ENGINEERING SPECIALIST

Description

Job Summary: Integrate engineering, cost analysis, and commercial strategy to ensure accurate budgets and competitive solutions, thereby improving margins and aligning product, process, and business objectives. Key Highlights: 1. Cross-functional involvement with a focus on efficiency and standardization. 2. Support product development and customization. 3. Technical reference for pricing for Commercial and Controlling departments. **Job Mission** Integrate engineering, cost analysis, and commercial strategy to ensure accurate budgets and technically viable, competitive solutions; support decision-making, improve margins, and ensure alignment among product, process, and business—through cross-functional engagement focused on efficiency and standardization. **Key Responsibilities** Integrate knowledge of product and materials engineering into solution development; Validate technical feasibility with Production, Procurement, and Quality departments; Support product development and customization from both technical and economic perspectives; Ensure alignment between technical specifications and commercial strategy; Serve as the technical reference for pricing for the Commercial and Controlling departments; Support negotiations based on technical and financial data; Contribute to defining campaigns, discounts, and commercial terms; Prepare detailed technical budgets for products and medium- to high-complexity projects; Calculate direct and indirect costs based on technical specifications and production processes; Define technical assumptions regarding material consumption, time requirements, and processes; Assess technical and economic impacts of project changes (e.g., customizations, addenda); Ensure consistency between product engineering and cost composition; Support new product development from both technical and economic perspectives; Validate technical feasibility of proposed solutions jointly with Product Engineering; Contribute to structural definitions and technical specifications during development; Support industrialization processes, ensuring alignment between design and cost; Consider raw material characteristics and production processes when preparing budgets; Collaborate with Materials Engineering to define appropriate inputs; Validate technical alternatives impacting cost and performance; Ensure alignment between technical specifications and production capacity; Define and monitor departmental performance indicators; Analyze deviations and identify root causes; Propose and track action plans to improve performance; Report results and trends to leadership to support decision-making; Disseminate technical knowledge regarding budgeting, costing, and engineering across involved teams; Support capability building for departments such as Commercial, Engineering, and new hires; Develop technical materials and standards (guidelines, templates, best practices); Act as an internal technical reference and mentor; Perform other duties related to the area as aligned with management. **Requirements** Desirable: 7 years of experience in Engineering, Product Development (PD), Processes, Quality, or related fields; Completed undergraduate degree in Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related disciplines; Postgraduate degree or MBA in Project Management, Innovation, or technical fields is a plus; Green Belt/Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing, or Six Sigma certification is a plus; Advanced knowledge of process and quality analysis tools (FMEA, SPC, DOE) is a plus.