Instrumentation Project Lead Engineer
Emerson · Madrid
If you are an instrumentation professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, Emerson has an exciting opportunity for you. In this role, you will lead the development of competitive and customer-focused Measurement Solutions project proposals for strategic pursuits while serving as a trusted partner to project pursuit leaders, account managers, and cross-functional teams. You will play a key role in shaping winning bid strategies, optimizing technical and commercial solutions, and supporting successful project execution. By combining technical expertise, commercial awareness, and collaborative leadership, you will help drive customer success, profitability, and business growth.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Partner with Project Pursuit Leaders and EPC Account Managers to develop proposal strategies that strengthen Emerson’s competitive position and support successful project outcomes.
- Lead the preparation of Measurement Solutions project proposals, ensuring customer requirements are clearly understood and effectively addressed.
- Identify technical and commercial opportunities that enhance customer value while supporting profitable growth.
- Apply Emerson’s product offering strategy to optimize solution selection, pricing, and overall value proposition.
- Collaborate with product specialists, project engineers, and subject matter experts to develop solution recommendations that align with customer needs.
- Work closely with supply chain and engineering teams to evaluate third-party products and services, balancing cost, quality, risk, and technical compliance.
- Ensure technical, documentation, and contractual requirements are reviewed and addressed in a timely manner.
- Assess project risks and opportunities and provide recommendations to support business and commercial decision-making.
- Develop proposal summaries that clearly communicate technical, commercial, and profitability considerations.
- Review proposals prior to submission to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
- Guide and coordinate project engineering resources to support proposal development and meet strategic bid deadlines.
- Facilitate lessons learned activities to continuously improve proposal quality and competitiveness.
- Support Project Managers during project execution by providing technical guidance and ensuring knowledge transfer of agreed project strategies.
- Maintain technical accountability for proposed solutions and support successful project delivery.
- Lead project engineering teams in providing technical support required for timely order processing and project administration activities.
- Identify opportunities to expand project scope and improve project value throughout the project lifecycle.
- Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to support project success.
- Participate in customer meetings, technical reviews, inspections, and other project-related activities when needed.
- Support project teams in achieving documentation and approval milestones according to project schedules.
Who You Are:
You are passionate about delivering real value and always act with integrity. You enjoy working in dynamic environments and constantly challenging yourself to achieve better results. You build and deliver solutions that meet customer expectations. You keep up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- Strong knowledge of instrumentation solutions and their application within industrial or process automation environments.
- Basic knowledge of financial models, budgeting, financial impacts of technology actions.
- Understanding business needs and translating them into technical, or technology requirements.
- Ability to read P&IDs, customer specifications and create instrument datasheets.
- Fluency in English and Spanish.
Ability to lead a team of project engineers.
Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:
- Degree in Engineering or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in the process automation industry (Automation, DCS, and field implementation).
- Advanced technical knowledge of instrumentation products.
- Experience working directly with customers, EPC organizations, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Experience developing proposals and solutions for large or complex projects.
- Ability and willingness to travel as business needs require.
Our Culture & Commitment to You:
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.
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