Assistant General Manager / Chief Manager - Proposals

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to low carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures. 

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,209  billion in 2023 in 29 countries, on 5 continents.

www.johncockerill.com 

Location – Navi Mumbai, India

Key Responsibilities

• The technical proposal manager is responsible for Mechanical Engineering aspects of a steel processing line from initial request stage to firm binding commitment with the Customer.


• The technical proposal manager is responsible for ensuring quality, optimized cost and delivery of the technical documentation which includes major deliverables given below:

• Line Layout engineering.


• Line and Motor Calculations


• Line Basic Data and Technical Specifications

• Ensuring implementation of learning from reference projects in new proposals and driving cost optimization during processing line engineering.


• Reviewing and providing technical clearance for major bought outs.


• Working with technical proposal lead, technology experts and product line managers to guarantee the customer requirements, translates into achievable functional specifications and performance guarantees.


• Support execution team with required information during project handover and lifecycle.


• Work with line layout team and thermal team to develop line layout as per Customer RFQ.


• Working closely with proposal managers to ensure complete technical documentation for a proposal.

Education & Experience

The ideal candidate for the technical proposal manager (mechanical) position should have the following skills:

18-20 years of experience in technical design and engineering of one or more of the below processes in the international steel making of flat products, with a project value of 50 to 500 Crores:

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  • automotive and construction grade continuous annealing and galvanizing lines
  
  
  • cold rolling mills
  
  
  • pickling lines, and acid regeneration plants
  
  
  • Electrical steel – Annealing pickling and Annealing coating line
  
  
  
  

Proven experience in establishing and updating technical offers, in other words:

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  • Generation of line layout as per Customer RFQ and calculations
  
  
  • Generation of line technical specifications, utilities data
  
  
  • Process related, Production and Cycle time calculations.
  
  
  • Defining Line tension requirements
  
  
  • Reviewing technical offers of major bought outs
  
  
  • Verification of assembly drawings, P&ID, and process diagrams
  
  
  • Drafting performance as per design reviews
  
  
  • Defining technical deviations from those set out in the RFQ.
  
  
  
  

• References in Technical proposal engineering (mechanical) with high-end flat steel makers in Europe, USA, and Asia, like Arcelor Mittal, Baowu, TATA, Nucor, JSW

Background, Skills, and Competencies

• Good in communication (English – Oral and Written)

• Ability to defend one’s point of view from technical standpoint.

• Knowledge of IT tools Microsoft 365 (Teams, Tasks, Planner, Project on-line), Autodesk (AutoCAD, Inventor, Vault), Power BI & Excel pivot tables.

• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders – both local and international

• Working in an agile environment with high perseverance

• Collaborator

Who We Are

• Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of our time: facilitating access to non-fossil fuels, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security, and installing essential infrastructures.


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• Its offer to businesses, governments and local authorities takes the form of services and associated equipment in the energy, defense, industry, environment, transport, and infrastructure sectors. With more than 6,500 employees, John Cockerill generated sales of €1.046 billion in 2022 in 24 countries on 5 continents.

John Cockerill India Ltd, the Indian hub of our group and John Cockerill Industry Metals

We have developed a robust and innovative offering based on the following for our clients in the steel and non-ferrous metal treatment sector:

• Strip processing lines (automotive or construction grade CAL and CGL for high-resistance steels, including patented technologies for cooling, mathematical model, …; EGL, ECL, CCL, IRL)


• Cold rolling mills (CRM, Reversing single or twin stand, Wet or dry skin pass for CGL and CAL)


• Pickling (for C-steel CPL, S-steel H/CAPL, Si-steel APL, …)


• Acid regeneration (FB-ARP for C-steel or Si-steel pickling)


• Automation and process control


• Integrated services and spare parts


• Breakthrough technologies serving more sustainable steel and decarbonization (VolteronTM – low temperature iron electrolysis, Jet Vapor Deposition – genuine alternative to EGL & CGL, and others)

Our two Indian workshops in Taloja and Hedavali are equipped with cutting-edge machinery to produce and assemble equipment that complies with the most demanding of international standards in terms of quality and safety.

Equal Opportunity Employer
John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified
applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy,
childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. 

Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?

We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!

Discover our job opportunities in details on www.johncockerill.com