Tendering Manager

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Role: Tender Manager

Location: Raleigh

Job Overview

Leads the technical solution, proposal engineering, conceptual design, participate in client presentation with high quality, detailed and comprehensive technical offers in the Utility, Industry and Transport segment with primary focus on High-Voltage AC Substations, Energy Storage, Data centres and Renewables, traction substation including any power quality solution

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead all engineering activities, both in-house and outsourced, during the proposal, design and construction stages of substation projects with strict adherence to the project contract.

• Support proposal efforts by introducing and promoting innovation, cost saving ideas, and value-added solutions to the overall system design concept.

• Providing expertise and support to the proposal and project teams in validating sub-contractor bids, and in negotiating sub-contracts for electrical substation and switchyard projects

• Review customer Request for Proposals Quotations (RFPs / RFQs)

• Identifying and clarifying technical ambiguities and conflicts in the documents

• Identifying potential or probable risk during construction and installation

• Developing mitigation strategies for identified risks

• Work with the proposal team to ensure that the sub-contractor scope of work is clearly defined, that contract Terms & Conditions include appropriate flow downs, and that risks are properly allocated

• Analyze sub-contractor bid responses for inconsistencies, oversights and mistakes

• Lead sub-contractor bid reviews to resolves bid response inconsistencies, oversights and mistakes

• Provide cost recommendations to the proposal team based on the bid review analysis

• Develop the Design Criteria and the Document Deliverables list for the project.

• Lead the development of single-line diagrams, layout drawings, raceway systems, grounding systems, station service and BOMs for substation design packages.

• Utilize knowledge of the National Electrical Safety Code to ensure that designs comply with the required safety clearances.

• Perform technical, cost savings, and constructability reviews of design packages from internal engineering, outsourced sub-contractor engineering and equipment factories.

• Strong experience with both outdoor and indoor substation applications.  Specifically on indoor applications, a solid understanding of the necessary building infrastructure to support GIS or AIS is required (e.g. wall penetrations, embedded steel supports, overhead cranes, maintenance access, SF6 reclaimers, etc.).

• Together with the sales organization, understand customer requirements and follow-up regularly and promptly with customers during the acquisition phase

• Collaborate with supply chain management to coordinate subcontractor and supplier offers. Support SCM in negotiations with vendors to get the best technical and commercial offers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent with minimum 8-10 years’ experience and preferably around 3-5 years’ experience in the transmission sector

• Experience of working with utility, industry and transport customers as well as international EPC’s

• Good knowledge of AIS/GIS HV/MV equipment

• Knowledge of local industry standards and practices in markets

• Previous experiences of working with public and private Utilities

• Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to work with cross-functional and cross-border teams as well as to cope with a flexible-load environment

• Fluent in English with good communication skills

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. We combine Hitachi Enery deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects. As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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