MU Sales & Tendering Engineer
As a Sales & Tendering Engineer, you will support customer enquiries and orders, playing a key role in the preparation and delivery of multi‑utility tenders. You will be responsible for producing accurate, commercially sound, and competitive tender submissions within your remit.
Building and maintaining strong client relationships is essential, alongside applying your technical knowledge, training, and experience to deliver high‑quality, robust proposals. You will be confident in providing technical advice and engaging with clients both remotely and face‑to‑face, ensuring all submissions are clear, accurate, and error‑free.
Reporting to the Tendering Manager or Head of tendering, you will be responsible for producing tender documentation, cost estimates, and technical design inputs for LV and HV electrical network connections, typically up to 11kV. You will support the development of robust engineering solutions that comply with DNO/IDNO requirements, statutory regulations, G81 standards, ENA guidelines, and CDM obligations. Working closely with internal engineering, civils, and delivery teams, as well as external stakeholders such as DNOs, IDNOs, suppliers, and subcontractors, you will help produce comprehensive tender submissions. These submissions must be technically sound, commercially viable, and aligned with client requirements.
You will implement AIS practices and processes to ensure customer satisfaction, delivering tenders on time and in line with both adoptable standards and client expectations, while supporting overall project objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare tender designs, proposals, and cost estimates for multi‑utility projects in line with project requirements
Support the Regional Sales & Tendering Manager and Senior Sales & Tendering Engineer as required
Represent the company professionally and effectively when engaging with clients and stakeholders
Manage and prioritise assigned tender projects to ensure timely, compliant, and accurate submissions
Lead the development and technical review of tender submissions across electricity, gas, and water utility disciplines, ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements, industry standards, and client specifications
Provide specialist input into gas and water network design, reinforcement, diversion, and connection solutions, ensuring constructability, efficiency, and regulatory compliance
Apply in‑depth understanding of gas distribution networks, water infrastructure systems, connection processes, adoptable standards, and utility asset requirements to develop robust and commercially viable tender solutions
Undertake technical and commercial risk assessment across multi‑utility scopes, particularly focusing on gas and water interface risks, permitting constraints, and constructability challenges
Liaise with design, operational, and regulatory stakeholders to ensure gas and water elements of tenders are fully coordinated and buildable
Contribute to value engineering opportunities within gas and water scopes to improve competitiveness and delivery efficiency
Contribute to individual and company‑wide sales targets
Ensure smooth project handover to the Design team upon successful tender award
Maintain accurate sales and project documentation in line with the Business Management System (BMS)
Commit to continuous professional development (CPD)
Experience & Skills Essential
Strong motivation to succeed, learn, and apply new skills
Minimum of 5 years' experience in MU environment
Experience working in a fast‑paced utility, construction, or engineering sales environment
Proven track record of meeting or exceeding sales targets
Understanding of tendering within MEICA, utilities, or T&D network environments
NVQ Level 6 (or equivalent) in technical sales, engineering, construction, or management
Knowledge of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Experience in design development and producing detailed quotations
Background in the multi‑utility industry
Proficiency in AutoCAD
Strong skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project (for basic tender programmes)
Relevant certifications (EUSR, CSCS, ECS, First Aid at Work)
Core Competencies
Core Competencies
Excellent organisational and time management skills
Strong written and verbal communication abilities
Ability to produce professional documentation and correspondence
Effective relationship management and customer expectation handling
Team‑oriented mindset
Strong project management capabilities
Willingness to develop technical expertise to support business growth
Lead and manage the end‑to‑end tendering process for multi‑utility projects across electricity, gas, and water networks
Oversee the preparation of tender designs, proposals, and cost estimates, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and commercial competitiveness
Provide technical and commercial leadership to ensure robust solutions across gas, water, and electricity infrastructure, including connections, diversions, reinforcement, and adoptable networks
Develop and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a senior point of contact during the tendering process
Define bid strategies in collaboration with senior stakeholders to maximise win probability and commercial return
Lead risk identification, mitigation, and commercial review across all tender submissions, with particular focus on utility interface risks and constructability challenges
Experience delivering ICP (Independent Connection Provider) projects
Experience with HV/LV electrical infrastructure and utility network developments
Experience with EV charging infrastructure or distributed energy renewable projects
Strong working knowledge of contestable works
Understanding of DNO and IDNO technical standards
Experience in substation and cable design preferably up to 11kV (experience up to 33kV / 132kV advantageous not essential)
Core Competencies
Leadership and team development
Strategic thinking and decision making
Strong commercial awareness
Excellent client relationship management
High‑level communication and influencing skills
Risk management and problem solving
Ability to drive performance and continuous improvement
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