Principal Engineer

Roles and responsibilities

Lead a team of Engineers responsible to prepare most competitive Techno-Commercial proposal in compliance with the client’s requirements and technical specifications including assessment of risk. Support in the preparation of cost estimates.

• Prepare the proposal summary for the review of the supervisor including initial assessment of the technical, financial, schedule or any other unusual risks associated with a proposal and submit it to the management for the bid/no-bid decision.
• Prepare and periodically monitor the proposal schedule and indicate slippages to the Supervisor.
• Prepare Table of Contents/Index to Technical, Un-priced and Priced Commercial Proposals with responsibilities and dates clearly identified.
• Prepare scope and effort matrices when working with a JV partner or a nominated subcontractor and perform the required integration of inputs for submission to client.
• Identify critical un-priced commercial enclosures such as Bank Guarantees, Parent Company Guarantees, Power of Attorneys, Notarization, Local registration requirements etc. at the beginning and initiate actions with other departments to obtain these documents.
• Conduct periodic review meetings with proposal team, monitor progress, resolve constraints and ensure that all timelines are met. Identify any clarifications or exceptions to the client’s inquiry and ensure smooth flow of inter-disciplinary inputs and generation of all deliverables through periodic discussions with discipline engineers.
• Coordinate with procurement department to obtain vendor offers and responses for techno-commercial and scope clarifications raised and to identify target vendors for key equipment/ packages for further negotiations and strategic pre-bid understanding.
• Coordinate with subcontract department, monitor timely receipt of discipline BOQ’s and ensure issue of subcontract packages with project specific responsibility matrices, preambles etc. to subcontractors.
• Prepare cost estimates and ensure that all the cost elements e.g. subcontract offer, materials estimates from disciplines, project support, third party services etc. have been captured in the proposal.
• Prepare price break down schedules in compliance to tender requirements and link the cost estimates in a manner that allows expeditious compilation of final commercial proposal.
• Develop risk register, review periodically and compile inputs and documents for Management Risk Reviews.
• Assist in preparing for Technical & Commercial Reviews, Project Execution Reviews and other reviews.
• Provide necessary inputs to Project Controls department for project schedule preparation.
• Assist in preparing technical and commercial proposals as per client requirement particularly addressing critical sections such as project execution plans, organization charts, job specific technical write ups, bank guarantees, commercial and technical qualifications. Prepare responses to the client post bid queries.
• Perform all other duties as required for timely and quality Proposal Submission in accordance with Proposal Procedure and in compliance to Tender requirements.

Desired candidate profile

• Technical Expertise: A strong understanding of engineering principles, system design, and architecture. Familiarity with various engineering systems, such as mechanical, electrical, or software-based systems, depending on the industry.

• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to analyze complex systems, identify issues, and derive actionable insights. You need to have a sharp focus on data analysis and troubleshooting.

• Problem-Solving: The ability to solve technical problems efficiently and creatively, using data and research to implement the best solutions for system improvements.

• Project Management: Experience with project management principles, including timeline management, resource allocation, and collaboration with teams to ensure successful implementation.

• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills to document systems, present reports, and communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.

• Systems Thinking: The ability to understand how different components of an engineering system interact and how changes in one area may affect the entire system.