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Hybrid (Knoxville, United States)
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Senior
Employment
Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 21, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 14, 2026. Kanadevia Inova scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Kanadevia Inova is a Swiss engineering company that designs, builds and operates energy-from-waste plants based on grate combustion and flue gas treatment, as well as anaerobic digestion plants that turn organic waste into biogas and renewable gas. Formerly known as Hitachi Zosen Inova and part of the Japanese Kanadevia group, it runs subsidiaries and offices in Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Welcome to Kanadevia Inova, a global innovation leader in the waste infrastructure space, where we believe in creating a sustainable future through technology and innovation.

Transforming Waste into Value

At Kanadevia Inova, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of waste-to-X technology. We are not just waste managers; we are creators of value from what communities discard. Your role at Kanadevia Inova directly contributes to turning something once considered useless - waste - into something invaluable: energy, heat, hydrogen, fertilizer, and beyond.

  • Overall responsibility for civil tender preparation and pre-construction activities in accordance with applicable Company process and procedures.
  • Establish the civil tender strategy and the pre-construction, including procurement strategy and tender preparation time schedule.
  • Establish the civil scope of works and package strategy for each tender and project.
  • Participate in tender arrangement and model reviews and provide input to technical solutions, construction methodologies, and execution strategies.
  • Establish and agree the project temporary project requirements including laydown areas, logistics, utilities and construction support requirements and provide inputs into the BOQ and estimate.
  • Manage tender stage consultants including designers, geotechnical experts and other technical advisors.
  • Develop construction sequences, methodologies and programme inputs in co-ordination with the other project disciplines.
  • Conduct market assessments and identify appropriate contractors for new and existing markets
  • Assist with preparation of technical aspects of Consortium Agreements with local civil partners where required
  • Ensure that Contractors are prequalified in accordance with Company procedures.
  • Provide input to BOQ preparation, technical specifications and sub-contract enquiry documentation.
  • Manage the process of issuing subcontract enquiry documents to civil contractors including issuing responses to technical clarifications.
  • Review tender stage contractor submissions, including scope, programme, price, deviations, exclusions & clarifications and provide input into the bid analysis document
  • Manage the calculation of civil tender including direct costs, indirect costs, risks and contingencies
  • Attend clarification and negotiation meetings with the Client during the tender period
  • Prepare offer documentation, technical clarifications, qualifications and deviations for submission to the Client.
  • Present the tender strategy and cost build-up for internal approval
  • Maintain ownership of civil procurement and subcontracting activities following tender submission to ensure continuity of strategy, technical knowledge and commercial assumptions.
  • Develop subcontracting strategies, contract packaging plans and procurement approaches for civil works packages.
  • Define package boundaries, interfaces and detailed scopes of work for subcontract enquiries and contracts.
  • Lead the development, coordination and compilation of execution-stage subcontract documents, ensuring that all technical, commercial, planning, quality, HSE and project-specific requirements are fully incorporated and aligned with tender assumptions, negotiated agreements and project execution objectives.
  • Prepare, coordinate and compile subcontract enquiry packages and contract documentation for civil works packages.
  • Coordinate technical, commercial, planning, quality and HSE inputs required for subcontract enquiries and contract documents.
  • Prepare construction milestones, payment schedules and commercial provisions for inclusion within subcontract agreements.
  • Manage the process of issuing enquiry documents to contractors and coordinating responses to technical and commercial clarifications.
  • Review execution stage contractor submissions including scope, programme, price, exclusions, deviations and clarifications and provide input to bid evaluation documentation.
  • Lead clarification meetings, discussions and negotiations with contractors through to contract award and signature.
  • Prepare and present subcontract award recommendations to Civil Management, Project Management and the Board as required.
  • Ensure that final subcontract documentation accurately reflects agreed scope, programme requirements, pricing schedules, risk allocation, interfaces, milestones, payment provisions, specifications, drawings, clarifications and negotiated commercial terms prior to contract execution.
  • Ensure constructability considerations, lessons learned and execution experience are incorporated into tendering and pre-construction activities.
  • Provide support and guidance to tender and project teams in relation to construction methods, procurement strategies and subcontract packaging.
  • Support project teams during mobilisation and handover to ensure effective transfer of tender assumptions, procurement strategies and contract requirements into project execution.
  • Contribute to the development and improvement of Company procedures, templates and best practices.
  • Construction Management and / or Commercial Management background with experience in multi-disciplinary heavy civils plant projects.
  • Good knowledge of engineering principles related to multi-disciplinary heavy civils plant projects.
  • In depth knowledge and understanding of construction methods, constructability, productivity, construction interfaces and scheduling.
  • Strong ability to sequence and programme complex engineering and construction tasks.
  • Experience in developing tender strategies, procurement strategies and subcontracting approaches for major EPC projects
  • Demonstrable experience in compiling subcontract enquiry packages and contract documentation for major civil works packages.
  • Strong understanding of subcontract formation, commercial risk allocation, contract interfaces and procurement strategies.
  • Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.

Ability to analyse complex technical and commercial issues and implement practical solutions.

We offer

  • Responsible challenge with diversified field of activity
  • Team-oriented working atmosphere in an international Company
  • Personal development opportunities through own Inova Academy
  • Opportunity to gain an insight into various technical disciplines
  • Excellent employment conditions
  • Attractive working place (central, good transport links)
  • Modern infrastructure

For HR agencies: Please note that we do not accept applications coming from agencies. Thank you.

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