Systems & Engineering focus

System-oriented plant engineering with a strong focus on industrial processes, retrofit scenarios, and complex existing installations.

This role bridges process understanding, mechanical design, and system integration — ensuring that individual components, machines, and subsystems form a technically coherent, economically viable, and operationally reliable whole.

The focus is not on isolated machines, but on how entire systems behave over time.

What this engineer does

• analyzes existing industrial plants and production processes
• develops technically sound retrofit and modernization concepts
• designs mechanical systems and plant layouts under real-world constraints
• translates operational problems into structured engineering solutions
• coordinates interfaces between mechanics, automation, electrics, and operation

Typical tasks include:

• system-level problem analysis in running plants
• development of modification and expansion concepts
• mechanical engineering for custom machinery and plant components
• integration of new technologies into existing infrastructure

How problems are approached

Engineering starts with reality, not assumptions.

Key principles:

• understand the process before changing the system
• identify root causes instead of treating symptoms
• design solutions that remain functional under non-ideal conditions
• evaluate decisions across the full lifecycle, not just implementation

Solutions are developed by combining:

• hands-on field experience
• mechanical engineering expertise
• system-level thinking

The goal is always a stable, understandable, and maintainable system, not theoretical optimization.

What clients benefit from

Clients typically benefit from:

• solutions that work within existing constraints
• reduced operational risk during and after modifications
• realistic retrofit concepts instead of “greenfield thinking”
• engineering decisions aligned with long-term operation

Many projects succeed not because systems are perfect, but because they are robust, forgiving, and clearly structured.

Selected technical domains

• industrial plant engineering and retrofit projects
• mechanical engineering and custom machinery
• process analysis and system optimization
• integration of automation and control concepts
• modernization of existing industrial infrastructure
• coordination of multidisciplinary engineering projects

Technology is chosen based on process needs and operational reality, not on trends.

Typical project environments

• existing industrial plants under continuous operation
• retrofit and brownfield projects
• facilities with long operational histories and mixed technologies
• projects with tight spatial, operational, or economic constraints

Role within the engineering network

This role provides the system-level perspective within the engineering network — ensuring that individual technical disciplines contribute to a solution that works as a whole.

It connects:

• process logic
• mechanical execution
• automation and control systems
• operational requirements

The result is engineering that remains functional beyond commissioning.