Proposal & Project Engineer
Pubblicato il 04-09-2026 - Cavotec in Milano
Join Cavotec and help shape the future of sustainable industry.
At Cavotec, we develop innovative electrification and automation technologies that make ports and industrial operations safer, cleaner, and more efficient.
With over 50 years of engineering excellence and a global presence, we are driving the energy transition by delivering solutions that support decarbonisation and operational efficiency for customers worldwide.
If you're looking for an international environment where engineering expertise meets innovation and customer focus, we'd love to hear from you.
Your mission
As a Proposal Engineer is responsible for preparing, coordinating, and submitting technical and commercial proposals that meet client requirements and company standards. The role bridges technical expertise with business development, ensuring proposals are accurate, competitive, and aligned with organizational goals.
Key Responsabilities:
- Support our teams and customers throughout the entire cycle of a project with in-depth product & application knowledge
- Technical sales support from customer enquiry to quotation, during the order acquisition process, handover to fulfilment and follow up till final delivery, customer acceptance and handover to services
- Provide technical expertise to customers and sales team
- Assessing and consolidating customer requirements
- Configuration and selection of assigned product groups based on application data
- Costing and lead-time estimation of assigned product groups
- Provide iterative support to sales team during tender phase
- Comprehensive orders hand-over to CoE functions
- Provide iterative support to sales team and CoE functions during order processing phase
- Backup support on non-assigned product groups or areas
- Support to supplier selection
- Support for customer acceptance (FAT, SAT, O&M; Manual)
- Support to Service handover, claims and spare parts
What we are looking for:
- High school degree required – Bachelor's degree in Electrical o