Thomas Naeger

Tendering Specialist Rail bei ABB Schweiz AG

Ehrendingen, Aargau, Switzerland

About

With 26 years of experience at ABB, primarily within Swiss business units, I possess a robust blend of commercial and technical expertise. I am adept at managing both local and international projects, handling complex customer requirements, and crafting cost-effective technical and commercial proposals in line with ABB standards. I also have a proven ability to develop new products and solutions.

Experience

  • Tendering Specialist Rail at ABB Schweiz AG
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

    • International Sales and Tendering for AC and DC rail infrastruc-ture projects, energy storage systems (ESS), and train battery charging systems. • Responsible for technical and commercial tenders, conducting global risk reviews, and managing contracts with customers. • Introduced new FCM in CH-ELDS, provided internal presentations and support. • Supported the development of new DC switchgear and DC protection relay.

  • Tendering Specialist Rail at ABB Sécheron S.A.
    Apr 2018 - May 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • International Sales and Tendering for AC and DC rail infrastruc-ture projects, energy storage systems (ESS), and train battery charging systems. • Responsible for technical and commercial tenders, conducting global risk reviews, and managing contracts with customers. • Introduced new FCM in CH-ELDS, provided internal presentations and support. • Supported the development of new DC switchgear and DC pro-tection relay.

  • Application Engineer - Railway at ABB
    Jan 2009 - Mar 2018 · 9 yrs 3 mos

  • ABB Sécheron S.A. ()
    • Head of Engineering, Line manager
      Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 · 2 yrs

      • Technical responsibility for railway products. • Led the development of outdoor railway modules (AT-light) and indoor MV rail switchgear type UniGear R40. • Lead engineer for DC Substation projects (Glattalbahn, EWB). • Conducted commissioning and supervised diploma theses.

    • Lead Engineer, Line manager
      Jan 2004 - Dec 2006 · 3 yrs

      • Lead Engineer for the 132 kV 16.7 Hz static frequency converter substation project in Wimmis (CH).

    • Research & Development Project Engineer
      Jun 2001 - Dec 2003 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      • Developed concepts for compact traction substations for Deutsche Bahn, conducted presentations and demonstrations to DB Energie. • Developed indoor MV rail switchgear type UniGear R36 for the BLS Lötschberg base tunnel project. • Researched and developed an ultra-fast DC breaker device.

  • R&D Project Engineer at ABB Corporate Research Center
    Feb 1999 - May 2001 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Worked on the high-impact R&D project SIDU-PE - Smart Integrated Distribution Unit. • Designed a 100 kVA Vienna type active rectifier demonstrator and a 10 kV forward DC-DC converter demonstrator. • Supervised diploma theses.