Project Engineer at ABB

Your role and responsibilities

• In this role, you will have the opportunity to act as a design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity. Each day, you will complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects in a cost-effective manner. You will also showcase your expertise by applying basic design thinking/design for excellence concepts in projects.
• The work model for the role is: Hybrid
• This role is contributing to the Energy Industries Business in Longmeadow.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Evaluates, selects, and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments.
• Provides technical support for testing, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Prepares project documentation within one’s scope of deliverables.
• Finalizes ‘Fail-Safe Philosophy’ and other key concepts as part of Kick-Off and Design
• Actively participates project meetings and resolves any outstanding technical issues to meet contractual obligations.
• Assists in preparing proposal/presentation of engineering projects/programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours, etc.).
• Applies basic Design Thinking / Design for Excellence concepts in projects.
• Actively utilizes checklists to perform design verification according applicable standards and engineering guidelines.
• Contributes and shares experiences in workshops pertaining to engineering design, tools, and processes.
• Shares best practices Lessons-Learned documentation across different projects an disciplines.
• Uses standard processes and tools applicable to one’s area of responsibility.
• Ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements.
• Reports processes and tools inefficiencies and suggests improvements ideas.
• Supports technical risk assessments and implements resulting actions for one’s projects.
• Reports any contract / safety / quality / program / cost issues to Project Manager(s) for resolution.
• Ensures Bill of Material (BOM) for the project meets contractual obligations; and project gross margin requirements by not generating Project Left-Over Material (PLOM).
• Identifies and implements variation requests to support contract claims based on the approval from Project Manager.
• Follows work plans and cost estimates provided by the Project Manager and ensures quality deliverables on time and at targeted cost.
• Collaborates with the Supply Chain function and the Project Manager(s) to meet the contractual obligations.
• Coordinates with Manufacturing and Testing functions to ensure the technical solutions are appropriately manufactured/ staged and tested.
• Updates the engineering deliverables as-built.
• Coordinates with Commissioning / Service functions to ensure the designs are appropriately installed and commissioned (if applicable as part of the contract).
• Updates the engineering deliverables post installation & commissioning (if applicable)

Qualifications for the role

• BSc or Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electrical/Light Current Engineering.
• 4+ years’ experience in the field of Automation Engineering with extensive C&I experience in Power Generation & Water industry.
• 800xA and Symphony Plus will be advantageous.
• Professional registration with ECSA will be advantageous.
• Ability to understand and solve automation issues by fault finding.
• Root Cause Analysis.
• Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged candidates in line with the company's employment equity targets.