Job Overview
Job description
- Location:
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Work arrangement:
- Hybrid
Role Summary
- Job Description
As a Tender & Quotation Specialist, you will lead the preparation and submission of complex substation tenders across the South Africa region. You will work closely with sales, engineering, supply chain, project management, legal, quality, and customer stakeholders to develop competitive technical and commercial proposals while ensuring compliance with business processes and customer requirements.
How you'll make an impact
- Own and manage medium- to high-complexity tenders from opportunity assessment through final submission.
- Coordinate with operating units, engineering teams, project managers, supply chain, legal, quality, HSE, consultants, and customers to ensure timely and high-quality proposal delivery.
- Support bid qualification activities, including prequalification reviews for Bid/No-Bid assessments.
- Develop tender strategies, target pricing approaches, and optimized technical solutions aligned with customer requirements.
- Review single-line diagrams, layouts, and substation configurations including AIS, GIS, and hybrid solutions.
- Assess technical specifications and validate primary and Secondary equipment selections such as transformers, circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, CRP and SCADA.
- Work closely with supply chain teams to evaluate vendor quotations and define sourcing strategies.
- Identify, evaluate, and mitigate technical, commercial, contractual, and execution risks through structured risk review processes.
- Review commercial conditions, cash-flow requirements, and contractual inputs to support sound business decisions.
- Prepare and submit complete tender documentation in accordance with customer and company requirements.
- Ensure effective handover of awarded projects to execution teams.
- Your background
- Bachelor's degree in engineering.
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- 8-12 years of experience in substation tendering, proposal management, or project engineering.
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- Strong understanding of substation products, systems, and solutions.
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- Experience supporting and managing end-to-end bid and tender processes.
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- Good knowledge of technical and commercial aspects of substation projects
- Key Skills & Competencies
- Comprehensive knowledge of substation tenders and commercial evaluations.
- Ability to independently manage complex opportunities and develop innovative, value-driven solutions.
- Strong analytical, decision-making, and risk-management capabilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- High level of ownership, accountability, and customer focus.
- Collaborative team player capable of working across multiple countries
- Proficiency in written and spoken English.
- Dynamic, proactive, and motivated to grow within the organization
to grow within the organization
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About the Company
More About Us
We believe great work thrives in an environment where people feel genuinely supported and fairly rewarded. Our benefits are designed to create real value for every individual - fueling engagement, performance, and growth. By prioritizing well-being, we build a workplace where personal and organizational success grow together.
Our benefit offering is tailored based on your country of employment and generally includes:
You will receive more specific information during the recruitment process.
Applicable only for Poland location align with local law regulations - We are committed to full transparency and compliance with all legal requirements, ensuring that every candidate knows exactly what to expect at each stage of the recruitment process. Once the process is successfully completed, we will share detailed information about financial conditions and benefits with the selected candidate. Before signing the employment contract, you will receive all remaining details of the offer, giving you the time and space to review everything carefully
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Competitive salary and incentives
Well-being and care
Paid and unpaid leave
Flexible work options
Benefits that support your financial security
- Role:
- Contract, Bid, and Proposal Management Senior Professional
- Job Type:
- Senior Level | Management
Company profile
Hitachi Energy
hitachienergy.comHitachi Energy works on the global energy system, aiming to make electricity more sustainable, secure, resilient and affordable and more accessible to all. Its technologies support the expansion and transition of power systems and grids, including HVDC transmission. The company is part of Hitachi Ltd. and traces its heritage to the engineering companies ASEA and Brown Boveri, through its predecessor company ABB. Hitachi Energy is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Headquarters
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Founded
- 2018
- Funding Stage
- Subsidiary
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