Proposal Engineer

Job Code: 027/001/171
Industry: Water Treatment

Job Brief:
The Proposal Engineer will be responsible for reviewing RFQs and tenders, preparing technical and commercial proposals, coordinating with internal teams, and supporting the sales department throughout the bidding and pre/post-sales process. The role requires strong technical knowledge in water and wastewater treatment applications and the ability to prepare accurate BOQs, cost sheets, quotations, and submittals while ensuring alignment with company standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Review RFQs and tenders, send queries to customers, and understand the complete bidding process.
• Finalize the process design based on the provided design criteria.
• Prepare BOQs, review cost sheets, prepare quotations, and discuss the same with the Sales Manager and/or Engineer.
• Ensure that proposals and quotations are issued in line with company requirements.
• Select fabricators, manufacturers, and suppliers to minimize costs and improve profitability in line with company goals.
• Maintain a strong knowledge base of local fabricators for the fabrication of tanks, vessels, clarifiers, DAF units, etc.
• Maintain a comprehensive database of manufacturers and suppliers of various water and wastewater treatment components.
• Prepare and support the sales team with technical specifications for consultants and clients.
• Prepare preliminary control philosophies for finalized schemes.
• Prepare technical submittals.
• Coordinate with the engineering team during pre-sales and post-sales activities.
• Maintain and update the database of project approvals and references.
• Be keen to take on any other responsibility assigned by management.