Cost Engineer - Cooling Systems & Condensers

A Snapshot of Your Day

The Cost and Value Engineering (CVE) function is the driver of cost transparency and optimization for externally purchased material, components, and systems in the SE product portfolio.

As a Cost Engineer, you will drive diverse projects and initiatives. The major objective of Cost and Value Engineering is the generation of high customer value at competitive target costs in product, project and solution business. Generating transparency in the respective cost and value drivers along the entire value chain by applying state of the art Cost and Value Engineering (CVE) methodology.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Integration of Cost and Value Engineering (CVE) into business processes and promotion of cost and value awareness across functions.
• Creation of cost and value transparency (e.g. through should costing) for components of products and solutions in the business area Transformation of Industry, with contributions to supplier negotiations and improvement initiatives (primary focus on auxiliary systems, such as cooling systems & condensers, within the Industrial Steam Turbines and Generators business)
• Enhancement of competitiveness and profitability through application of CVE methods.
• Support in target setting based on customer needs, competitor analysis, and capability assessment.
• Strengthening of the CVE network and facilitation of knowledge exchange, ensuring cost transparency with suppliers.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering-related major, mechanical engineering or material engineering is preferred.
• International professional experience, including 5+ years in Engineering or manufacturing, and fluency in English with cross-cultural collaboration experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration with internal stakeholders and external suppliers, combined with analytical capability for cost driver identification.
• Expertise in should costing methods and realization of cost and value optimization opportunities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office tools, with willingness to travel to suppliers and production sites. Experience working with TcPCM, aPriori and NX is preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of steam turbine and generator auxiliary systems, particularly cooling systems and condensers, is preferred.
• Project management and should-cost-based negotiation experience is a plus

About the Team

The CVE team within the SE TI STG business is a global team across key locations around the world, including Brno (CZ), Goerlitz (DE), Jiundiai (BR) and Vadodara (IN). We drive transparency and optimization to ensure most competitive cost and value for its existing and future product portfolio. We support our internal customers in Product Management during the development of new STG products by enabling data (cost-) based design decisions, and our procurement teams in the negotiation of price agreements and sourcing activities in customer projects based on provision of internal cost calculations (e.g. should costs).

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our distributed team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

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Rewards/Benefits

• Employees are eligible for Remote Working arrangements up to 1-2 days per week.
• All employees are automatically covered under the Medical Insurance. Company paid considerable Family floater cover covering employee, spouse and 2 dependent children up to 25 years of age.

• Develop into leading role for cost and technical optimization of products and related offerings throughout the entire product lifecycle within the Industrial Steam Turbines and Generators business
• Exposure to activities in other SE TI businesses, particularly Compression
• Exposure to senior management in Procurement and all cross-functions
• Engagement in major cost out initiatives and R&D programs
• Opportunity to build a wide global network across procurement, Marketing & Sales, Proposal, R&D, further key business functions and our supply chain

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