Senior Tendering Engineer

Engineer will be a critical player in helping Eaton deliver winning, profitable bids that have a clear scope of work with accurate technical and commercial commitments.

What you'll do:

This role will require interpreting the technical packages (drawings, specifications) to identify where Eaton's offers fit and to ensure alignment including agreed CDE's (Comply-Deviate-Exceptions) for all the technical aspects of a tender. It will also require onboarding of new hires and mentoring through their development.

This role will be based office based in Cairo, but support projects across Europe, Middle East, and Africa, so will require good communications and organization of work in order to serve a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders while meeting agreed time schedules.

This individual should be an electrical infrastructure "expert" who has worked in and around large projects and understands the types of challenges these present.

• Supervise and mentor others

• Analyze incoming technical RFQs (Request For Quotation) packages to determine Eaton fit (all possible products) and ability to meet customer requirements through the interpretation of tender documents and clarification communications with both customers and internal product support owners

• Prepare / ensure Eaton offers that align technically with customer specifications

• Ensure CDE's (Comply, Deviate, Exception) documents are complete and that the final Eaton offer matches technically the customer requirements

• Coordinate with sales, applications, consultants, product owners, and the wider tender team such that Eaton bids are compelling and give the customer confidence in the offer proposed

• Assist in preparation of costing as per standard process and tools

• Support the development of and review offer documentation such that it is consistent with what is offered and the customer requirements

• Ensure the specifications of equipment meets the customer's requirements and needs

• Meet agreed timelines for tenders and keep stakeholders aware of progress, any constraints

• Perform technical risk and opportunity analysis

• Participate in the go/no go decision

• Participate in the handover to the project execution team

• Lead the tender reviews

• Submit the quote (commercial and technical offer) in a high-quality manner to the customer

Qualifications:

• Bachelor/Masters (BSc/MSc) Degree, or Equivalent in a related field (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)

• Minimum of 10 years of engineering and design experience of electrical distribution systems networks with an Services & Projects business within large scale installation for Commercial & Industrial type projects.

• Project Management certificate- highly desirable

Skills:

• Data Center or similar critical power system experience strongly desirable.

• Demonstrated experience supervising others directly or indirectly

• Experience onsite execution- highly desirable

• Strong technical (electrical) and problem solving skills

• Proven track record of achieving objectives and solving problem

• Strong collaboration and interpersonal communication and influencing skills

• Ability to negotiate and drive alignment on technical designs

• Customer / people management skills

• Fluent English. Intercultural awareness.

A high level of personal integrity and ethics and commitment to "doing business right"

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package

• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team

• Great company benefits including onsite parking

• We make your aspirations matter - Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible

• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term - not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University

• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people's lives and the environment through power management technologies

• We make your wellbeing matter - We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it's about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.