Key Responsibilities

1) Pre-sales & Technical Sales Support

• Support Sales and BU teams with technical consulting for pig projects (new builds, expansions, retrofits).
• Convert customer requirements into technical concepts (system selection, layouts, scope definitions, assumptions, and constraints).
• Provide timely and accurate support for TOCs and technical clarifications during bidding.
• Participate in customer meetings, farm visits, and technical presentations as Big Dutchman’s Pig technical representative.

2) Technical Analysis for Projects (Segment Expertise)

• Perform technical feasibility analyses for pig segment projects (production flow, housing concept, welfare requirements, climate strategy, feeding concept, manure handling interface).
• Identify technical risks, boundary conditions, and dependencies; propose mitigation measures.
• Support internal alignment between Sales, Engineering, Project Execution, Service, and Suppliers to ensure technical consistency from proposal to delivery.

3) Portfolio Application & Standardization (LATAM)

• Maintain and improve regional application standards, typical solutions, and best-practice guidelines for the Pig BU.
• Contribute to the quality of technical deliverables such as scope descriptions, equipment lists/BOM inputs, technical notes, and handover packages.
• Collect market feedback (customers, integrators, internal teams) and translate it into product/application improvements.

4) Knowledge Sharing & Training

• Build scalability by creating and delivering internal training (product features, application rules, common mistakes, lessons learned).
• Support onboarding of new team members and help reduce “single-person dependency” through documentation and routines.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Zootechnics/Animal Science, or related fields.

Experience (Professional Level)

• Proven experience in pig production and/or pig farming equipment/projects, ideally in one or more of:
  • technical sales / application engineering
  • project engineering / execution support
  • product support / field technical support
  • farm design / integration / consulting
• Experience supporting commercial proposals and technical documentation is strongly preferred.

Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding of pig production phases (e.g., gestation, farrowing, nursery, finishing) and operational requirements.
• Ability to analyze and communicate technical trade-offs (performance, animal welfare, cost, constructability, and operability).
• Proficiency with Excel and structured calculations; ability to work with equipment lists and technical specifications.
• Ability to interpret technical layouts/drawings (CAD literacy is a plus).

Languages

• Portuguese (fluent)
• English (professional working proficiency)
• Spanish is a plus for LATAM interface.

Travel & Field Work

• Willingness to travel frequently across Brazil and LATAM for farm visits, project meetings, commissioning support, and exhibitions.

Key Skills & Behaviors

• Customer-oriented, hands-on, and comfortable in farm environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to align BU priorities with Sales/Engineering realities.
• Structured problem-solving, ownership, and responsiveness under deadline pressure.
• Clear communicator—able to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.

What We Offer (typical wording)

• Work with a global market leader and a strong LATAM growth agenda.
• Exposure to complex, high-impact livestock projects and leading technologies.
• Continuous development through internal training, product learning, and cross-regional collaboration.