Job Description

Our valued client from the steel and smelting industry has a perm vacancy for a Costing and Proposals engineer. You will assist the sales team and the projects team with their RFQ and Tenders. You need to have project related experience in the clients field of expertise. #steel #smelters #aluminium

Main Job Requirements will be :

• Receive tenders and RFQ specifications.
• Liaise with external suppliers, prepare high quality scopes of work, submit RFQ to suppliers, review, and adjudicate proposals.
• Monitor, respect and adhere to the tender deadlines.
• Communicate with the head office to request engineering and/or material quotations.
• Draft project proposals for review with the Key Account and Proposal Manager for approval.
• Draft the commercial estimation and review with the Key Account Manager for approval.
• Follow up the client evaluation process until order placement.
• Accountable for compiling the project hand-overs when an order is received.
• Attend close-out meetings at the end of projects to optimise future proposals.
• Support repairs business with proposal reviews, bills of material, scopes of work where needed.
• Interpret technical manuals, parts lists, bills of material and installation manuals for equipment, to aid in the building of proposals.
• Occasional site inspections to be made to aid in the understanding and scoping of jobs.

Equipment repairs

• Review request for quotation for equipment repairs.
• Align customer's request with cost effective, technical, and operational requirements for repair work.
• Contribute to the timeous and efficient preparation of the repair costings and timelines.

Qualifications:

SA Matric is required

ND or BTech or Degree in mechanical or electrical or industrial engineering

We will only short list candidates who have the following experience :

• Project costing or similar estimating experience is essential
• Supply Chain / Purchasing experience is imperative
• Knowledge of project management
• Computer literacy: Word, Excel, Microsoft Projects, SAP and or similar
• Knowledge of heavy industrial equipment repair and modifications
• Able to apply technical knowledge as part of the solution to the client
• Understand the process of project site work

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