about us and search all our current vacancies at hunterselection.co.uk


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