Sr. Tendering Engineer
- Burnaby, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.
About The Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Tendering Engineer to act as a high-level technical lead and strategic partner to management. You will be the central pivot point for the bidding process, balancing technical accuracy with commercial strategy while facilitating complex global communication between regional and international stakeholders. This role requires a candidate capable of driving strategic business decisions while mentoring junior staff and managing day-to-day technical tenders.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare quotations for major projects in close coordination with sales personnel, regional managers, distributors, representatives, and alliance managers.
- Assist management with major project tender signoffs as required by the company’s Delegation of Authority (DoA) framework.
- Propose innovative solutions to clients based on your extensive technical expertise and seniority to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
- Supervise the activities of Application Engineers I and II, providing guidance to ensure team alignment, productivity, and professional growth.
- Act as the critical bridge between Sales, internal operations, project management, and factories located outside the PU NAM region.
- Actively support the achievement of regional sales plan objectives through technical proposal excellence.
- Analyze customer specifications, define scope, evaluate "buy-out" components (e.g., seals, couplings, actuators), and manage post-submission technical/commercial clarifications.
- Maintain and supervise data accuracy in CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce/RFT) to ensure reliable sales forecasts and workload reporting.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, or related Engineering.
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience as an Application Specialist specifically within the pump industry.
- 2 years of experience in group supervision or leadership activities.
- Advanced proficiency in English (reading, speaking, and writing) is required.
- Expertise in hydraulics, centrifugal pumps, and their accessories
- Advanced: Microsoft Office, pump selection and costing software, and CRM (SalesForce or similar).
- SAP
What we offer you
- PTO
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan
- Comprehensive employer-paid group dental, extended health, life, and short-term disability insurance
- Eligibility for educational tuition reimbursement
Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.
We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.
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Responsibilities
Prepare and manage technical and commercial quotations for major projects, including specification analysis, scope definition, component evaluation, and post-submission clarifications. Support strategic tender approvals and regional sales objectives while coordinating across sales, operations, project management, and international factories, and supervising junior application engineers.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical, industrial, chemical, or a related engineering discipline, at least five years of pump-industry application specialist experience, and two years of group supervision or leadership experience. Candidates need advanced English proficiency and expertise in hydraulics, centrifugal pumps and accessories, Microsoft Office, pump selection and costing software, CRM tools, and SAP.
Skills
- Tendering
- Technical Proposal Development
- Pump Industry Applications
- Hydraulics
- Centrifugal Pumps
- Pump Selection
- Costing
- Customer Specification Analysis
- Commercial Clarifications
- Technical Clarifications
- Buy-Out Component Evaluation
- Team Supervision
- Sales Forecasting
- CRM Data Management
- Salesforce
- SAP
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Employer-Paid Dental Insurance
- Employer-Paid Extended Health Insurance
- Employer-Paid Life Insurance
- Employer-Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Educational Tuition Reimbursement
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Categories
- Engineering
- Sales
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Tendering
- Pump Industry
- Hydraulics
- Centrifugal Pumps
- Pump Accessories
- Technical Proposals
- Commercial Strategy
- Quotation Preparation
- Customer Specifications
- Scope Definition
- Buy-Out Components
- Seals
- Couplings
- Actuators
- Technical Clarifications
- Commercial Clarifications
- Pump Selection Software
- Costing Software
- Microsoft Office
- Salesforce
- CRM
- SAP
- Sales Forecasting
- Delegation of Authority
- Team Supervision
- Project Management
- Regional Sales
- Stakeholder Coordination