ABU Project Engineer

About the role

The ABU Project Engineer works with ABU Sales Managers to help customers optimise their in-house material flows and achieve major cost savings. Based from home, the role requires a high degree of autonomy and travel, mainly in the UK&I with some European travel for training and to visit factories and reference sites. It covers the portfolio of projects in the UK&I for STILL and Linde.

Key responsibilities

• Support sales in the offer phase: validate budget costs for PMs, planners and simulations, review the scope and ensure specifications match customer needs.
• Develop customer-specific logistic concepts for AGV, AMR, VNA and other KION automated solutions.
• Manage risks and opportunities, prepare escalation reports and decision papers for the Sales Directors and leadership team.
• Analyse and plan end-to-end processes for complex product and service requests.
• Coordinate and project manage the bid process, liaise with internal resources and organise bid kick-off meetings.
• Support project managers after sale and provide technical support to logistic-distribution engineers on AGV/AMR projects.
• Mentor coordination with customers on technical and final offers and liaise with the factory on special requirements.
• Conduct market research, build competitor intelligence and support proof-of-concept demonstrations.
• Ensure all HSE requirements are met in proposals.

Required profile

• Bachelor, Master or Diploma degree in engineering, computer science, logistics or a similar field; relevant industry experience considered.
• Experience with industrial or logistic projects preferred.
• Good English communication skills; further languages preferred.
• Willingness to travel and international mindset.
• Structured, solution-oriented approach and full driving licence.

Required skills

• Autocad and MS Project.
• Use of internal reporting tools such as SharePoint, VNAP and SAP.