Proposal Engineer

Siemens Energy

Manchester

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities to work with a global团队

Opportunities to work on and lead avar

Medical benefits

Remote/Flexible work

Time off/Paid holidays and parental le

Continual learning through the Learn@

Job summary

Siemens Energy's Grid Technology division seeks a Bid Engineer to prepare technically compliant and commercially competitive bids for AIS, GIS and surge arresters, coordinating with factory offer teams, regional sales, and legal partners.

You will own bid activities, manage deadlines, assess risks with legal/commercial colleagues, and use CRM tools like Salesforce to track opportunities and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

A relevant engineering background with exposure to the energy sector and transmission systems.
Ability to understand customer needs and position technical and commercial solutions.
Experience coordinating with factories, regional teams and HQ functions.

Responsibilities

Prepare accurate, compliant and competitive bids for AIS, GIS and surge arresters.
Collaborate with regional sales to understand requirements and market conditions.
Build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders to support bid development.
Engage with legal and commercial colleagues to identify and mitigate risks at proposal stage.
Take ownership of bid activities, manage priorities and deadlines for timely submissions.
Use CRM tools such as Salesforce to manage opportunities and drive improvement.

Skills

Engineering background

Customer requirements

Multi-stakeholder coordination

Independent with management support

Strong communication

Commercial awareness

Education

Engineering qualification

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day: In this role within Siemens Energy’s High Voltage Products business, the focus is on preparing technically compliant and commercially competitive bids for the air‑and gas‑insulated switchgear and surge arrester portfolio. Working closely with factory offer teams, regional sales colleagues, and commercial and legal partners, the role supports customers across the energy value chain, including utilities, transmission operators, renewable developers, EPCs and industrial customers. The position combines technical understanding, customer engagement and commercial awareness to deliver high‑quality proposals that strengthen customer relationships and contribute to Siemens Energy’s continued success in the transmission and distribution market.

How You’ll Make An Impact

Work closely with factory sales and offer teams to prepare accurate, compliant and competitive bids for high‑voltage products including AIS, GIS and surge arresters.
Collaborate with regional sales teams to understand customer requirements, market conditions and competitive dynamics in order to shape winning proposals.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with customers, internal stakeholders, factories, suppliers and partners to support efficient bid development.
Engage with legal and commercial colleagues to identify, assess and mitigate contractual and commercial risks at the proposal stage.
Take ownership of bid activities, manage priorities, deadlines and inputs to ensure timely and high‑quality submissions.
Use digital tools and systems, including CRM platforms such as Salesforce, to manage opportunities, improve transparency and support continuous improvement.

What You Bring

A relevant engineering qualification or practical experience, with exposure to the energy sector and an understanding of transmission systems and applications.
The ability to understand customer needs and position technical and commercial solutions within a complex organisational environment.
Experience working across multi‑stakeholder environments, including coordination with factories, regional teams and headquarters functions.
A proactive and accountable approach, with the ability to work independently while engaging management support when required.
Strong communication skills and a positive, solutions‑focused mindset when working with internal and external stakeholders.
A sound commercial awareness, including a basic understanding of profit and loss, budgeting, approval processes and associated tools.

About The Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high‑voltage switchgears and transformers and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150‑year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonisation, new technologies and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity or disability. We energise society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

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