Tendering Engineer

Schneider Electric; Dublin; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme

28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays

Private Health Care

Pension Scheme and Life Assurance

Employee Share Ownership Programme

Health & Wellbeing Support Options

Cycle to Work Scheme

CareerHub opportunities

Learning Portal access

Job summary

Schneider Electric is looking for a Tendering Engineer for Field Services in Dublin, Ireland. The role involves supporting the Sales Team in understanding customer requirements, preparing compliant offers, and leading tender approval reviews. Candidates ideally will have experience in Sales or Project Management related to LV & MV Electrical Equipment, strong communication skills, and familiarity with Microsoft Office. We offer a competitive salary, bonus scheme, and various employee benefits like healthcare and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Sales, Tendering, or Project Management.
• Knowledge of LV & MV Electrical Distribution Equipment installation and maintenance.
• Basic understanding of electrical network and related documents.

Responsibilities

• Support the Sales Team with technical and commercial requirements.
• Prepare detailed cost analysis based on market competitiveness.
• Lead and coordinate tender approval processes.

Skills

Sales experience

Tendering expertise

Electrical Distribution Equipment knowledge

Communication skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Team player

Education

Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Tendering Engineer - Field Services

Location: Dublin, Ireland

What will you do?

As part of a Services Business Unit, the role of tender engineer is to:

• Support the Sales Team by ensuring we understand the customers commercial and technical requirements and are able to submit a technically compliant offer in line with the customers technical requirements and scope of supply as detailed in their Request for Quotation, or otherwise noted in our commercial and/or technical offers by deviations, exclusions or clarifications. It is also the responsibility of the Tendering team to ensure that any offer submitted to our customer is commercially competitive while staying at or above the required margin levels from the business and has approval from the required Approver and SME’s dependent on the value and complexity of the project or service being offered.
• Support the Operations Team to ensure that the scope of supply being offered at tender stage is within their ability to deliver from a scope of supply, resource and competence point of view and costed accordingly. It is also the responsibility of the Tendering team to, identify, remove and mitigate risk where possible and/or allow a sufficient risk provision for risks that can not be removed or mitigated at the tender stage to enable the Operations team to successfully deliver the project and maintain the as tendered margin.

Job Specific Requirements

• Close collaboration with the opportunity leader to understand the opportunity requirement / Scope / Specification / Needs and Develop Customer request into a Schneider Electric’s offer by developing a proposal that is in line with the Client requirements in the most cost-effective manner.
• Provide tendering expertise in Maintenance, Repair & Modernisation for existing installed base and customers for Power Services specifically Low Voltage & Medium Voltage Electrical Distribution Equipment.
• Ensure compliance to internal policies and process requirements.
• Prepare a detailed cost analysis based on market and/or bid competitiveness and value proposition.
• Coordinate & work with Factories, Internal Group and External Group to build up a proper service offer responding to specific RFQ requirements.
• Lead and be responsible for tender approval review with SME and Business Unit Approvers.
• Provide accurate and approved tender to opportunity leader within SLA.
• Support Sales team by participating in bid clarification.
• Communicate and coordinate with all internal stakeholders such as Sales, Finance, Operation, Engineering, purchasing to obtain the optimized offer solution.
• Ensure complete and proper hand over of won opportunity to Services Operation team.
• Ensure good collaboration across all the company (Cross BUs, Cross Teams).

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Previous working experience preferably in Sales, Tendering or Project Management of LV & MV Electrical Distribution Equipment.
• Knowledge or experience of installation, testing, commissioning and maintaining LV & MV Electrical Distribution Equipment used in different market segments and environments.
• Able to understand basic electrical network, SLD’s, BOM’s etc. to capture Asset information in order to prepare proposal for works.
• Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent would be desirable but not essential.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.).
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• Team player who can work effectively with customers and colleagues.

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme.
• 28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays.
• Private Health Care.
• Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• Worldwide Employee Share Ownership Programme.
• Various Health & Wellbeing Support Options, Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• CareerHub (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally).
• Learning Portal and much more.

We are proudly participating in the Disability Confident Program offering support to people in the workplace who consider themselves living with a disability.

Schneider Electric upholds the highest standards of ethics and compliance, with a Trust Charter that serves as our Code of Conduct.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.