Sulzer
Senior Engineering Manager – Compressor Technical Authority
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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
At Sulzer, we are innovators with a rich engineering heritage and a future-focused mindset. To strengthen our Services business across Europe & Africa (EUA), we are looking for a senior engineering leader to drive innovation, technical excellence, and commercial impact across Steam Turbines and Compressors (STC).
As a key member of the STC Team, you will develop and lead the engineering innovation and technical strategy for Compressors. You will strengthen engineering capabilities across the region, introduce best-practice technical processes, and support service growth through high-quality repair, retrofit, and reverse-engineering solutions.
This is a high-impact, regionally accountable role combining deep technical leadership, commercial awareness, and strong stakeholder engagement.
Your Main Tasks And Responsibilities
- Lead engineering strategy & innovation for Compressors within Services Europe and Africa.
- Build strong relationships and coordinate support from global Sulzer specialist engineering teams and selected external partners.
- Develop and grow engineering competencies required to support current and future service business needs.
- Identify technical risks and commercial opportunities related to STC repair, retrofit, and upgrade solutions.
- Identify capability gaps and create actionable resource and development plans to address them.
- Establish and implement best-practice engineering processes to ensure quality, safety, and compliance standards are consistently met.
- Support and guide reverse-engineering activities with local and regional engineering teams.
- Technical excellence, quality, and engineering governance across Compressors in Services EUA.
- Influencing engineering standards, processes, and innovation priorities aligned with Sulzer’s global strategy.
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Competencies & Behaviours Required
To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Strong technical leadership and credibility with senior engineers and customers.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
- Proven relationship-building and stakeholder management ability across global matrix organisations.
- High commercial acumen with cost awareness and customer focus.
- Ability to act independently, prioritise effectively, and manage complex workloads.
- Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic service-driven environment.
- Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and quality standards.
Qualifications, Experience & Knowledge Required
- Degree in Engineering (or HNC with extensive relevant engineering experience).
- Minimum 15 years’ experience with a rotating equipment OEM or service provider.
- At least 10 years’ experience in fundamental design of steam turbines and/or centrifugal compressors >10 MW.
- Strong knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Proven experience in component design, reverse engineering, analysis, and manufacturing related to steam turbines and/or centrifugal compressors.
- Experience supporting service, repair, retrofit, and aftermarket environments is highly advantageous.
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What we offer you
- A senior technical leadership role with regional impact and global visibility.
- The opportunity to shape Sulzer’s engineering strategy and innovation agenda within the Steam Turbines and Compressors BU.
- Exposure to complex, high-value customer challenges across the EUA region.
- A collaborative, engineering-driven culture focused on innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Strong career development opportunities within a global industrial leader.
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.
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