Automation Proposal Manager

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-orientedProposal Managerto lead the development of technical scopes and proposals from initiation through submission. This role is critical in aligning customer needs with engineering solutions ensuring proposals are technically sound competitively priced and delivered on time.

The ideal candidate will serve as a strategic liaison between sales engineering and project support teams translating customer requirements into actionable scopes of work and comprehensive proposals. Success in this role requires strong leadership communication and organizational skills along with a deep understanding of engineering services estimating practices and proposal management methodologies.

As a Project Engineer ProposalManager a typical day might include the following:

• Conduct business development meetings with sales representatives and customers

• Communicatewith customers to understand theirtechnicalneeds andrecommendsolutions within SEL Engineering Services competencies

• Collaborate with the local branches to attain technical reviewer and support in developing proposals

• Estimate Engineering Servicesand subcontractorlabor equipmentandexpenses

• Orchestrateproposaldevelopment internal review and submission to customer

• Evaluateand quantify project risks in accordance withproposed scope of work

• Evaluate subcontractorsin accordance with proposed scope of work

• Collaboratewithproject support teamto ensure bid documents are complete and submittedon time

• Constructfront-endmilestoneand construction schedules

• Communicatewithcustomersregularlyon proposal statusand provide revisions as necessary. Documentand archive important communications for project execution team

• Ensure status forproposalsubmissiondue dates and estimated project execution dates areaccurate

• Conduct bid review meetings with sales team and customers

• Review purchase ordersandcontracts forscope schedule and budget compliance and deviations from submitted bid documents

• Conduct internal kickoff meeting with project team to hand-off internally

• Collaborate inexternalcustomerkickoff meetingandcomplete project turnover to customer

• Orchestrate post-mortem analyses on completed projects todevelopaction plans for proposal writing estimating and projectexecution teamperformance

• Develop tools that facilitate on time to promise (OTP) proposal delivery to the customer

• Maintain customer relationships and serve as a trusted advisor.

This job might be for you if youpossess the followingskills:

• Astrong technical background and are pursuing career growth inthe project management profession

• A strong understanding ofSEL products solutionsand SELEngineeringServicescapabilities

• Experience in estimating labor equipment subcontractor costs and project expenses

• Proficient in developing milestone and construction schedules

• Ability to evaluate and quantify project risksand evaluate contracts and purchase orders for compliance with scopes schedules and budgets

• Enjoycustomer communication andserving as a trusted advisor

• Enjoythe autonomy ofcreating tools and templates to improve group processes and tracking

Required Qualifications:

• One of the following:Bachelorsdegree in Engineeringor related technical field; Associates Degreewith minimum of 4yearsrelevant experience; or PMP Certification or similar with 6 years relevant experience.

• Basicknowledge of electric power system protection and control integration and/or automation and communications applications

• Working knowledge of electric power system design studies information and communication technology and protective relay applications

• Willing to travel both domestically and internationally a minimum of 25% based on focus area