Team Leader Solution Design

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good - protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day. _
- And we need people like you to make it happen._

**_ We empower you to reach your potential with opportunities to make an impact to be proud of - for food, people and the planet._**

**Job Summary**:
Tetra Pak is a global leader in packaging and processing solutions for the food industry. Our mission is to ensure that food is safe and available everywhere. With a broad portfolio of products ranging from packaging materials to processing equipment, we employ the most advanced and innovative technology to protect food, ensuring its quality and safety.

We are currently looking for a **Team Leader Solution Design** to join our Automation & Digital Americas team.
In this role, you will lead and guide a team of specialists, ensuring strong expertise and competence in the design of Automation & Digital solutions for both brownfield and greenfield pre-projects. You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders - including customers, key account managers, engineering teams, suppliers, and partners - during the pre-project phase to define the technical scope and estimates that meet customer needs.
Your work will be instrumental in shaping the future of our business in alignment with our strategic objectives.

You will report directly to the Automation & Digital Business Development and Solution Design Manager Americas.

You will be travelling up to 25 % of your time.

The position is based at **US or Brazil** at any of Tetra Pak office locations.
Please note that Tetra Pak is not sponsoring working visas or relocation for this position.
- Those who belong to minorized diversity groups, such as women, black, Indigenous, people with disabilities, and others, are encouraged to apply._

**What you will do**:
As a Team Leader Solution Design, you will:

- Lead and develop a team of Solution Design Specialists, ensuring they have the skills, direction, and confidence to deliver technical designs and estimates;
- Guide the design of automation concepts and solutions during the pre-project phase for both greenfield and brownfield, ensuring technical feasibility, scalability, and alignment with customer needs and business strategies;
- Manage the internal resource for Solution Design team including strategic resource assignments, conflict resolution, yearly reviews, salary recommendation, individual development planning, resource utilization, approve expenses reports, and approve/manage vacations;
- Manage the pre-project opportunities pipeline and resources allocation, securing timely deliveries and balanced workload distribution;
- Act as a key point of contact between account managers, project managers, engineering and suppliers during pre-project phases representing Automation & Digital Americas;
- Ensure internal processes, tools, and standards are followed to support efficiency, quality and accuracy in pre-project deliverables;
- Collaborate closely with the Automation & Digital Business Development team to provide automation engineering support during the prospecting and quoting phases, actively participating in customer meetings and contributing to technical discussions and presentations.

**We believe you have**:

- Degree in Automation, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related technical field;
- Solid experience in automation engineering in food and beverage sector;
- Advanced proficiency in English is required; Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus;
- Proven experience of Operational Technology (OT) technologies such as PLCs, SCADAs, programming, and commissioning activities;
- Solid knowledge of MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), virtualization, and industrial network integration is a must;
- Familiarity with ISA-S88 and S95 standards;
- Experience with Tetra Pak Automation Platform (Tetra Pak Plant Master) is highly desirable;
- Strong leadership with proven people and conflict management abilities;
- Project management, negotiation, and presentation skills;
- Effective internal and customer-facing communication skills;
- Comfortable working in a dynamic setting with competing priorities and shifting demands;
- Innovation and continuous improvement mindset.

**Pay Transparency**:
Tetra Pak provides the following compensation range that in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations.
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