Proposals Engineer

SF Recruitment (Leicester); Maidstone; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a skilled Proposals Engineer to join the sales team in Maidstone. This role focuses on providing technical sales support and producing customized proposals to optimize food processing solutions. The ideal candidate will have an engineering background, exemplary technical skills, and a passion for customer relations, ensuring the best solutions are delivered.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in engineering or technical teams advantageous.
• Passion for building strong relationships and customer focus.
• Desire to learn and develop continuously.

Responsibilities

• Creation of compliant proposals within deadlines.
• Provide technical sales support and ensure optimal solutions.
• Prepare documentation for successful bids.

Skills

Ability to read and produce drawings

Customer focused

Strong written skills

Solid organizational skills

Education

Engineering (Mechanical/Food/Electrical) background

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Office 365

Job description

Proposals Engineer
St Ives
Office based
£45,000 - £55,000 DOE
SF Recruitment are recruiting for a Proposals Engineer/ Technical Sales Engineer for our client who are looking to add to their Sales team to help maximise the performance of their customers' food processing equipment.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and technical professional who is looking to grow their career in a commercially focused, technical role.
Role Purpose
Technical and application support to the sales team and to ensure that we always sell the optimal solution for the customer
Responsibilities:

• Creation and delivery of compliant, professionally produced proposals within defined timeframes
• Responsible for ensuring proposal documents follow standard formatting and quality standards
• Preparing and reviewing the commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all services are included in the final price to the customer
• Provide technical sales & application support to the Sales team
• Supporting the sales team on site visits as part of the proposal submission process
• Follow the defined process regarding producing costings and generating proposals information
• Promoting best practice for layout and content of all proposal submissions
• Preparing hand over documentation to project managers when the bids are successful

Proposals Engineer
St Ives
Office based
£45,000 - £55,000 DOE
SF Recruitment are recruiting for a Proposals Engineer/ Technical Sales Engineer for our client who are looking to add to their Sales team to help maximise the performance of their customers' food processing equipment.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and technical professional who is looking to grow their career in a commercially focused, technical role.
Role Purpose
Technical and application support to the sales team and to ensure that we always sell the optimal solution for the customer
Responsibilities:

• Creation and delivery of compliant, professionally produced proposals within defined timeframes
• Responsible for ensuring proposal documents follow standard formatting and quality standards
• Preparing and reviewing the commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all services are included in the final price to the customer
• Provide technical sales & application support to the Sales team
• Supporting the sales team on site visits as part of the proposal submission process
• Follow the defined process regarding producing costings and generating proposals information
• Promoting best practice for layout and content of all proposal submissions
• Preparing hand over documentation to project managers when the bids are successful

What we're looking for:

• Ability to read and produce drawings using either SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD
• An Engineering (Mechanical/Food/Electrical) background is desirable
• Previous experience of working as part of an engineering or technical team is advantageous but not necessary
• Confident using Office 365 tools, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Customer focused, with a passion for building strong relationships
• Strong written skills to produce technical specifications and quotations
• Ability to work under pressure to tight timescales and juggle multiple priorities
• Solid organisational skills including attention to detail
• Methodical working approach and comfortable with data & numbers
• The desire to continually learn and develop

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Job Overview

ID:

1576859

Date Posted:

Posted 2 weeks ago

Expiration Date:

19/07/2025

Location:

Maidstone

Competitive

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