Tender Engineer
Location: Glasgow
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Tender Engineer to join our clients growing team in Glasgow.
This is an exciting opportunity for an engineering professional with experience in complex panel builds, modular assemblies or engineered systems who enjoys working at the intersection of technical engineering, commercial tendering and project delivery.
You’ll play a key role in developing accurate and competitive technical and commercial tenders, working closely with sales, engineering, operations and suppliers to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and on schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to the sales team during the early stages of customer opportunities.
- Review customer enquiries, specifications, drawings and commercial documentation.
- Prepare accurate cost estimates, quotations and delivery schedules for complex system builds.
- Develop build estimates including labour, materials, subcontract operations and manufacturing requirements.
- Assess production capacity to ensure delivery commitments can be achieved.
- Liaise with suppliers to obtain competitive pricing and delivery for subcontract services.
- Work collaboratively with engineering teams on technical design considerations.
- Create and maintain Bills of Materials (BoMs), routings and manufacturing structures within the ERP system.
- Raise and maintain new stock codes where required.
- Review customer purchase orders to ensure alignment with submitted quotations and identify any commercial or technical variations.
- Support engineered solutions where design input is required.
- Monitor project milestones and provide regular progress updates to stakeholders.
- Work with project managers and cross-functional teams to manage project risks, dependencies and delivery schedules.
- Support the development and continuous improvement of the system build offering and tendering processes.
- Ensure successful project handover to manufacturing, commissioning and operations teams.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams across multiple locations to support successful project delivery.
What We’re Looking For
Essential
- HNC, HND or Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Management or a related discipline, or significant relevant industry experience.
- Experience preparing technical and commercial tenders for complex engineered systems, panel builds or modular assemblies.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of manufacturing or assembly environments.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications.
- Experience working with ERP systems and Bills of Materials (BoMs).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
Desirable
- Experience within the oil & gas, petrochemical, energy or power generation sectors.
- Full project lifecycle experience, from concept and design through manufacture, commissioning and handover.
- Experience leading or coordinating cross-functional engineering or project teams.
Why Join Us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established engineering business delivering high-quality engineered solutions across a range of industrial sectors.
You’ll work alongside experienced engineering, commercial and project teams on technically challenging projects, with opportunities to develop your skills, influence project delivery and contribute to the continued growth of the business.
If you’re a commercially focused engineer with a passion for technical solutions and project delivery, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today to take the next step in your engineering career.
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