Tomasz Strzepek

Engineering Manager - Process Automation

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

I am engineering leader with 20 years of experience in process automation, electrification, control systems, and end‑to‑end project delivery across Oil&Gas, Power and Process Industries. I have led multidisciplinary engineering teams in global environments, scaling organizations, implementing modern engineering practices, and delivering complex, high‑value projects. My expertise covers the full E2E cycle - from tendering and concept design, through detailed engineering and integration, to commissioning and lifecycle management. I have worked at ABB, GE, Alstom, and Ansaldo, combining technical depth with organizational leadership, talent development, and transformation. Key strengths: - Leading large engineering teams (local and global), - Process automation, electrification, systems integration, - Project and risk management (PMP certified), - Cross-functional collaboration with Sales, PM, Service, R&D, Portfolio, - Engineering strategy and cost optimisation, - Continuous improvement and digitalization, - Embedding cybersecurity practices into engineering and project execution, - Driving AI‑enabled initiatives to enhance efficiency in DCS engineering and products portfolio.

Experience

  • ABB (On-site)
    • Engineering Manager - Automation
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      Leading an exceptional team of experts and specialists within Process Automation Division, helping customers operate in safer, smarter, and more sustainable ways

    • Project Lead - Large Engineering Projects
      Aug 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

      • Development, engineering and commissioning management of large, globally executed Automation projects, • Technical lead of first retrofit projects of Advant CCPP process control system to latest ABB 800xA, • Planning, supervision and coordination of multiple engineering teams, • Sales support with engineering estimates and risk analysis, • Business development and marketing support for power and process industries, • Support process improvements within engineering domain.

  • Ansaldo Energia (Full-time · 5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Line Manager – Process Control Engineering
      Apr 2020 - Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      • Managed globally distributed process control engineering team, acting as SME, • Successfully expanded the team from 4 to over 30 highly skilled professionals, • Led the successful integration of globally distributed teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and customer service across multiple time zones and regions, • Setting strategies and direction for products and upgrades, • Accountable for resource planning to support key business projects and work packages, • Management of collaboration with internal and external R&D for interdisciplinary projects, • Monitoring of process improvements in engineering domain.

    • Technical Project Manager
      May 2018 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs

      • Management of interfaces between R&D, service engineering and commercial teams, • Technical project responsibility for complete power plants scope (double‑digit million EUR projects), • Quality and knowledge management, • Accountable for end‑to‑end product development and lifecycle management, covering automation (SW/HW), auxiliary systems, and the full power train of the power plant. • Support R&D and Engineering organizations (i.e. products review, definition, improvements).

  • R&D Process Control Engineer at Alstom Switzerland Ltd. (acquired by GE, later divested to Ansaldo)
    Nov 2014 - Apr 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    • Pioneered the engineering group, initially working alone to create its foundation. • Design, development and validation of advanced process control concepts according to electrical grid operational requirements, • Integration and validation of process control solutions for GT applications on various control platforms, • Evaluation and troubleshooting of field problems associated with process control applications.

  • Lead Engineer at GE Power
    Aug 2010 - Oct 2014 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    • Double‑digit million EUR projects technical supervision and team technical lead, • Control software development and validation for LNG, Gas Pipeline, Gas reinjection and Gas refrigeration applications, • Process control systems development, testing and validation, • Functional safety systems engineering (including HAZOP reviews), • Engineering support for commissioning and field issues, as well as new product implementation, • Standardization of instruments for plant and auxiliary equipment.

  • Process Engineer at Faurecia R&D Center
    Mar 2007 - Jul 2010 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    • Global NPI projects (EUR 2-5M) technical management from concept to completion, • Design of automatic control solutions for variety of production processes, • Manufacturing processes concept studies based on product definition, • Processes development and optimization, • Feasibility studies, • Design of automatically controlled safety solutions.