Join us as a Tender Architect and shape the future of complex, integrated infrastructure solutions. You'll lead the technical strategy for high-stakes tenders, designing multi-system solutions that combine electrical, mechanical, and digital technologies into winning proposals.
Hybrid work locations - Two days per week onsite - Nashville, Raleigh, Dallas, Chicago, Foxboro, Andover, Boston, Florham Park, Houston Round Up, Louisville, O'Fallon
Responsibilities
Lead the technical development of complex and strategic customer proposals, ensuring solutions align with customer requirements and business objectives.
Serve as the primary technical lead throughout the bid and tendering process, partnering with sales, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and project execution teams.
Review customer specifications, drawings, and technical requirements to develop compliant and competitive solution designs.
Develop integrated electrical and power system solutions, including medium voltage, low voltage, protection and control, automation, and digital power technologies.
Drive technical solution strategy, value engineering initiatives, and cost optimization efforts to improve proposal competitiveness.
Coordinate technical reviews and stakeholder alignment to ensure proposal accuracy, quality, and risk mitigation.
Engage directly with customers, consultants, EPCs, utilities, and end users to clarify requirements and present technical solutions.
Identify technical risks, assumptions, and opportunities and incorporate them into proposal development.
Support commercial negotiations by providing technical expertise and solution justification.
Collaborate with vendors and internal subject matter experts to develop optimized solutions and accurate technical deliverables.
Ensure seamless transition of awarded projects by providing complete technical documentation and knowledge transfer to execution teams.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, best practices, and standardization efforts across the tendering organization.
What qualifications will make you successful?
Strategic thinking with the ability to see the big picture while managing intricate technical details
Exceptional communication skills to present complex solutions clearly to diverse stakeholders
Proven ability to lead through influence in ambiguous, fast-paced tendering environments
Strong coaching mindset to guide and develop technical team members on medium to large projects
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Significant experience in electrical power systems, power distribution, substations, industrial automation, or related infrastructure solutions.
Experience developing technical proposals, bids, tenders, or engineered solutions for complex customer projects.
Strong understanding of medium voltage and low voltage electrical systems, protection schemes, transformers, switchgear, and power distribution equipment.
Knowledge of industrial control systems, automation platforms, SCADA, PLCs, or digital power solutions is preferred.
Ability to interpret technical specifications, drawings, one-line diagrams, and customer requirements.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Experience working with EPCs, utilities, industrial customers, data centers, or large infrastructure projects is preferred.
Professional Engineer (PE) license, advanced engineering degree, or equivalent technical certifications are considered a plus.
Willingness to travel as business needs require.
What's in it for me?
Lead high-visibility projects that drive electrification, digitization, and sustainability for global clients
Work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with top-tier technical experts
Shape the future of integrated infrastructure solutions with real-world impact
Grow your career in an environment that values innovation, expertise, and leadership
Bring your technical vision to a team that's building the future - apply today!
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How Clemson compares. Among the 80 largest places in South Carolina, Clemson is #34 by population, #79 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #5 for college degrees (#1 = most), #64 for household income (#1 = highest). Its county, Pickens County, is #20 of 46 counties for average pay ($53,824).
The place in numbers
Clemson has 18,072 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 0.3% of the population of South Carolina. It covers 8 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 2,275 people per square mile. The median age is 24.8, 38% younger than the state median (24.8 against 40.2).
Housing
The median gross rent is $1,007 a month (rent plus utilities), 15% below the state median ($1,007 against $1,180). Over a year that is 24.4% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $398,400, which is 8.0 times the median household income ($49,520); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 34.3% of households own their home, 52% below the state average (34.3% against 71.9%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.
Work and pay
The Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metropolitan area has 434,900 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $46,580 a year, 9% below the national median ($46,580 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (52,300 jobs, median $44,260); sales and related (43,100 jobs, median $36,400); food preparation and serving related (41,950 jobs, median $29,280). The area is most specialised in production (1.7 times) and architecture and engineering (1.5 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($117,760) and architecture and engineering ($94,310). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Pickens County was 3.2%. 56.0% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Pickens County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.
Getting around
Among workers, 69.7% drive alone, 3.5% use public transit, 6.0% walk, 9.8% work from home. 7.7% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 48% below the state average (7.7% against 14.7%).
People and education
59.4% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 85% above the state share (59.4% against 32.1%). 6.9% of residents were born outside the United States, 19% above the state share (6.9% against 5.8%). The poverty rate is 36.0%, 156% above the state rate (36.0% against 14.1%).
Climate
The warmest month is Jul, averaging 81°F (27.1°C), and the coolest is Jan at 41°F (4.8°C). About 1,262 mm (50 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Dec is the wettest month (131 mm) and Oct the driest (89 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.
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