Americas Applications & Proposal Technology Leader

E496 Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc.; Georgia; On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and 12 company-paid holidays

401K plan with a 6% match

Comprehensive health plan including 
d

Health savings account matching

Wellness program

Employee Assistance Program

Paid paternal leave

Gym reimbursement

Job summary

Sulzer is seeking a Head of Applications & Proposal Technology (Americas) to lead the Americas APT organization, including applications, process engineering, proposal generation, estimation support, value engineering and technical guidance for MTCS offerings. Lead the technical development and ensure timely, high-quality proposals.

You will collaborate with Sales, BD and customers to develop winning technical solutions, oversee workload, and coach engineers across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering required.
• 10+ years of experience in mass transfer, separation technology, refining, petrochemical, chemical processing, LNG or related industries.
• Leadership experience managing application engineering, proposal, estimation or technical organizations.
• Strong knowledge of trays, structured packing, random packing, internals, mist elimination, separators, static mixers and revamp solutions.
• Strong commercial acumen and customer-facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Americas APT organization including application engineering, process engineering, proposal generation, estimation support, value engineering and technical subject matter expertise.
• Own proposal generation activities for new products, replacement-in-kind opportunities, turnaround opportunities, revamps, upgrades, debottlenecking projects and other MTCS offerings.
• Ensure proposals are delivered on time and in full while maintaining technical accuracy, competitiveness and responsiveness.
• Provide technical support and direction to sales teams, proposal teams and customers.
• Partner with Sales and Business Development to develop winning technical solutions and support profitable growth.
• Support customer meetings, technical reviews and strategic pursuits.
• Lead technical evaluation of installed-base opportunities, revamps and performance improvement projects.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, proposal processes and technical development programs.
• Manage regional engineering workload, prioritization and capacity planning.
• Lead, coach and develop application engineers, process engineers, proposal specialists and SMEs.

Skills

Leadership

Proposal generation

Mass transfer

Commercial acumen

Customer facing

Education

Chemical Engineering degree (BS/MS)

Job description

Sulzer is seeking a Head of Applications & Proposal Technology (Americas) to lead the Americas APT organization, including applications, process engineering, proposal generation, estimation support, value engineering and technical guidance for MTCS offerings. Lead the technical development and ensure timely, high-quality proposals.

You will collaborate with Sales, BD and customers to develop winning technical solutions, oversee workload, and coach engineers across the region.