Proposal Engineer

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for the compilation of services, materials, buyouts, and other proposal components pricing, payment terms, cash flow analysis, commercial compliance and proposal basis terms and conditions.
- Aid in the development of the commercial proposal strategy that mitigates project commercial risk exposure and best positions the execution team to allow scope and profitability growth.
- Responsible for entering all Technical and Commercial information into EET.
- Work with the Technical, Legal, Procurement, other Emerson Divisions, and the Technical Writers to ensure all proposal related information is incorporated into the proposal submission documentation.
- Work with proposal team members to develop Risk and Opportunity Assessments and Mitigation Reviews.
- Collaborate, communicate and align activities with Latin America SYSS proposal and sales teams to understand customer needs and requirements.
- Develop innovative ideas and alternatives to be cost competitive with Proposals.
- Organize and/or attend internal proposal kick off and review meetings; report on assigned tasks and assumes full ownership of assigned actions.
- Work with the Latin America SYSS sales, operations, sourcing, legal team to issue several proposals in parallel.
- Be flexible to travel to customer sites as well as to other Emerson Latin America offices for kick-off meetings, clarifications, site surveys, proposal development and review meetings in accordance with the agreed service sales and proposal strategies.
- Follow the correct working methods, procedures, tools establish as part of Emerson process and procedures.
- Support the development of Junior engineers through technical and work processes training.
- Manage the clarification and assumptions and ensure information contained within is properly presented in the proposal narrative to effectively bound scope and supply requirements.
- Take ownership of all information required/contained within Emerson's estimating tools.
- Complete client required Technical and Commercial formats as necessary.
- Assist and Support the Delegation of Authority (DOA) approval presentations.
- Ensure the timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage, and disposition of proposal information.
- Update project and reference databases, libraries, metrics, pricing tools, etc.
- Identify and develop best practices for incorporation into corporate standards.
- Ensure the implementation of best practices and processes in proposal efforts.
- Strong interpersonal and political skills, including aptitude for building relationships.
understanding team dynamics, taking initiative, and solving problems.
- Preparation of KOB1, KOB2 and KOB3 proposals.
- Ability to make independent decisions within a general framework, always being aligned with escalation process within the department (Team Lead, Manager, Regional Lead, Directors etc.).
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision, work based on targets and able to render overtime (if needed) to meet proposal deadlines.
- Adhere to Emerson Automation Solution Ethical values at all time.
**Qualifications**:

- University studies in an Engineering discipline, preferred: Automation, Electronic, Electrical, Telecoms, Electro - mechanic, Chemical, others.
- 3+ years' experience in a similar position in a commercial or engineering environment (customer support, sales support, technical sales, service engineer);
- Advanced knowledge and skills in the Microsoft Office suite of tools.
- English language upper intermediate (written and spoken).
Portuguese is considered as a plus.
- Effective written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Good knowledge of Industry Processes or Process Control and Instrumentation is an advantage Business Communication.
- Technical writing, detail-oriented and ability to work accurately.
- Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.