Tender Engineer: Data Center Cooling & UPS Solutions

Schneider Electric; Madrid; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working time

Life insurance

Health Insurance

WESOP company shareholding program

Club Schneider discounts

Training plan and platform access

Global recognition program

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Tender Engineer in Secure Power to lead the preparation of technically sound and commercially competitive offers for UPS and cooling solutions. You will analyze customer requirements, coordinate with Sales, Finance, Operations, Engineering and Purchasing to define optimized tender solutions and ensure timely, compliant submissions.

Joining a cross-functional Tendering Team, you will influence bid quality, leverage digital tools, and contribute to ongoing process

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience in Tendering, Bid & Proposal, Solution Design, Technical Sales, Project Engineering, or similar customer-facing technical roles.
• Knowledge of Data Centre, HVAC systems, cooling systems, UPS, and Secure Power solutions.
• Ability to create technically reliable and commercially competitive offers based on customer specifications, standards, procedures, and company guidelines.
• Good understanding of tender documentation, contractual terms, technical requirements, and customer specifications.
• Ability to balance technical feasibility, cost competitiveness, risk, and customer value.
• Strong customer orientation and business mindset
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work under deadlines with structure and attention to quality
• Strong digital mindset, with confidence using business tools and working in digital environments
• Experience with Salesforce, SAP, Power BI, or similar tools is highly valued
• Ability to use data, KPIs, and business insights to support decision-making, improve proposal quality, and strengthen competitiveness
• Curiosity and proactivity to identify opportunities to simplify work, improve consistency, and make better use of digital tools and data across the tendering process

Responsibilities

• Analyze low-to-medium complexity RFQs, understand customer requirements, and translate them into clear technical specifications and offer concepts.
• Develop detailed tenders and techno-commercial proposals for UPS and Cooling solutions, including technical configuration, sizing, and cost estimation
• Review and clarify customer requirements related to Data Centre, HVAC, Cooling systems, UPS, and Secure Power environments, integrating them into compliant offer solutions
• Work closely with Sales to understand the project scope, specifications, customer needs, and key success factors
• Prepare competitive and cost-effective offers aligned with customer requirements, internal policies, governance rules, and tendering processes
• Build proposals using standard tools and processes, integrating validated technical, commercial, and financial inputs
• Prepare detailed cost analysis based on bid competitiveness, technical constraints, and value proposition
• Coordinate with Sales, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, and other stakeholders to define the optimized offer solution
• Ensure offer quality, documentation accuracy, deadline compliance, and alignment with customer expectations
• Support risk analysis, offer review, tender submittal review, escalation workflows, and approval processes according to Delegation of Authority rules
• Ensure proper handover of awarded opportunities to execution or operations teams
• Take an active role in improving how offers are developed, showing curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to simplify processes, improve consistency, and strengthen quality and responsiveness

Skills

Tendering

Bid & Proposal

Solution Design

Technical Sales

Project Engineering

Stakeholder Management

Data Centre Knowledge

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Digital Tools

Education

Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Schneider Electric is seeking a Tender Engineer in Secure Power to lead the preparation of technically sound and commercially competitive offers for UPS and cooling solutions. You will analyze customer requirements, coordinate with Sales, Finance, Operations, Engineering and Purchasing to define optimized tender solutions and ensure timely, compliant submissions.

Joining a cross-functional Tendering Team, you will influence bid quality, leverage digital tools, and contribute to ongoing process