Proposal Engineer - Estimator

Recruiting immediately a Proposal Engineer - Estimator, working for a leading water technology company based in Hampshire.

Context:

• Managing all aspects of client liaison and design, including the preparation of quotations for a wide range of contract values. This may involve site inspections and meetings where required to deliver the most balanced commercially advantageous and reliable solution.
• To provide designs & quotations, which achieve a level of orders to meet forecast sales or better.

Responsibilities:

• To receive enquiries either by telephone, e-mail, post or from sales representatives.

• Following enquiry obtain any clarifications as required to enable proposal to be prepared.

• To interpret Clients requirements or those of any specifications provided or generally applicable to a particular type of pump station & prepare a proposal including a quotation to provide the most balanced commercially advantageous / reliable solution.

• Manage own workload to ensure requested deadlines for proposals are met.

• To ensure Data Management Systems are maintained.

• To ensure Sales Director / Area Sales Manager are informed of any proposals prepared & any ongoing communications with potential Clients.

• To liaise with Clients & Suppliers.

• To use software packages to select pumps as available.

• To use the company in house design & quotation spreadsheets & formats ensuring latest revisions are used at all times.

• To provide feedback on competitors' products & quotations when information becomes available.

• The post-holder must comply with the Company's Health and Safety requirements as outlined in the H&S policy.

Qualification, Experience and Skills:

• Proven experience of dealing with external customers via telephone and face to face
• CAD knowledge and experience advantageous.
• Mechanical / Electrical Background or knowledge.
• Water / Waste water knowledge advantageous.

If you are interested in this nice opportunity and feel your profile is a good match then please submit your application online or email direct to loic.menusier@projectpeople.com

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