Senior UPW Bid Lead — Remote

Veolia Environnement SA; Trevose (PA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Spending & Health Saving

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

AD&D Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Veolia Environnement SA in North America is seeking a senior proposal professional to guide bid teams and drive end-to-end proposal development for UPW and water systems in semiconductor contexts.

You will lead cross-functional coordination across engineering, sourcing, and contract management, manage schedules, ensure compliance with RFP/RFQ requirements, and partner with sales to win strategic opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
• 8+ years of proposal management, applications engineering, or project management experience within industrial water treatment, with direct familiarity in Ultrapure Water (UPW), high-purity water systems, or water systems serving semiconductor / microelectronics clients.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-volume proposals.
• Familiarity with design-build, progressive design-build delivery methods.
• Experience in identification and mitigation of business risks.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Lead a Bid Team including Application Engineering, Process Design, Sourcing, Contract Management to align with strategic intent.
• Lead end-to-end proposal development from RFP planning through final submission.
• Facilitate strategy discussions, kick-off meetings, and rhythm calls to guide teams toward a competitive proposal.
• Develop and maintain detailed schedules and responsibility assignments for timely fulfillment of requirements.
• Conduct compliance reviews of proposal materials to meet RFP/RFQ requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and elevating proposal quality.
• Structure system solutions with sales and bid teams to develop technical and commercial strategy and pricing.
• Identify and develop risk mitigation and opportunity strategies (performance, contractual, execution).
• Prepare information and present during Leadership reviews; support Sales in client interactions.
• Develop relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across Veolia (Projects, Services, CSM).
• Analyze and adjust strategy based on new data/feedback.

Skills

Bid management

Proposal development

Engineering coordination

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Contract management software

Sourcing tools

Job description

Veolia Environnement SA in North America is seeking a senior proposal professional to guide bid teams and drive end-to-end proposal development for UPW and water systems in semiconductor contexts.

You will lead cross-functional coordination across engineering, sourcing, and contract management, manage schedules, ensure compliance with RFP/RFQ requirements, and partner with sales to win strategic opportunities.