Lead Proposal Engineer

Veolia; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Veolia is seeking a Proposal Manager to lead the bid engineering and costing for water and wastewater treatment projects. The role requires coordinating discipline engineers across mechanical, electrical, process, and controls during the proposal phase.

You will review tender specifications, ensure compliance with safety and international standards, and develop detailed technical deliverables such as PFDs, PIDs, layouts, and equipment lists. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Plan and formulate bid deliverables and costing for water/wastewater plants.
• Experience handling complex tenders with multidisciplinary scope.
• Familiar with water treatment concepts: Clarification, Filtration, UF, RO, MBR, ZLD.
• Exposure to regional/international water and wastewater projects.
• Demonstrated leadership to accelerate change in fast-changing environments.
• Review tender specs, design standards, EHS, export controls, and contracts.
• Develop process descriptions, PFD, HFD, PID, layouts, and instrument lists.
• Knowledge of design tools and international codes (ASME, DIN, EN, IS, BS).
• Interface with customer technical representatives.
• ACAD / Office tools proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Plan bid engineering deliverables and costing for water/wastewater projects.
• Coordinate with discipline engineers during the proposal phase.
• Review tender specs and ensure compliance with safety and contract requirements.
• Develop process designs and technical deliverables (PFD, PID, layouts).
• Interface with customers and internal teams to accelerate winning bids.
• Support proposal engineers and sales team as required.

Skills

Proposal management

Bid engineering

Leadership

Multidisciplinary coordination

Tendering experience

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Job Summary

• Preparation of Techno-Commercial Proposals for water & waste water treatment plants
• (including ZLD) with a responsibility of managing and coordinating with discipline engineers including, mechanical, electrical, process, and controls engineers during the Proposal / Bid Engineering phase

Essential Responsibilities / Expectations

• Perform as the Proposal Manager to plan and formulate Bid Engineering Deliverables & Costing for water & waste water projects
• Should have experience in working on complex Tenders with multidisciplinary scope.
• Should be familiar on design concepts for Water & Waste Water Treatment processes such as Clarification, filtration, UF, RO, MBR, Thermal ZLD, Ion Exchange, etc
• Experience / Exposure to Regional / International projects related to water and waste water.
• Demonstrated leadership style showing capabilities to accelerate change, work in a rapidly changing environment and operate independently to deliver business results.
• Ability to review Tender specifications, Engineering design standards, Proposal Playbook, EHS, Export Control, safety and customer contract requirements and come up with right process and product.
• Able to develop Process Description, Process Calculations, PFD, HFD, PID, Layouts, load list, Instrument list, civil inputs drawings for complex water & waste water treatment projects.
• Sound working knowledge on Design tools like UF/RO/Ion Exchange Projections and other tools.
• Able to develop Capex, Opex, O&M, ROI calculations to optimize the Process and cost
• Able to interface with customers technical representatives
• Knowledge on Design tools, International codes and standards - ASME, DIN, EN, IS, BS, AS etc.,
• Knowledge on Materials / Metallurgy on metallic and nonmetallic Pumps, valves, Equipments, pipes and fittings
• Knowledge on Electrical, Instrumentation and control systems applicable for water and waste water Schemes and Products.
• Working knowledge on ACAD / Office tools
• Assist local / global Proposal Engineers / Sales team for the Bid Engineering deliverables.