Head of APT AME

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

About the role

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• 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.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
• 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.

What we offer you

What We Offer You

• PTO and 12 company-paid holidays
• 401K plan with a 6% match
• Comprehensive health plan including medical, dental, vision, Life, short-term & long-term disability
• Health savings account matching
• Motivating wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid paternal leave
• Gym reimbursement

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.