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Sales & Proposals Engineer

Durr Ltd, Warwick, United Kingdom

Your Tasks

  • Be responsible for ensuring that the Engineering and CAD teams achieve all proposals and project programme objectives.
  • To generate tender documentation in line with the customers requested bid due dates.

  • To ensure that customer requirements and expectations are fully understood and considered.

  • To consider alternative solutions to customer proposals demonstrating appropriate advantages both technically and commercially.

  • To liaise with Group to obtain the most up to date estimating information, ensuring both the Proposals team and the estimating system are kept up date with the latest information. 

  • To actively explore with customer and suppliers cost effective solutions.

  • When appointed, take on the role of Proposals Co-ordinator for overall responsibility of proposals.

  • Work with Sales Managers to determine which enquiries we should provide customer quotations for taking into account competitiveness, competency, solution and capacity. 

Your Skills

  • With a relevant qualification in an engineering discipline or equivalent level of industry experience and a sound mechanical engineering knowledge, you will have experience of estimation / proposals development and proposal preparation and presentation.
  • Experience from within a process industry is required, ideally with ‘brownfield’ experience.
  • Paint plant / paint finishing experience would be an advantage, as would knowledge of automotive / related industries.
  • You will have the ability to understand customer requirements and specifications, and be creative, coming up with new ideas and solutions.
  • You will be good at developing relationships with customers with the ability to build trust and confidence.
  • You will have good influencing and persuading skills.
  • Commercial and financial awareness is required.
  • Experience of working within both office and site environments is required.
  • You will be organised, methodical and self motivated and have the ability to prioritise and plan workloads and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
  • You will have a flexible approach and be able to work independently and within a team.
  • Based at our head office Warwick, under a home / office hybrid working arrangement, you will need to be flexible with regard to travel and working time since this role could take you around both the UK and overseas.
  • A willingness to develop and increase personal knowledge and experience is essential.

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