Principal Proposals and Estimation Engineer

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Wood is currently hiring for a Principal Proposals Engineer for our office in Qatar.

This role has overall responsibility for overseeing proposal development from start to finish, receiving the ITB, developing the response, setting up commercial / management reviews, compiling and dispatching the proposal on time.

Designing the future. Transforming the world

Reflecting the market focus for the office in both brownfield and green field opportunities, multi-skilled personnel are sought, in particular those with experience in:

• Onshore Oil and Gas
• Offshore Oil and Gas

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across oil and gas and emerging energy sectors
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
  ; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our busiess with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Life Insurance
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  Provides payment of 2 x Base Salary (up to a maximum of QAR 1 million) upon death
• End of Service Gratuity
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  In line with Qatar Labor Law, upon completion of 1 years’ service employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit of three weeks for every year of service.
• Medical Insurance
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  Ensures cover (up to a maximum of QAR 250,000 per person, per year) is available should you require treatment. Pre-existing and/or chronic conditions are covered up to QAR 10,000.
• Employee Assistance Programme
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  Allows you to feel comfortable knowing that you or your immediate family members can confidentially discuss any work or personal issues that are an inevitable part of life. The programme helps support your mental, physical, social & financial well-being.
• Professional Memberships
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  One professional membership, registration, subscription, certification and/or license cost per annum for all active Wood employees. The membership must be relevant to the role you are currently employed in or be part of a development plan. Reimbursement should be claimed via the expenses procedure system, with supporting evidence.
• Global connections
  : join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our professio

• Lead the efforts to prepare most competitive Techno-commercial proposal in compliance with the client’s requirements and technical specifications including assessment of risk.
• Prepare proposal synopsis for the review of the Line Manager including initial assessment of the technical, financial, schedule or any other unusual risks associated with a proposal and submit it to the management for approval to bid or decline.
• Establishes and actively manages the proposal schedule, proposal budget, bid index, and all required inputs to the bid. Actively monitors and expedites bid preparation progress, identifying any concerns and initiating corrective action.
• Prepare Table of Contents/Index to Technical, Un-priced and Priced Commercial Proposals with responsibilities and dates clearly identified.
• Actively prepares scope and effort matrices and coordinates when working with affiliate offices, JV partner or major subcontractors and perform the required integration of inputs for submission to client.
• Establishes the initial bid strategy, obtains endorsement of the strategy from executive management, cascades the strategy and win plan to the bid team, and maintains the bid team’s focus on this throughout the bid period, adjusting the approach when relevant to do so.
• 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.
• Proactively directs and provides interface management to a team of complex skills and functions, including (but not limited to) Wood management, Technical Lead/Project Manager, volume/section leads, authors, SMEs, Legal, Contracts, and small business
• Conduct periodic review meetings with…