Tender Technical Manager

Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

The Tender Technical Manager is responsible for the overall technical coordination and management during the tendering phase of large or complex project, typically exceeding $200 million. These projects may involve HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) technology on offshore platforms and require collaboration with multiple stakeholders worldwide.

The Technical Tendering Manager serves as the primary contact for the Customer and is accountable for working with the tender team to develop of the best technical solutions.

GE Vernova's Grid Solutions business electrifies the world by delivering advanced grid technologies that enable efficient power transmission and distribution from generation to consumption. With a global footprint of 14,000 employees in around 80 countries, Grid Solutions serves 90% of the world’s power utilities, supporting a reliable, efficient, and decarbonized energy transition.

Grid Solutions offers a wide range of products and services, including power electronics, high voltage equipment, automation & protection systems, software solutions, and turnkey projects, Grid Solutions also provides consulting, electrical balance of plant, HV substations, and comprehensive maintenance and asset management services.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• The Tender Technical Manager is responsible for ensuring the technical tender design meets deadlines and quality standards.
• The Technical Tendering Manager will coordinate and manage the global schedule of tender engineering activities, ensure the implementation of Engineering Processes, and oversee technical coordination across the various work packages of large or complex projects.
• Additionally, the Tender Technical Manager ensures that optimal technical solutions are selected (safe, reliable, cost-effective, easy to install, and operate) in line with customer expectations, while delivering the necessary documentation according to the tender general time schedule
• The role also includes estimating the project engineering budget and developing the project execution Engineering design strategy in collaboration with the Regional Technical Tendering Leader, the Regional Engineering Leader, and with support from Project Engineering Managers from the execution phase (Order to Remittance - OTR), Functional Engineering Leaders (such as Control, Platform, Layout/Design leaders), and experienced Project Engineers who have led similar projects during the execution stage to leverage their return on experience.
   

Key missions of the Tender Technical Manager:

Project management

• Define the scope of work and manage the time schedule.
• Consolidate, manage, and monitor the technical tender deliverables list and associated submission dates. Accountable for the overall schedule of tender engineering activities.
• Issue the Engineering DOR (Division of Work) detailing the division of engineering scope among all involved project parties.
• Lead and coordinate all GE Vernova technical teams involved in the tendering process, ensuring that technical disciplines are well-coordinated, especially concerning interfaces and synchronization.
• Support Engineering Discipline Leaders in anticipating and resolving engineering delivery issues.
• Lead and facilitate technical coordination sessions.

Budget and Resources

• Consolidate, define the project Engineering budget for project execution in terms of man-hours, providing a detailed breakdown by role.

Tender strategy & risk management

• Define the tender technical strategy and ensure its adherence by all GE Vernova technical tendering teams.
• Consolidate the project technical risks & opportunities and develop corresponding mitigation/ action plans.
• initiating the design freeze process at tender stage, ensuring validation through design gate review, tender technical Validation meeting and technical risks assessment for the tender phase.
• Collaborate with the Regional Technical Tendering Leader, the Regional Engineering Leader, and leverage the expertise of a Project Engineering Director experienced in executing similar projects, benefiting from their return on experience to develop the Project execution Engineering Design Strategy
• Participate to project strategy elaboration with the capture Team and the Project Manager.

Customer relationship

• Ensure adherence to the customer technical requirements.
• Develop a detailed clause by clause analysis.
• Consolidate technical queries to customer.
•  Ensure that answers to customer queries are consistent and check cross impact of comments.
• Manage customer technical meetings.

Document & configuration management.

• Work with the Proposal Manager to organize and manage technical documents, including deliverables list, Questions and Responses, follow-up, and the consolidation of the technical offer.
• Validate and ensure consistency of the engineering documents before their final release to customer and to other functions.
• Coordinate the deviation and assumption register to effectively track and manage all identified or potential deviations.

Tendering design Expediting

• Accountable for the on-time delivery of tender engineering deliverables.
• Check that the design meets contractual requirements and pursue global cost optimisation.
• Approve the transmittal of documents to the customer.
• Review and validate the Bill of Quantities (BoQ), and ensure they are communicated to relevant functions (such as sourcing, logistics, construction).

Process & Tools

• Ensure deployment of engineering and technical tendering tools (CAD, costing tools, MTA ITOC, etc.)
• Organize and manage design reviews, gate reviews and technical validation meetings.

Return of Experience & Knowledge Capitalisation

• Ensure that lessons learned from completed and ongoing projects are incorporated into technical solutions and BOQ reparation.
• Leading the gap analysis with the reference solutions
• Review the tender design by referencing past project designs stored in the Document Management System and verify the current tender Bill of Quantities (BOQ) by comparing it with past BOQs stored on the MTA platform GTT (Grid Technical Tracker).
• Participate in return of experience meetings organized by project teams, reviewing Return on Experience reports.
• Consult project teams.

Quality

• Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Engineering processes. 
• Resolve or report non-conformances promptly.

Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability

• Implement design freeze and EHS&S in design as per Engineering Process.
• Demonstrate EHS&S leadership.
• Integrate sustainability and environmental considerations into the tender design, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and company sustainability objectives.
• Actively contributes to identifying corrective actions for unsafe practices or uncontrolled risk.

Performance Measurement

• On-Time Delivery of the engineering outputs.
• Customer satisfaction with the technical offer.
• Satisfaction of other functions with the engineering inputs provided for costing.
• Formalized and followed Design review & Gate review plans.
• Execution Design strategy defined and agreed with Regional Engineering Operation manager.
• Technical risks and opportunities integrated into the ROR with a formalised mitigation plan.
• Compliance with Quality processes, procedures, and policies.
• Accuracy of tender BOQ.
• Clause-by-clause analysis performed and updated based on customer responses to technical queries.
• Cost-effective solutions implemented.
• Consistency between engineering work packages (civil, BOP, etc. …)

Desired Profile & Experience

• Extensive and demonstrated years of Engineering experience in EPC environment (T&D, Power Generation or Oil & Gas industries).
• Proven experience in project technical management.
• Proficiency in some engineering disciplines such as: Civil work, layout, and Integration design, control & protection hardware, System & performance studies, or Electrical design).
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence others, and clearly present complex messages.
• Knowledge of project execution risks and financial processes.
• Ability and willingness to travel worldwide up to 20% or more of the time.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver results in dynamic environments, with flexibility to adjust to evolving project demands and priorities.
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, innovative thinking, and a results-oriented mindset.
• Demonstrates ownership, accountability, judgment, decision making, and the ability to inspire and lead teams with a clear vision and passion for the role.

About GE Grid Solutions:

At GE Grid Solutions we are electrifying the world with advanced grid technologies. As leaders in the energy space our goal is to accelerate the transition for a more energy efficient grid to full fill the needs of tomorrow. With a focus on growth and sustainability GE Grid Solutions plays a pivotable role in integrating Renewables onto the grid to drive to carbon neutral. In Grid Solutions we help enable the transition for a greener more reliable Grid. GE Grid Solutions has the most advanced and comprehensive product and solutions portfolio within the energy sector.

Why we come to work:

At GE Renewable Energy, our engineers are always up for the challenge - and we’re always driven to find the best solution. Our projects are unique and interesting, and you’ll need to bring a solution-focused, positive approach to each one to do your best. Surrounded by committed, loyal colleagues, if you can dare to bring your ingenuity and desire to make an impact, you’ll be exposed to game-changing, diverse projects that truly allow you to play your part in the energy transition.

What we offer:

A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements

Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities - including private health insurance.

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