Project Engineer - Proposal

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)•Houston, TX

5d•$110,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Proposal Manager to lead the development of technical scopes and proposals from initiation through submission. This role is critical in aligning customer needs with engineering solutions, ensuring proposals are technically sound, competitively priced, and delivered on time. The ideal candidate will serve as a strategic liaison between sales, engineering, and project support teams, translating customer requirements into actionable scopes of work and comprehensive proposals. Success in this role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, along with a deep understanding of engineering services, estimating practices, and proposal management methodologies.

Requirements

A strong technical background and are pursuing career growth in the project management profession
A strong understanding of SEL products, solutions and SEL Engineering Services capabilities
Experience in estimating labor, equipment, subcontractor costs, and project expenses
Proficient in developing milestone and construction schedules
Ability to evaluate and quantify project risks and evaluate contracts and purchase orders for compliance with scopes, schedules, and budgets
Enjoy customer communication and serving as a trusted advisor
Enjoy the autonomy of creating tools and templates to improve group processes and tracking
Bachelors degree in Engineering or related technical field; Associates Degree with minimum of 4 years relevant experience; or PMP Certification or similar with 6 years relevant experience.
Basic knowledge of electric power system protection and control, integration and/or automation and communications applications
Working knowledge of electric power system design, studies, information and communication technology and protective relay applications
Willing to travel both domestically and internationally a minimum of 25% based on focus area
Strong protection background in Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Experience developing BOM, layouts, schematics, wiring diagrams and protection schemes
Experience developing coordination and arc flash studies
Experience conducting FAT and SAT with customer
Strong automation background in SCADA, PLC, control systems, HMIs, and network & cybersecurity.
Experience developing BOM, layouts, schematics, wiring diagrams and communications scheme.
Experience developing infrastructure for communications, automation, and control systems.
Experience conducting FAT and SAT with customer

Responsibilities

Conduct business development meetings with sales representatives and customers
Communicate with customers to understand their technical needs and recommend solutions within SEL Engineering Services’ competencies
Collaborate with the local branches to attain technical reviewer and support in developing proposals
Estimate Engineering Services and subcontractor labor, equipment, and expenses
Orchestrate proposal development, internal review, and submission to customer
Evaluate and quantify project risks in accordance with proposed scope of work
Evaluate subcontractors in accordance with proposed scope of work
Collaborate with project support team to ensure bid documents are complete and submitted on time
Construct front-end milestone and construction schedules
Communicate with customers regularly on proposal status and provide revisions, as necessary. Document and archive important communications for project execution team
Ensure status for proposal submission, due dates, and estimated project execution dates are accurate
Conduct bid review meetings with sales team and customers
Review purchase orders and contracts for scope, schedule, and budget compliance and deviations from submitted bid documents
Conduct internal kickoff meeting with project team to hand-off internally
Collaborate in external customer kickoff meeting and complete project turnover to customer
Orchestrate post-mortem analyses on completed projects to develop action plans for proposal writing, estimating, and project execution team performance
Develop tools that facilitate on time to promise (OTP) proposal delivery to the customer
Maintain customer relationships and serve as a trusted advisor.