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Join our Automation Systems team in Sorocaba and deliver DCS and OTS projects for customers in the pulp, paper, energy, and process industries. You will connect technical implementation with project planning, quality, testing, commissioning, and customer acceptance. You will also work directly with customers and diverse project stakeholders while building hands-on experience with DCS technology and advanced real-time simulators.\nYour responsibilities\nLead technical delivery for DCS and OTS projects, including automation system design, configuration, commissioning, and project documentation.\nPlan schedules, assess risks and opportunities, manage changes, and review quality milestones in line with the project execution model and customer contracts.\nConnect the DCS and OTS project teams, keeping customers, the Project Manager, the Coordinator, Sales, and other stakeholders aligned with timely information.\nPrepare, perform, and supervise engineering, data communication links, hardware and software definitions, I/O and functional tests, troubleshooting, and customer acceptance tests (iFAT, cFAT, and SAT).\nSupport customer training, project feedback meetings, and Sales analysis of customer requirements and existing constraints.\nExpectations for you\nYou have an M.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a similar field, plus relevant work experience.\nYou understand DCS, SCADA, PLC, or OTS architectures and have practical experience with automation programming languages.\nYou know network structures, topologies, and industrial protocols such as Profibus, Profinet, Modbus, OPC UA, OPC DA, IEC, and Ethernet/IP.\nYou are fluent in written and spoken English. Spanish skills and process knowledge in pulp, paper, or energy are advantages.\nYou are willing to travel for business up to 50% of working time and are available to reside in Sorocaba, SP.\nTo succeed in this role\nYou take ownership of project responsibilities and organize your work with care. You solve problems independently while collaborating closely with others and asking for help when needed. Clear communication, ethical judgment, commitment, and a proactive approach will help you deliver quality results for customers and project teams.\nWe also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles-practical behaviours that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:\nTake accountability - Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through\nLead with courage - Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly\nBuild on trust - Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety\nCollaborate for growth - Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value\nWe offer\nYou will join a project environment that brings DCS and OTS engineering together around successful customer deliveries. The work covers technical implementation, project planning, quality reviews, testing, commissioning, and training. You will collaborate with Project Managers, Coordinators, Sales, project groups, customers, and other stakeholders. The team serves customers in the pulp, paper, energy, and process industries. You will contribute to customer success while helping projects meet schedule, cost, quality, and technical expectations. You will also have the opportunity to work with current DCS technology and advanced real-time simulators.\nWe offer a dynamic, team-oriented work environment that values innovation, learning, and contribution. This role provides opportunities for personal development while allowing you to contribute directly to the organization’s and customers’ success.\nWhen everything works together\nValmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.\nAt Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. 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