Proposal Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proposal Process
  • Review RFQ and customer technical requirements
  • Request missing information from customer directly or through sales account manager
  • Forward customer specification to engineering for review
  • Develop RFQs for non Heller equipment quotes
  • Vendor Quote Process (See Below)
  • Process the project being quoted
    • Create fixture layout
    • Create time study
    • Create process overview
    • Create system layout
    • Create machine configuration
    • Support review of tolerance analysis and capability requirements
  • Review and approve processing with proposal engineering manager
  • Review processing with customer
  • Update processing based on vendor quotes and customer
  • Line up estimator and planner to quote and create schedule
  • Create proposal TOC and distribute
  • Initiate proposal package
  • Approve estimate content
  • Perform technical and commercial review of proposal document
  • Make appropriate updates to proposal document
• Vendor Quote
  • Determine proposal items to be quoted (automation, ancillary equipment, fixtures, tooling, etc.)
  • Prepare appropriate RFQ documents and attachments
  • Line up suppliers in order to properly quote proposal items.
  • Coordinate with information with estimator purchasing manager
  • Review technical content of vendor quotes
• Scheduling (Proposal)
  • Complete and submit request for schedule to planner.
• Kickoff Process
  • Perform technical match between Customer PO and Heller proposal
  • Prepare “As Sold” proposal
  • Copy applicable proposal documents to the new job folder
  • Review IOC
  • Participate in Technical Review

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Process Owner Responsibilities:

• None

Education and Experience:

• Minimum 4 year technical degree.
• Minimum 5 years automotive and machine tool experience.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Hard Skills
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints
  • Thorough understanding of Heller processes: Proposal, Kickoff and Vendor Quotation.
  • GD & T
  • Metrology (basis knowledge of materials)
  • Cutting tool knowledge (feeds and speeds)
  • Basic Machine Tool Design
  • Work holding concepts
  • Cost Estimating
  • Scheduling
  • Industrial Automation Systems
  • Industrial Assembly Systems
  • Basic Industrial Controls
  • Systems Turnkey Design
  • Intermediate to Advanced level in MS Office (specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
  • Beginning level of SAP
  • Intermediate to advanced level in AutoCAD
  • Beginning level of 3D CAD (preferably Creo; Inventor, NX, Solid Works, Catia, or others acceptable)
• Soft Skills
  • Manage time effectively
  • Communicate effectively with customer, suppliers, Heller management and employees
  • Public speaking (giving presentations to customers and internal on processes and product)
  • Basic Project management (manage open issues list, manage vendors, etc..)
  • Work well in a team environment (collaborate with internal departments)
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Troubleshooting/Problem Solving skills
  • Cultural diversity/sensitivity

Training Requirements:

• General Safety
• ISO 9001 Quality System Awareness
• ISO 14001 Environmental Awareness
• SAP
• SAP ECTR

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and occasionally bend and move about the facility.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Safety glasses may be required while performing specific tasks.
• Hearing protection may be required while performing specific tasks.
• Steel toe safety shoes may be required while performing specific tasks.

Work Environment:

• Hybrid role. Works in an office, Heller plant (Troy, MI) and at Customer site.

Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

HELLER was founded in 1894 as a small craftsmans workshop in Germany. Today a world leading manufacturer with 2,000+ employees, the group develops and produces state-of-the-art machine tools and entire production systems for metal-cutting processes. The HELLER product range comprises 4-axis and 5-axis CNC machining centers, CNC mill/turning centers, CNC machines for crankshaft and camshaft machining, flexible manufacturing systems and a modular range of services. HELLER began its operations in the United States in 1982 and has a production facility in Troy, MI.

Company Description

HELLER was founded in 1894 as a small craftsmans workshop in Germany. Today a world leading manufacturer with 2,000+ employees, the group develops and produces state-of-the-art machine tools and entire production systems for metal-cutting processes. The HELLER product range comprises 4-axis and 5-axis CNC machining centers, CNC mill/turning centers, CNC machines for crankshaft and camshaft machining, flexible manufacturing systems and a modular range of services. HELLER began its operations in the United States in 1982 and has a production facility in Troy, MI.