Spécialiste en appels d’offres / Tendering Specialist

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Quebec; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. Canada is seeking a Tender Management Specialist to support engineering sales by preparing technical and commercial offers aligned with customer requirements.

You will review customer specifications, prepare quotations, and coordinate with sales, engineering, procurement and other functions to ensure accurate bids. The role emphasizes compliance with internal standards and external requirements, strong cross‑functional collaboration, and clear communication with customers

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of tender management and quotation preparation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and CRM systems.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Review tender documents, technical specifications, and customer requirements to understand project scope.
• Prepare bids, quotations, and estimates based on defined technical and commercial inputs.
• Support pricing development using cost data, benchmarks, and historical information.
• Coordinate with sales, engineering, procurement, controlling, and other functions during tender preparation.
• Support bid strategy discussions by sharing findings related to risks, clarifications, and scope.
• Assist with supplier identification and technical evaluation of vendor offers.
• Ensure tender documentation is complete, accurate, and aligned with internal standards.
• Support communication with customers and provide technical assistance during the tendering process.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Skills

Tender management

Quotation preparation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Business Administration / Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM systems

Job description

The Opportunity

In this role, you will support Engineering Sales activities by contributing to tendering, quotation, and bid preparation within the power industry. You will work closely with the Canadian Business Unit, sales, engineering, and cross‑functional teams to prepare accurate technical and commercial offers aligned with customer requirements. Your work will support competitive positioning, margin objectives, and consistent quality in customer proposals.

You will be involved in reviewing customer technical specifications, preparing quotations, supporting bid strategies, and ensuring that tender documentation meets internal standards and external requirements. As part of a tendering organization, your role will help enable reliable project execution, support customer confidence, and contribute to the quality and performance of power solutions delivered to the market. This position offers hands‑on exposure to bidding processes and cross‑functional collaboration within a global power technology organization.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Review tender documents, technical specifications, and customer requirements to understand project scope.
• Prepare bids, quotations, and estimates based on defined technical and commercial inputs.
• Support pricing development using cost data, benchmarks, and historical information.
• Coordinate with sales, engineering, procurement, controlling, and other functions during tender preparation.
• Support bid strategy discussions by sharing findings related to risks, clarifications, and scope.
• Assist with supplier identification and technical evaluation of vendor offers.
• Ensure tender documentation is complete, accurate, and aligned with internal standards.
• Support communication with customers and provide technical assistance during the tendering process.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Your Background

• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in Canada.
• Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in tender management and quotation preparation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience with tender management tools or CRM systems.
• Frequent communication with internal and external partners, customers, and stakeholders located outside Quebec. Knowledge of English, in addition to French, is required to fulfill the operational requirements of the role and ensure effective collaboration and client service.
• Able to support cross‑functional collaboration with accuracy and attention to detail.

More About Us

In this role, you will gain exposure to engineering sales processes and cross‑functional collaboration within the power industry while developing your professional skills.

• Opportunities to work on innovative technologies that shape the future of energy
• A collaborative environment with experienced professionals across the power industry
• Access to learning platforms and career development programs
• Attractive health and retirement benefits
• Paid leave and flexible work arrangements

Only selected candidates will be contacted.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission‑critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.