La SIA, a division of Mare Group, is recruiting an International Tendering Specialist / Tendering Engineer for the Engineering area, hybrid, based in Rome.
La SIA, a division of Mare Group S.p.A., provides integrated engineering design services throughout Italy.
Its activities cover public and private building engineering, industrial engineering, telecommunications and infrastructure.
To strengthen our Rome team, we are looking for an International Tendering Specialist / Tendering Engineer.
Purpose of the role:
The successful candidate will work within the Tender Office, focusing mainly on scouting, analysis and preparation of technical and financial bids for international Engineering and Architecture tenders. They will be the link between the sales management and the technical design team, working to make our proposals abroad as competitive and compliant as possible.
Main responsibilities:
- International tender management: Monitoring, analysis and selection of international calls for tenders consistent with the company’s core business.
- Bid preparation: Coordination and drafting of the administrative, technical and financial documentation required to take part in international tenders.
- Collaboration with design engineers and architects to understand the technical requirements of the tender and translate them into competitive and sustainable bid solutions.
- International relations: Management of relations with foreign contracting authorities, consortium partners, subcontractors and international legal/tax advisors.
- Risk & Cost Analysis: Project risk analysis, bills of quantities and cost optimisation for the preparation of the financial bid.
Requirements:
- Education: Degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Management) or Architecture.
- Experience: Proven experience (at least 3 years) in a Tender Office, with a specific focus on managing international tenders (e.g. European calls, World Bank, FIDIC, or complex foreign contracts).
- Technical skills: Good knowledge of design criteria and of the dynamics of the Building and Industrial Engineering sector. Familiarity with the BIM methodology (Revit) and with quantity surveying software is a strong plus.
- Language skills: Excellent command of English (C1/C2 level, written and spoken), essential for analysing foreign tender specifications and drafting the bid. Knowledge of a second foreign language (e.g. French or Spanish) will be considered a plus.
- Soft skills: Excellent project management skills, accuracy in meeting deadlines (tender deadlines), a problem-solving attitude and strong negotiation skills.
- Place of work: Rome (with availability for short international trips if required by the project).
Pay:
Option A: Full-time employment under the national collective agreement CCNL Studi professionali, with a gross annual salary (RAL) between 35k and 40k
Option B: Collaboration as a freelance professional (VAT number), with an annual renewable contract for professional services and a fee between 30k and 40k.
The higher pay range is granted to professionals with proven greater experience and autonomy.
The offer is open to people of both sexes (Legislative Decree no. 198 of 11 April 2006).
Interested candidates may submit their CV in Italian, with authorisation to process their personal data pursuant to art. 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 “Personal Data Protection Code” and art. 13 of GDPR 679/16 “European Regulation on the protection of personal data”.