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Eaton · 1 day ago

Proposal Engineer - Electrical Project Operations

Rhode Island, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$124K/yr - $182K/yr

5+ years exp

Eaton is a leading company in the electrical industry, currently seeking a Proposal Engineer - Electrical Project Operations. This role primarily supports proposal needs for large and complex projects related to utility and industrial substations, hydro-electric modernization, and emerging trends in microgrid and energy transition projects.

Electric Vehicle

No H1B

Responsibilities

Support proposals for the Central Region and requests from other locations including US national, as required

Vet and Respond to requests from Project Operations Managers, NAS Sales, Utility & Other Reps, Channel Partners, EESS Market Segment Managers (Utility, Industrial, Government, Commercial)

Detailed technical and commercial proposal writing lead for all opportunities in the region and supporting other regions as required

Support proposals related to Large Projects within the following segments: Utility (distribution / transmission, generation/hydro/gas/coal), Switchgear modernization, Data Centers (Substation and Switchgear), Industrial (Switchgear upgrades and Control systems), and Government Projects

Support other team members in other regions as necessary

Travel as required for site-visits, customer meetings and sales training meetings (Typically one to three days maximum per trip)

Pricing development, construction estimating via subcontractor scope development

Providing solutions beyond the standard specifications to provide greater customer value

Detailed project specification analysis and review

Equipment specification review and pricing

Develop Level I schedules for proposal

Contracts terms and conditions understanding and capturing risk with Regional Project Operations Managers

Customer Presentations via joint customer visits with various sales channels and presentations provided to end-users, or other sales channels to help educate and promote our turnkey / complex project capabilities

Project detailed hand-off and support ongoing Projects by helping to capture "Extras" on projects which were beyond the original specifications

Support monthly reporting of proposal activities to Project Operations

Activity involved in personal professional growth and development

Complete twenty (20) hours of recommended Eaton University classes from TAS training program list, including all required annual safety training (EFC 0 or 1)

Contribute standardized proposals templates and develop and share pricing or other tools to improve TAS proposal efficiency

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringProposal DevelopmentElectrical Power SystemsMicrogrid TechnologyProject SchedulingEstimating ExperienceTechnical WritingMulti-tasking SkillsAutocadExcel ProficiencyBidman ExperiencePresentation SkillsOrganizational Skills

Required

B.S. Engineering Degree (Electrical Preferred) or Bachelors Degree in other areas with Engineering/Technical Experience of 5+ years as described in part B below

5+ years minimum electrical industry related application engineering and proposal development experience with additional experience in electrical power systems, hydro / excitation, industrial and utility substation construction and switchgear projects

Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc

Must be located in one of the states listed to be considered, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kansas, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, or Vermont. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation

Preferred

7+ years minimum electrical industry related application engineering and proposal development experience with additional experience in electrical power systems, utility and/ or industrial substation construction, and Switchgear Projects

Experience with emerging technology and systems associated with microgrid / Energy storage or Renewable Energy solutions

Experience with proposal development for all of Eaton's end markets (Utility, Industrial, Commercial, and Government)

Experience with government proposal procedures such as technical and price proposal separation, and government evaluation factors

Experience in writing and reviewing subcontractor work scopes and Subcontractor agreements; being able to evaluate proposals for specification compliance

Experience with risk evaluation and risk management

Estimating experience in substation, switchgear and electrical system installations

Field experience in electrical construction and system integration

Project Scheduling experience

Autocad experience

Bidman experience (Eaton exclusive product)