Tender & Quotation Specialist - Substation Projects

About the role

Hitachi Energy South Africa is looking for a Tender & Quotation Specialist (Contract, Bid and Proposal Management Senior Professional) in Johannesburg. You will lead the preparation and submission of complex substation tenders across the South Africa region, working with sales, engineering, supply chain, project management, legal, quality and customer stakeholders to deliver competitive technical and commercial proposals.

Key responsibilities

• 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 for timely, high-quality proposals.
• Support bid qualification, including prequalification reviews for Bid/No-Bid assessments.
• Develop tender strategies, target pricing approaches and optimised technical solutions.
• Review single-line diagrams, layouts and substation configurations, including AIS, GIS and hybrid solutions.
• Assess technical specifications and validate equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, CRP and SCADA.
• Work with supply chain to evaluate vendor quotations and define sourcing strategies.
• Evaluate technical, commercial, contractual and execution risks and review commercial conditions and cash-flow requirements.
• Prepare and submit complete tender documentation and ensure handover of awarded projects to execution teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• 8-12 years of experience in substation tendering, proposal management or project engineering.
• Strong understanding of substation products, systems and solutions.
• Experience managing end-to-end bid and tender processes.
• Good knowledge of the technical and commercial aspects of substation projects.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Required skills

• Knowledge of substation tenders and commercial evaluations.
• Analytical, decision-making and risk-management abilities.
• Stakeholder management and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work across multiple countries.