Pump Technical Tender Engineer - Ingénieur Offres Techniques Pompes

Responsibilities

• Tender process
  • R0 (Go / No Go): Provide technical support to the tender leader to prepare and animate the R0 gate review.
  • R1 (Bid / No Bid): Provide technical support to the tender leader to prepare and animate the R1 gate reviews.
• Bid preparation
  • Analyze & comment customer requirements to ensure full understanding and applicability for Arabelle Solutions and its suppliers.
  • Identify the technical and quality requirements impacting costing & design.
  • Define the best technical solution proposal (optimal technical fit, optimal performance, optimal schedule) at the lowest cost.
  • Provide technical leadership to cross‑functional teams.
  • Lead pump sizing and provide the necessary input data to start the product definition.
  • Prepare the clarifications & deviations list.
  • Propose innovative solutions to position our products into commercial discussions and respond to customer needs.
• Costing
  • Prepare the quotation packages (drawings, materials, quantities, weight list, ITP) with support from other departments (Quality, Design, Manufacturing, and Sourcing).
  • Participate in the technical analysis of the supplier’s offer and prepare the compliance matrix of key pump elements.
• Technical offer preparation
  • Prepare and/or coordinate the technical documentation to be sent to the customer (datasheet, pump characteristic curves, general and civil drawings, cross‑sectional drawing, bill of materials, technical description note).
  • Ensure complete and accurate technical offers and project documentation within the given timeframe.
• Handover to execution
  • Contribute to the handover of the contract to the execution team (OTR).
• Return of experience
  • Consider the return of experience from the execution team for inclusion in future technical offers.
• Interfaces
  • Internal communication: with Sourcing, Pump Product Engineering, System Engineering, Sales team, Tender Leader.
  • External communication: Present and defend the proposed technical solutions to the final customer.
• Behavior
  • Provide an excellent level of customer service & communication in an international environment.
  • Develop solid product knowledge for nuclear power plants.
  • Work as part of a team and adopt a flexible approach to increase and maintain the quality of service.
  • Provide accurate information to customers.
  • Develop and support standard methodology & documentation for costing, planning, and tender engineering documentation production.

Qualifications

• Education
  • Master’s degree in Mechanical and/or Hydraulic engineering.
• Training
• Trained in Nuclear Safety Culture.
• Trained in ITNS‑I/ITNS‑A management and NS tagging (Important To Nuclear Safety – Item / Activity).
• Experience
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in pump design or manufacturing.
  • Technical and/or behavioral know‑how in pump design and performance calculation.
• Technical competencies
  • Knowledge of rotodynamic and vacuum pump design and main factors affecting hydraulic/mechanical performance.
  • Calculation methodology knowledge of pump performances (head, flow, power, efficiency, cavitation, mechanical pre‑design).
  • Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills at all organizational levels.
  • Decisionmaking, planning, and organization.
• Language skills
  • Fluent in French and English.
• Applicable standards
  • Machinery Directive, Pressure Equipment Directive.
  • ISO19443 (Nuclear Safety).
  • Hydraulic and mechanical pump standards: ISO9905, ISO9906, ANSI‑HI9.8.
  • CODAP / EN‑13445, RCC‑M.