About this role
Main responsibilities:
Sales and Project Support
- Support quotation, tender and project execution activities for global projects.
- Review customer specifications and identify relevant civil and structural requirements.
- Develop preliminary foundation and structural concepts.
- Support technical evaluations, clarifications and deviations.
- Advise project engineers worldwide on civil and structural topics.
- Coordinate civil and structural interfaces with mechanical equipment, piping and package design.
- Perform or review engineering calculations, specifications, drawings and other deliverables.
- Review work performed by subcontractors and external engineering partners.
Engineering Activities
- Develop foundation concepts for compressors and other mechanical equipment.
- Calculate and evaluate anchor bolt loads.
- Design and verify steel structures and equipment supports.
- Evaluate static, dynamic, operating and transportation loads.
- Support seismic assessments where required.
- Contribute to engineering solutions for rotating and reciprocating equipment applications
Continuous Improvement
- Support the development of design guidelines and engineering standards.
- Improve calculation methods, engineering tools and work processes.
- Contribute to Value Engineering and cost-optimization initiatives.
- Capture lessons learned and implement improvements in future projects.
Education, Experience and Languages:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or an equivalent discipline
- Civil engineering background with strong structural design and mechanical equipment foundation knowledge, or mechanical engineering background with practical civil engineering and structural design experience.
- Practical knowledge of steel and reinforced concrete structures.
- Understanding of structural calculations, load paths and foundation design.
- Experience with foundations for rotating, reciprocating or vibrating equipment is an advantage.
- Industrial plant, machinery package or modular equipment experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with relevant international civil and structural design standards.
- Ability to review engineering work completed by external partners.
- Proficient in written and spoken English.
Burckhardt Compression creates leading compression solutions for a sustainable energy future and the long-term success of its customers. The Group is the only global manufacturer that covers a full range of reciprocating compressor technologies and services. Since 1844, its passionate, customer-oriented and solution-driven workforce has set the benchmark in the gas compression industry.