Application & Layout Engineer
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - Gea Group in Italia
About the position
Are you ready to shape the future of sustainable industries? Join GEA and become part of a global team that’s driving innovation, excellence, and impact across the food, beverage, and process sectors. GEA is one of the leading suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and for a wide range of other process industries. Around 18,000 employees in over 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success: join them We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams, and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.
Your responsibilities and tasks
- Analyze customer technical and application requirements
- Develop customized technical solutions aligned with the company product portfolio
- Define technical offers and layouts in collaboration with Sales, Quotation team, and all relevant stakeholders (e.g. Technology, Engineering, etc.)
- Ensure project effectiveness in terms of cost, timing, and technical content
- Perform preliminary feasibility studies aimed at standardization and modularization already during the bidding phase, proposing improvements and cost reduction activities (value engineering)
- Define system layouts and configurations
- Support Sales team in the preparation of technical offers and documentation
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation (schematics, application descriptions, specifications)
- Manage technical requests (RFQ) and customer clarifications
- Contribute to continuous improvement of technical solutions and standards
- Participate in customer meetings for offer definition
- Participate in internal kick‑off meetings and manage Post‑RAC activities within the engineering team
Your profile and qualifications
Requirements
- Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Automation or equivalent)
- 2–5 years of experience in a similar role (Application Engineering, Proposal Engineering, Technical Sales)
- Good ability to read and int