Hybrid Proposal Engineer

at Emerson

• Job title: Proposal Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Escazu, Costa Rica

About the role

• Proposal Engineer II responsible for developing project-specific proposals for Power and Water Solutions in Costa Rica. Collaborating with teams across Latin America and ensuring competitive positioning.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all aspects of proposal preparation and approvals are executed accurately, completely, on time, ethically, and in accordance with PWS quality procedures.
• Receives and prepares control system proposals Tier 3+ scope and complexity, in response to customer requests in the Latin America Market with minimum supervision.
• Review customer inquiries and interpret customer specifications and drawings for technical proposals.
• Participate in customer site visits, walk-downs and meetings.
• Apply process and product knowledge when preparing technical proposals.
• Develop best cost solutions to meet customer needs and ensure competitive positioning.
• Develop bills of materials, technical compliance, cabinets design, project schedules, layout drawings, and all other required proposal documentation.
• Prepare pre-qualification submittals and supporting marketing collateral to position Emerson favorably to win future business.
• Interface with other departments with Internal Proposal Teams, Sales Leads, Emerson Impact Partners (Operations, Sales, Sourcing, Legal, Logistics and 3rd party solutions), in India, Denmark, North America, and internally Latin America region.
• Accurately estimate project costs.
• Effectively present costs, risks, and differentiators to key decision makers.
• Prepare responses to customer inquiries and requests for changes.
• Prepare and submit handover package to operations team.
• Support internal and customer kick-off meetings.
• Mandatory follows proposal process and documentation procedures.
• Drives proposal process and documentation procedures as: Ensure the correct and updated information in the official tools for proposal development (EET, CRM, Clarity and HCM).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3-4 years with expertise in Software and Control systems proposal or engineering related to process automation.
• English B2+
• Knowledge in controls and PLC/DCS/SCADA systems, applications and interfaces.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Benefits

• Competitive benefits plans
• A variety of medical insurance plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee resource groups
• Recognition
• Flexible time off plans
• Vacation and holiday leave