Pump Technical Tender Engineer

The Pump Technical Tender Engineer is responsible for managing technical offers for pumps products inside the engineering department.

He/She interfaces with other Engineering departments, Tender team, Quality departments and provide support for technical discussion with the customer.

The Pump Technical Tender Engineer is in charge of ensuring the compliance of the technical offers according to processes and procedures.

L'Ingénieur Offres Techniques Pompes est responsable de la gestion des offres techniques pour les produits pompes au sein du département d'ingénierie.

Il/Elle interagit avec les autres départements d'ingénierie, l'équipe des Offres, les départements Qualité et apporte son soutien lors des discussions techniques avec le client.

L'Ingénieur Offres Techniques Pompes est chargé de s'assurer de la conformité des offres techniques conformément aux processus et procédures en vigueur.

French version below

Responsibilities

Tender process

• R0 (Go / No Go):
  • Technical support to the tender leader to prepare and animate the R0 gate review
• R1 (Bid / No Bid):
  • Technical support to the tender leader to prepare and animate the R1 gate reviews
• Bid Preparation:
  • Analyze & comment customer requirement to ensure their full understanding and applicability for Arabelle Solutions and its suppliers. Identify the technical and quality requirement impacting the costing & design
  • Define the best technical solution proposal (optimal technical fit, optimal performance, optimal schedule) at the lowest cost
  • Provide technical leadership with cross functional teams
  • Lead the pumps sizing and provide the necessary input data to start the product definition
  • Prepare the clarifications & deviations list
  • Propose innovative solutions to position our products into commercial discussion and respond to customer needs
• Costing:
  • Prepare the quotation packages (Drawings, materials, quantities, weigth list, ITP) with the support of the other departments. (Quality, Design, Manufacturing and Sourcing team)
  • Participate to the technical analysis of the supplier’s offer and prepare compliance matrix of key pump elements: foundry, machining, welded structure, …
• Technical offer preparation:
  • Prepare and/or coordinate the technical documentation to be sent to customer (Datasheet, pump characteristic curves, general and civil drawings, cross sectional drawing, bill of materials, technical description note…)
  • Ensure complete and accurate technical offers and project documentation within the given timeframe
• Handover to execution:
  • Contribute to the handover of the contract to execution team (OTR)

Return Of Experience

• Consider the return of experience coming from the execution team for consideration in the technical offer.

Interfaces

• Internal communication: with Sourcing, Pump product Engineering, System Engineering, Sales team, Tender Leader
• External communication: Present & defend the proposed technical solutions to final customer

Behavior

• Provide an excellent level of customer service & communication, in an international environment
• Develop solid product knowledge for nuclear power plants
• Work as part of a team and adopt a flexible approach to increase and maintain the quality of service
• Provide accurate information to customers

Standard Approach

• Develop and support standard methodology & documentation, for costing, planning and tender engineering documentation production

Required competences

Education

• Master’s degree (mechanical and/ or hydraulic)
• Trained to Nuclear Safety Culture
• Trained to ITNS-I/ITNS-A management and NS tagging (Important To Nuclear Safety -Item / Activity)

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in pump design / manufacturing

Behavioral And/or Technical Know-how

Technical skills / competencies

• Knowledge of rotodynamic pump and vacuum pumps design and the main affecting factors on the hydraulic/mechanical performances
• Calculation methodology / knowledge
  • Rotodynamic pump performances (head, flowrate, power, efficiency, cavitation, mechanical pre-design…)

Behavioral skills / competencies

• Team player who is dynamic, self-motivated, rigorous and flexible
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate to all levels within an organization
• Decision making
• Planning and organizing

Applicable standard

• Regulation or standard:
  • Machinery directive
  • Pressure equipment directive