Product Specialist, Swine
Big Dutchman AG
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Araraquara • Brazil
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About the role
- Support Sales and the Business Unit (BU) with technical consultancy for swine projects (new farms, expansions, retrofits).
- Translate customer needs into technical concepts (system selection, assumptions, constraints, scope definition and interfaces).
- Provide prompt and accurate support for TOCs and technical clarifications during proposal processes.
- Participate in client meetings, field visits and technical presentations as the technical representative of the Swine BU.
- Perform technical feasibility analyses for swine-segment projects (production flow, housing concept, animal welfare requirements, climate control strategy, feeding concept and interfaces with manure management).
- Identify technical risks, constraints and dependencies, proposing mitigation measures.
- Support internal alignment between Sales, Engineering, Project Execution, Services and Suppliers, ensuring technical consistency from proposal to delivery.
- Maintain and improve regional application standards, typical solutions and best-practice guides for the Pig BU.
- Contribute to the quality of technical deliverables such as scope descriptions, inputs for bills of materials/equipment (BOM), technical notes and handover packages.
- Collect market feedback (clients, integrators and internal teams) and turn it into product/application improvements.
- Increase scalability by creating and delivering internal training (product characteristics, application rules, common mistakes, lessons learned).
Requirements
- Degree in Agricultural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Animal Science, or related fields.
- Proven experience in pig production and/or equipment/projects for swine production, ideally in one or more of the following areas: sales technical support / application engineering / project execution support / product support / field technical support / farm projects / integration / consulting.
- Experience with commercial proposals and technical documentation is highly desirable.
- Good understanding of production phases (e.g., gestation, farrowing/maternity, nursery and finishing) and their operational requirements.
- Ability to analyze and communicate trade-offs (performance, animal welfare, cost, constructability and operation).
- Proficiency in Excel and structured calculations; familiarity with equipment lists and technical specifications.
- Ability to interpret layouts/technical drawings (CAD knowledge is a plus).
Benefits
- Availability for frequent travel within Brazil and LATAM (farm visits, project meetings, commissioning support and trade fairs)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
technical consultancytechnical feasibility analysisproduction flow analysisclimate control strategyfeeding conceptmanure managementtechnical documentationExcel proficiencylayout interpretationCAD knowledge
Soft Skills
communicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationclient engagementtraining deliveryrisk identificationscope definitiontechnical representationmarket feedback collection