Senior Proposal Engineer
CurrentAt OGS we supply bespoke process, metering and sampling packages for the Oil & Gas industry. The equipment is supplied to major oil company standards and is required both onshore and offshore worldwide.As a Senior Proposals Engineer I’m responsible for producing technical and commercial proposals according to customer requirements and needs. I work in collaboration with the Sales / Product / R&D / Engineering / Directors / Project Managers teams to build a winner technical & commercial… Show more At OGS we supply bespoke process, metering and sampling packages for the Oil & Gas industry. The equipment is supplied to major oil company standards and is required both onshore and offshore worldwide.As a Senior Proposals Engineer I’m responsible for producing technical and commercial proposals according to customer requirements and needs. I work in collaboration with the Sales / Product / R&D / Engineering / Directors / Project Managers teams to build a winner technical & commercial proposal with associated contractual conditions. This is a highly networked role that requires to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines.Main Tasks:• Direct contact with clients for technical clarifications• Contact to suppliers/subcontractors to request quotations against specifications and T&C’s.• Enhance & consolidate quotes to reach target price while avoiding rejection and margin slippage.• Coordinate and review/edit proposal input from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from Sales / Product / Engineering / Directors Depts.• Produce and deliver compliant, professionally produced proposals including a comprehensive and well organized set of documentation with prices, commercial conditions, comments and deviations, technical descriptions and other kind of documentation to be submitted to customer at defined deadline.• Support the Sales Managers during customer negotiations and closing of the deal.• Handover the Project to the Execution Team when it has resulted in a Contract / Purchase Order.Due to my constant interest improving processes I've developed several macros using Excel VBA that saved considerable amount of time and potential mistakes to the company. Some examples would be:• Automate sizing of new products develop by the R&D department• Create budget proposals automatically from sizing results• Summarize equipment required for quotation submission• Create equipment data sheets.Software: Aspen Hysys, Excel VBA Show less