Proposals Engineer

Endress+Hauser; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm based in Dubai seeks an experienced candidate for a project engineering role involving the preparation of proposals and negotiation of supplier contracts. The ideal candidate will support the execution phase of instrumentation projects, ensure compliance with company standards, and manage the proposal process to maintain profitability. A focus on collaboration with third-party suppliers and internal project teams is essential. Applicants must demonstrate familiarity with engineering practices and project management.

Responsibilities

• Project engineering of instrumentation projects, preparing proposals with documentation.
• Create and transform inquiries to quotes, understanding scope and requirements.
• Negotiate orders and quotes related to price and delivery times.

Job description

Main tasks:

• Project engineering of instrumentation projects in the acquisition phase and preparation of proposals with documents, designs and calculations that support in winning the contract and enable a successful handover to execution team.
• Develop a proposal in accordance with the value proposition of the E+H and Gas Measurement Integrated Offering and the associated tooling environment.
• Support of the execution phase as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create, Transformation of inquiries to quotes after carefully understanding the scope of supply & quality requirements, including clarification of technical, commercial and export conditions.
• Providing compliance statement to project specifications.
• Order and quote related negotiations (price, delivery time, modified products (TSP), certificates and testing) with E+H production centers and 3rd party suppliers.
• Clarification of unclear orders against proposals (Purchase conditions, terms & conditions according to relevant E+H entity regulations)
• Initiate & track the special price request via SAP system .
• Maintaining the opportunity for realizing expected profitability and enabling successful handover to execution team.
• Management of the proposal process including status reporting and follow-up as required.
• Maintenance of and compliance with existing company standards, work processes, document templates and tooling.
• Include the relevant aspects of the value proposition of the "E+H Integrated Offering" and "Life Cycle Management" in the offer, including for example Project Engineering Assistant, Spec Sheet Producer, CAD model creation, integration into W@M and CER.
• Participate in the development of proposed standard processes, tooling and structures for enhancement of Instrumentation Project proposals.
• All activities to comply with company standards, procedures and work instructions.
• Negotiating supplier contracts.
• Supervision and coordination of third-party suppliers.
• Identification and development of partners and suppliers, including evaluations and commercial negotiations.
• Participation in Bid Strategy meetings, Bid Clarification meetings, Project Start Up meetings, Project Progress and handover/evaluation meetings, all as required.
• Engineering support for execution phase as required.
• Vendor document review and approval as required.
• Cooperation and coordination with other E+H organizations, project teams and business partners.