Proposal Engineer

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Company:Thermal Engineering Int'l (USA) Location:Cerritos, CA Job Type:Sales and Marketing Position Summary:

This Position can be located in Cerritos, CA or Tulsa, OK.

Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc. designs and fabricates high quality Pressure Vessels and Heat Transfer Equipment for the power generation and process industries worldwide. TEi's product line includes a wide variety of main steam condensers, feedwater heaters, moisture separator reheaters (MSRs) and auxiliary heat exchangers. This individual is responsible for the proposal level design of TEi products and completion of all technical proposal documents. The range of the Proposal Engineer encompasses a full breadth of TEi product lines including Condenser, Feedwater Heaters, Moisture Separator Reheaters, Industrial Coolers, Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers for Power & Process and Specialty Heat Exchangers. The Proposal Engineer will be accountable for optimizing the thermal and mechanical design, conforming the thermal and mechanical design to customer specifications and industry Codes and Standards, completing design reviews, minimizing risk and exposure to the company and for compilation of the technical proposal. The Proposal Engineer will actively participate in sales strategy to help achieve Sales objectives, margins, and technical deliverables.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assists in managing and directing technical proposal effort and personnel.

• Assists in the development and maintenance of design tools and processes.

• Review customer specifications and incorporate pertinent technical items into design and flag exceptions and clarifications for communication to the client.

• Provide/review an optimized/cost effective thermal and mechanical design which meets the customer specification and TEi design standards.

• Create Estimating and Global Sourcing packages used to develop cost.

• Interface with Estimating, Global Sourcing, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering peers and management to provide technical exceptions and clarifications to the RFQ specifications.

• Interface with Engineering Execution team as parts of Sales to Execution transition.

• Issue vendor RFQ's for Engineered items.

• Technically Evaluate quotations from Vendor/Sub Contractors.

• Incorporate department specification reviews/comments into technical proposal.

• Complete/review technical proposal and respective documents in accordance with proposal development process.

• Complete/review technical and commercial proposal for budgetary and firm RFQs.

• Modify/review technical proposal in response to amendments, customer clarifications and/or management direction.

• Follow up with customer on submitted proposals.

• Assist with conforming contracts by negotiating final technical items.

• Develop & maintain successful relationships with customers.

• Contribute to Continuous Improvement in company design and proposal processes.

• Complete technical sales presentations.

Job Requirements / Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Mechanical or Chemical Emphasis

• 0-5 years of Engineering or Technical Sales experience in Power or O&G markets

• ASME BPV Code Section VIII-1 Pressure Vessel and/or Heat Exchanger Design

• Must possess creativity/adaptability to implement successful bidding strategies and problem-solving techniques in a fast-paced Sales environment

• Ability to schedule, manage, prioritize, execute assignments with accuracy and maintain effective and professional interaction with all levels

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and oral

• Must be organized and be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and be able to work independently with minimal supervision

• EIT or PE license is a plus

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point

• HTRI or other industry recognized thermal design software

• CAD (Autocad, Solidworks, Inventor)

• Compress or PV Elite (ASME BPV Code Calc software)

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we include base pay ranges for all US-based job postings that encompass all potential locations and levels for the open position. Our base pay ranges are set based on the function, discipline, level and regional location and are benchmarked against companies in the same or similar industry. Final offers may vary based on multiple factors, including; education, depth and relevance of work experience, relevant licenses and certifications, and may vary from the amounts listed in the job posting.

The base pay range for this Associate Proposal Engineer role is $73,750 - $142,250.