Proposal Engineer

Company: Siemens Energy
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Job Description:

A Snapshot of Your Day

In this role within Siemens Energy’s High Voltage Products business, thefocus is on preparing technically compliant and commercially competitive bidsfor the air and gasinsulated switchgear and surge arresterportfolio. Working closely with factory offer teams, regional sales colleagues,and commercial and legal partners, the role supports customers across theenergy value chain, including utilities, transmission operators, renewabledevelopers, EPCs, and industrial customers. The position combines technicalunderstanding, customer engagement, and commercial awareness to deliver highqualityproposals that strengthen customer relationships and contribute to SiemensEnergy’s continued success in the transmission and distribution market.

How You’ll Make an Impact

  • Work closely with factory sales and offer teams to prepare accurate,compliant, and competitive bids for highvoltage products including AIS, GIS, and surgearresters.
  • Collaborate with regional sales teams to understand customerrequirements, market conditions, and competitive dynamics in order to shapewinning proposals.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with customers, internalstakeholders, factories, suppliers, and partners to support efficient biddevelopment.
  • Engage with legal and commercial colleagues to identify, assess, andmitigate contractual and commercial risks at the proposal stage.
  • Take ownership of bid activities, managing priorities, deadlines, andinputs to ensure timely and highquality submissions.
  • Use digital tools and systems, including CRM platforms such asSalesforce, to manage opportunities, improve transparency, and supportcontinuous improvement.

What You Bring

  • A relevant engineering qualification or practical experience, with exposure to the energy sector and an understanding of transmission systems and applications.
  • The ability to understand customer needs and position technical andcommercial solutions within a complex organisational environment.
  • Experience working across multistakeholder environments, including coordinationwith factories, regional teams, and headquarters functions.
  • A proactive and accountable approach, with the ability to workindependently while engaging management support when required.
  • Strong communication skills and a positive, solutionsfocusedmindset when working with internal and external stakeholders.
  • A sound commercial awareness, including a basic understanding of profitand loss, budgeting, approval processes, and associated tools.

About the Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, anddigital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. SiemensEnergy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, gridstabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, anddigital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company.With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop theenergy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of theglobal community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created inour research departments and factories drive the energy transition and providethe base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. 

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, andaffordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Weuphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for peoplewho will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energytransformation. 

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: 

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generatepower. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnicbackground, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energizesociety, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

Opportunities to work with a global team

Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects

Medical benefits 

Remote/Flexible work

Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave 

Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform

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Posted: May 24th, 2026