GEA is one of the world’s largest systems suppliers for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors. Our portfolio includes machinery and plants as well as advanced process technology, components, and comprehensive services. Used across diverse industries, our solutions enhance the sustainability, efficiency, and reliability of production processes globally.
Would you like to be part of our team?
Join our Heating & Refrigeration Solutions Team in Mexico and support us as a Technical Offer Engineer.
Responsibilities / Tasks
Understand manufacturing and production processes within the beverage, dairy, and refrigerated food industries, including:
- Industrial refrigeration systems (ammonia, CO₂, glycol).
- Cooling, freezing, thermal processing, carbonation, and pasteurization systems.
- (Valuable) Knowledge of thermal energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable refrigeration technologies for industries.
- Prepare project pre-engineering documentation for refrigeration and beverage processing solutions:
- Thermal and process sizing.
- Production schedules and time planning.
- Block flow diagrams.
- P&IDs for refrigeration and beverage lines.
- CIP distribution designs.
- Layout design aligned with hygiene, drainage, piping, operation, and safety requirements.
- Calculate product losses.
- Prepare budget estimates for equipment supply and project execution.
- Dimension and generate equipment lists, including ordering of:
- Compressors, evaporators, condensers, pumps, piping, refrigeration valves, heat exchangers, CIP systems, tanks, and auxiliary components.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams including sales, procurement, logistics, electrical and automation engineering, process engineering, project management, and global GEA competence centers.
- Analyze project costs and prepare schedule plans for effective project implementation.
- Review and adjust existing engineering documentation when required.
- Lead technical design review meetings with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Use 2D design tools such as AutoCAD.
- Conduct technical discussions and order clarification meetings with customers and suppliers to ensure compliance with process requirements.
- Provide technical support for problem-solving, including root cause analysis and claim resolution.
- Act as a facilitator between internal and external counterparts.
- Provide general engineering and consulting support.
- Perform detail engineering when required.
- Drive continuous improvement of technical solutions and ensure the implementation of state‑of‑the‑art technology and best practices in refrigeration and beverage process design.
- Ensure compliance with hygiene and sanitary guidelines (e.g., EHEDG, 3A).
- (Valuable) Use of 3D design tools.
Your Profile / Qualifications
Educational Background
- Degree in Engineering:
- Refrigeration or Mechanical Engineering.
- (Preference for experience in refrigeration processing)
- (Valuable) Master’s degree and/or specialized trainings in refrigeration technologies.
Professional Experience
- 5+ years of experience working on medium-sized projects in:
- Industrial refrigeration, beverage plants, or thermal process systems.
- (Valuable) Knowledge of engineering calculation and design tools.
Skills & Competencies
- Ability to learn and adapt.
- Attention to detail and analytical thinking.
- Problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
- Planning and organization abilities.
- Initiative and creativity.
- Customer orientation.
- English level B2 or higher.
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