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Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

The Technical Sales Engineer will be responsible for leading and managing all technical, environmental, and cost-related activities prior to contract award. This includes overseeing the preparation and completion of both budgetary and final proposals for client submission. The ideal applicant will have a strong understanding of the mechanical and/ or the electrical engineering requirements for Centrica Business Solutions core products, including solar, CHP, and heat pump installations, as well as familiarity with the design, engineering, and installation processes for other renewable energy systems such as solar, wind, and battery storage.

Key accountabilities

• Review private (and potentially public) sector clients tenders and /or requirements for power and heating energy infrastructure package of works and outline technical solutions in line with their requirements

• Survey clients site(s) to identify suitable technical solutions in line with Centrica Business Solutions products and identify delivery risks

• Arrange and facilitate client site survey(s) of specialist external contractors

• Collect, treat and analyse client data that affects the technical solutions and their associated costs and environmental credentials

• Deliver engineering outline design and sizing for the technical solutions and associated energy, costs and environmental benefits

• Coordinate inputs from internal teams/functions (e.g. Commercial, Finance, Engineering, Projects) into the sizing and definition of the technical solutions

• Populate and drive the Centrica Business Solutions technical, cost and environmental models and software

• Coordinate, collect and review specialist external contractors’ inputs into the models (if needed)

• Prepare and complete budgetary and final proposals for client submission

• Support sales meeting with clients and lead on the technical aspects

• Focus activities to ensuring an optimum sales velocity across the stages of the project life cycle from Qualification up to Contract award

• Lead a continuous improvement process to improve the CBS processes and engineering, cost and environmental models

• Contribute to the review of innovative technologies with credentials to entire the CBS commercial value chain

Key requirements

• You will have a solid knowledge of engineering project costing tools and cost management processes, along with proven experience in coordinating internal engineering resources and managing relationships with external contractors and installers

• A thorough understanding of HSE (Health, Safety, and Environmental) regulations for energy infrastructure projects is essential, as is knowledge of project financing methods and commercial structures, including Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)

• The ideal candidate must also have strong IT skills for collecting, analysing, and manipulating energy data, and experience in developing and delivering onsite generation strategies to end customers. With strong analytical skills, you should be capable of distilling complex matters and effectively communicating to a wide range of audiences

• You will be a strategic thinker, able to assess opportunities within a broader context and identify risks and potential benefits, while also being able to clearly articulate complex energy-saving solutions, including costs and savings calculations

Why join?

We have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees as follows;

• Competitive salary and bonus potential

• Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap

• Pension scheme

• Company Funded Healthcare Plan

• 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days

• Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance

At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!