Tendering Technical Leader
Join us as a Principal Technical Tendering Lead and shape the future of complex, integrated infrastructure solutions.
You'll lead the technical strategy for high-stakes tenders, designing multi-system solutions that combine electrical, mechanical, and digital technologies into winning proposals.
Responsibilities
* Lead the technical development of complex and strategic customer proposals, ensuring solutions align with customer requirements and business objectives.
* Serve as the primary technical lead throughout the bid and tendering process, partnering with sales, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and project execution teams.
* Review customer specifications, drawings, and technical requirements to develop compliant and competitive solution designs.
* Develop integrated electrical and power system solutions, including medium voltage, low voltage, protection and control, automation, and digital power technologies.
* Drive technical solution strategy, value engineering initiatives, and cost optimization efforts to improve proposal competitiveness.
* Coordinate technical reviews and stakeholder alignment to ensure proposal accuracy, quality, and risk mitigation.
* Engage directly with customers, consultants, EPCs, utilities, and end users to clarify requirements and present technical solutions.
* Identify technical risks, assumptions, and opportunities and incorporate them into proposal development.
* Support commercial negotiations by providing technical expertise and solution justification.
* Collaborate with vendors and internal subject matter experts to develop optimized solutions and accurate technical deliverables.
* Ensure seamless transition of awarded projects by providing complete technical documentation and knowledge transfer to execution teams.
* Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, best practices, and standardization efforts across the tendering organization.
What qualifications will make you successful?
* Strategic thinking with the ability to see the big picture while managing intricate technical details
* Exceptional communication skills to present complex solutions clearly to diverse stakeholders
* Proven ability to lead through influence in ambiguous, fast-paced tendering environments
* Strong coaching mindset to guide and develop technical team members on medium to large projects
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
* Significant experience in electrical power systems, power distribution, substations, industrial automation, or related infrastructure solutions.
* Experience developing technical proposals, bids, tenders, or engineered solutions for complex customer projects.
* Strong understanding of medium voltage and low voltage electrical systems, protection schemes, transformers, switchgear, and power distribution equipment.
* Knowledge ...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Columbia, US-SC
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Finance
- Recruiter: Schneider Electric
- Contact: Not Specified
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- Reference: 131866-en-us-7
- Posted: 2026-08-22 10:14:27 -
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