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Bid Manager
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
£35k - 45k per year
Our client is an aerospace and defence focused business looking for an enthusiastic Bid Support Engineer / Bid Manager to work with both design engineering and business development teams. We are seeking an experienced Design Engineer with recent exposure to proposal/bid writing in a commercial environment. Understanding of a systems engineering approach, EMC and PCB layout is required in order to liaise with design teams from a commercial perspective.
Key responsibilities
- Assist in the development of existing and new markets, and new applications of the Company’s technology
- Develop the bid strategy and manage the bid process, the preparation of proposals and quotations in response to customers’ requirements
- Develop and run customer demonstrations that focus on user benefits
- Conduct internal and customer training programmes including course development and delivery
- Maintain and build relationships with a range of contacts including government procurement agencies, prime contractors and distributors to position the Company’s products for future requirements
- Working closely with the Company’s engineers in the technical assessment of new business opportunities, influencing the direction of new product research and development following analysis of market place
- Provide technical and cost data to Sales & Marketing Managers during bid preparation
- Provide data for customer review and conduct presentations as required
Essential Skills
- Understanding of EMC and PCB layout and have a knowledge of IP management
- Understanding of requirements capture, ideally DOORS, and analysis
- Experience of safety critical systems and design processes
- Understanding of a systems engineering approach
- Knowledge of component selection and circuit design to interface processors/microcontrollers to digital networks, digital and analogue signals
- Experience of full life cycle design
- Understanding of product verification plans and procedures to allow detailed integration and verification activities
- Where possible Shipley Proposal Management trained
- Confidence to capture, develop and translate customer requirements into manageable sub-system and product requirement
If interested, let us know.
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
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