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Lead Application Engineer - Bid Manager

Watlow · St Louis, MO · 3 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe Qualifications), Skills? The posting includes "Key Responsibilities", "Required Qualifications", "Preferred Qualifications", "Key Competencies", "Travel", "Benefits". Also "Products You'll Support" maybe part of About the role? The instruction: Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading. Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

    or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We have Benefits content: "Benefits: The Watlow Total Compensation Plan Benefits ..." includes list of benefits. So we should include Benefits section. Travel: "Travel Up to [15–25]% for customer meetings, bid clarifications and site or facility visits." That's specific content, so we could include Travel section (maybe under Schedule? but Travel is separate). The instruction says we can use Schedule heading if schedule info present; but Travel is not schedule. Could include a section "Travel". Not listed in examples but we can create heading if content present. The examples are not exhaustive; they gave examples but we can use other headings if appropriate. However they said "Use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." That suggests we should stick to those headings; but we can also add others if needed? Safer to map Travel into Schedule? Not exactly. Could treat Travel as part of Schedule? Might be okay to create a "Travel" section, but they didn't list it. However they said "e.g." meaning examples, not exhaustive. So we can add Travel. We also have "Products You'll Support" which is a list; could be part of About the role or a separate section like "Products". But we can incorporate into About the role prose. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, diversity statement, accommodations request, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to preserve all substantive information: company intro, about the role description, products list, responsibilities broken down, qualifications, preferred qualifications, key competencies, travel, benefits. We need to format using

    headings,
    • for lists,

      for prose. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID. We must not include Pay or Schedule unless present; we have Travel but not explicit schedule. We could include Travel under a heading "Travel". Or we could incorporate Travel into a "Schedule" section if we treat travel as schedule? Might be safer to add a "Travel" heading. We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Let's extract content. Intro paragraph: "Working at Watlow Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for over 100 years! Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone, and lead with service and humility." That's substantive; could be placed under an "About Watlow" heading? Not in list but we could include as introductory paragraph before sections. The instruction says we should not repeat job title as heading; we can have introductory prose before first heading. That's fine. Then "About The Role" heading: content: "Watlow is looking for an experienced Bid Manager to lead proposals for our engineered process heating systems. These are sold to large industrial customers, EPC contractors and end users in oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, power generation and energy transition markets. You will own each bid from receipt of the RFQ through award. You'll coordinate engineering, sales, applications, operations, supply chain and finance to deliver compliant, competitive proposals that win profitable business." Then "Products You'll Support" list: bullet list. Then "Key Responsibilities" with subpoints: each bullet is a heading? Actually they have headings like "Bid strategy and qualification", "Proposal development", etc. We could treat each as a subsection but we need to output only

      headings for sections; we could keep the main "Key Responsibilities" as

      and then inside have
      • each containing the prose description (maybe with sub-bullets). But the instruction: Use
        • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a list where each list item is a duty. The duties are described in paragraphs; we can keep them as list items. Thus under

          Key Responsibilities

          we have
          • Bid strategy and qualification: Review incoming RFQs and ITBs, and lead go/no-go decisions based on fit, risk, capacity and margin.Build win strategies with sales, including customer drivers, competitor positioning and pricing approach.
          • etc. Similarly for each. Then "Required Qualifications": list. Then "Preferred Qualifications": list. Then "Key Competencies": list. Then "Travel": sentence. Then "Benefits": list. We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Diversity & Inclusion" etc. Remove that. Also remove "Please let us know confidentially if you need or require any special accommodations..." etc. Now produce HTML. Let's craft. Start with introductory paragraph(s) about Watlow. Then

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              Key Responsibilities

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                  Preferred Qualifications

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                        . Check for any duplicated lines: ensure we didn't repeat. Now write content. Intro: "Working at Watlow, Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for over 100 years! Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone, and lead with service and humility." Note: The original had "Working at Watlow Watlow is a global..." maybe duplicate "Watlow". We'll keep as is but maybe correct grammar: "Working at Watlow, Watlow is a global..." but we should preserve substantive information; we can keep as given but maybe remove duplicate? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The duplicate "Watlow Watlow" is likely a typo but it's part of the posting; we should keep it exactly? It says preserve ALL substantive information; does that include typos? Probably yes, we should keep the text as is. However we can adjust minor grammar? Might be considered summarizing? Safer to keep exactly as given: "Working at Watlow Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for over 100 years! Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone, and lead with service and humility." Now About the Role paragraph: "Watlow is looking for an experienced Bid Manager to lead proposals for our engineered process heating systems. These are sold to large industrial customers, EPC contractors and end users in oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, power generation and energy transition markets. You will own each bid from receipt of the RFQ through award. You'll coordinate engineering, sales, applications, operations, supply chain and finance to deliver compliant, competitive proposals that win profitable business." Now Products You'll Support list: items: - Circulation and inline process heaters, including explosion-proof and hazardous-area designs, both medium and low voltage - Engineered heater skids and packaged systems - Medium and Low Voltage Control Panels - Associated sensors, controls and instrumentation Now Key Responsibilities list items (each as a paragraph inside li). We'll need to capture each bullet's content. From posting: Bid strategy and qualification - Review incoming RFQs and ITBs, and lead go/no-go decisions based on fit, risk, capacity and margin. - Build win strategies with sales, including customer drivers, competitor positioning and pricing approach. Proposal development - Build and manage bid schedules. - Run kickoff meetings and review gates. - Break down customer specifications, datasheets and project specs (e.g. Shell DEPs, Aramco SAES, ExxonMobil GPs) into compliance matrices. - Coordinate thermal and electrical sizing, design, and code review with applications engineering. - Prepare clear technical and commercial deviations, clarifications and exceptions. - Write and assemble complete proposal packages: technical, commercial, schedule, documentation and inspection/test plans. - Work with counterparts in legal, finance, supply chain, quality and engineering to prepare effective bid proposals in a timely manner Commercial and risk management - Develop pricing with estimating and finance, covering material, labor, engineering hours, documentation, testing and freight. - Review commercial terms: liquidated damages, limitation of liability, warranties, payment milestones, bonds and guarantees, and Incoterms. - Escalate high-risk terms to legal and leadership. - Get internal approvals under the Delegation of Authority process. Customer engagement - Serve as the main contact for EPC procurement and engineering teams during the bid. - Lead clarification meetings, technical bid evaluations (TBEs) and commercial negotiations. - Support bid presentations and vendor qualification (AVL) activities. After award and continuous improvement - Hand won projects over to project management, with the full scope, risks and commitments documented. - Track win/loss data and debrief customers. - Maintain proposal templates and a content library. - Report on pipeline and bid performance We'll combine each bullet into a list item; maybe each top-level heading with sub-bullets could be separate list items but we can just flatten. Thus each li will contain the heading bold? Not needed; we can just include the text as is. Now Required Qualifications list: - Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical or chemical preferred) or a related technical field - 7+ years in industrial sales, applications, estimating or proposals, with at least 3 years leading bids for engineered-to-order equipment - Experience bidding to EPC contractors and major oil and gas or process operators - Working knowledge of relevant codes and standards, such as: - NEC 500/505, UL/CSA, ATEX and IECEx for hazardous areas - ASME Section VIII and PED for pressure vessels - NFPA 70/79 and IEC for electrical and controls - Ability to read P&IDs, process datasheets and electrical schematics - Strong understanding of

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