Current Vacancies at ABB

Job Summary

You will be working as Excitation Sales Specialist and will be part of Process Automation business area for Energy Industries division based in Longmeadow, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Sales Manager and will be responsible for planning and ensuring implementation of excitation strategy, to achieve both qualitative and quantitative targets for systems, products and services in a profitable way, leading the sales organization of excitation business in allocated region proactively, to exceed the sales targets through high performance in order to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction

Your responsibilities

• Owning and managing the ABB EXC Install Base, assuring the database cleanup, alignment and update, identifying the excitation white spot and business potential
• Supporting the local units in listing the priority of the sites to be addressed, tracking, supporting and assuring the local unit reach the target KPI for the related initiative, increasing the market penetration with the generator IB analysis to attack competition, leveraging the existing ABB Automation IB as value add
• Driving improvement in sales through the special initiatives, attending the rollout meeting and organizing the internal meeting
• Being the point of reference for the local units for any clarifications and supporting, monitoring of the overall sales pipeline with periodic report and identification of outside business in the HUB and participating proactively to the periodic sales calls
• Supporting the local units in the sales process, including technical solution and market price, overviewing and monitoring of the overall sales pipeline with periodic report and identification of outside business in the HUB
• Participating proactively to the periodic sales calls from HUB/Local, supporting the local units in the sales process, including technical solution and market price
• Attending the webinar to get update with all new initiative, rules, reporting methodology and anything else need to be addressed to grant a successful business
• Driving day to day service safety and integrity and implementing group initiatives in order to embed a culture of health and safety and integrity across the organization

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Electrical, Power Electronics or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in marketing and sales of solution and service in power generation utilities
• Experience of sales in power generation or EXs projects, required previous experience of EXS business
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills are required
• Should be fluent in English comprehension and writing
• Willing to travel across the allocated region countries
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Associate Test Engineer and you will be the part of Electrification business area for Distribution Solutions division based in Longmeadow, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to the Test Manager and will be responsible for supporting completion of testing activities efficiently and cost-effectively, and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements, test product and system and validate material to ensure that these follow prescribed technical specifications.

Your responsibilities

• Supporting Test Engineers with product and system testing, preparing standard test records and completing test documentation.
• Sharing best practices across different projects and assist other Test Engineers, ensuring compliance as per IEC standards.
• Maintaining test reports and certificates that prove compliance with required and applicable standards, market or regulatory requirements in line with customer specifications, legal or ABB internal requirements.
• Collaborating with Design Engineering, Project Management and Distribution Automation Departments.

Your background

• Diploma Electrical Engineering (Heavy/Power) or equivalent
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in testing
• Good understanding of schematic and single line drawings (electrical symbols, wiring diagram, etc)
• Good technical and troubleshooting skills on electrical circuits
• Good knowledge on instrument transformers (CT/VT testing), and basic knowledge on protection relays
• Basic knowledge on switchgear and switchgear components
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Associate Project Manager, will be part of Electrification business area for Distribution Solutions division based in Modderfontein; South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Project Management Officer Manager and will be responsible for leading the execution of small projects with low complexity and ensuring that all related activities are executed in accordance with company procedures, relevant cybersecurity regulations and standards, contract specifications, quality standards, health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements, cost or profitability targets and scheduling targets. Including Project Managers assigned to small projects in the service business.

Your responsibilities

• Leading the project team allocated to the project. Motivating and monitoring internal and external resources to accomplish all tasks and milestones. Providing performance feedback for the resources allocated to projects and ensuring compliance with standard ABB internal directives and procedures, relevant cybersecurity regulation, standards and contractual requirements
• Monitoring and controlling project progress effectively and efficient resource utilization. controlling project financials, overseeing project invoicing status, cost, expenses and cash flow. Identifying, qualifying, quantifying, managing project risk and ensuring all opportunities are identified and pursued.
• Ensuring the project consistently applies contract and claims management in accordance with ABB policies and contractual agreements. Coordinating with supply chain management and successfully procures required services, materials and equipment for the project from external and internal suppliers. Supporting procurement and logistics in supplier negotiations, claims and project changes
• Acting as the key contact for the customer and an escalation point for project issues. Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and effectively communicates with all stakeholders
• Creating project HSE plans and ensures that common HSE policies and reporting are implemented across the project with all stakeholders, including collaboration and consortium partners and sub-suppliers. Defining and applying basic project scheduling techniques to manage schedule risks proactively to avoid possible future schedule deviations with On Time Delivery (OTD) impact
• Identifying and planning all document deliverables required by the contractual scope of work and incorporates this plan into the overall project plan

Your background

• National Diploma Electrical engineering (Bachelor’s Degree preferable).
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in Project Management focused on electrical engineering projects,
• 5 - 10 years’ work experience in similar field
• PMP or similar Project Management qualification
• Must have own vehicle
• Must be willing to travel locally and internationally
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Service Technician (Analyzer) and will be part of Process Automation business Area for Measurement & Analytics division based in Modderfontein, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Service Manager and will be responsible for executing service work according to agreed workflows and in accordance with ABB standard processes and safety guidelines. Delivering excellent customer service to satisfy customers.

Your responsibilities

• Performing service tasks, identifying technical problems and making analysis through remote or on-site activity in any service categories
• Contributing to customer satisfaction by executing service work according to customer order and expectation
• Creating and maintaining a good relationship with customers and understanding their needs
• Proactively identifying potential equipment failures and requests proactive corrective actions
• Troubleshooting equipment failure and making recommendations to avoid repeating the problem in the future
• Applying safety rules and safe practices as well as environmental responsibilities

Your background

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Process Automation or Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 3 years of experience in continuous Gas Analyzers, Gas Chromatograph Analyzers and Instrumentation
• Knowledge of customer products, applications and processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Preference will be given to Employment Equity candidate

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Country Change Lead, and will be the part of Process Automation business area for IA - Lead Country management division based in Modderfontein, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Country HR Manager and will be responsible for organizing, executing and overseeing the change, communicating and training activities in the country or cluster under your lead business.

Your responsibilities

• Identifying local stakeholders to build program understanding, buy-in and advocacy. Equipping them with relevant materials and representing the program across different forums
• Working closely with local business and functional leaders to ensure full understanding of the change the HR.
• Transformation Program drives and managing its impact on the organization.
• Identifying the local specific change impacts of the HR.
• Transformation Program and building the change approach based on the findings.
• Validating system language to ensure it’s clear and understandable for different stakeholders.
• Collaborating with relevant communication functions, ensuring that program communication is tailored to local needs and releasing at the right time through relevant channels. Identifying local needs for change, communicating initiatives and contents, ensuring they are reflected in local change plans and material
• Organizing and overseeing local training initiatives for testing, HR, end user training and other program activities

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
• Minimum 5 to 8 years of experience in HR function or Change Management experience
• Experience in large transformation programs
• Relevant experience and knowledge of organizational change management processes, methodologies and tools including process, technology and people aspects
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and expectation management skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively with different organizational levels and thorough understanding of how to engage diverse audiences.
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Warehouse & Logistics Manager and will be part of Electrification Business Area for Smart Buildings Division based in Modderfontein, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Sales Operations Manager and will be responsible for of warehouse operations, trade compliance and transportation. Ensuring warehouse and forwarders service level and productivity, in compliance with regulations, company’s guidelines and procedures.

Your responsibilities

• Seamlessly integrate with Business Units and our 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) partner, fostering a collaborative environment to optimize warehouse operations for unparalleled efficiency, precision, and compliance. We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our business, ensuring the highest standards of quality, continuous improvement, and stakeholder satisfaction. Through strategic collaboration and innovative solutions, we aim to elevate the standards of supply chain management, reinforcing our position as a global leader in the field of industrial automation, electrification, & robotics.
• As a Warehouse and Logistics Manager working in conjunction with our 3PL partner, you will be responsible for ensuring the seamless integration of warehouse operations with a focus on efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Your Main Accountabilities
• Budget:
• Proposes and manages the annual warehouse budget. Operates within approved budget. Optimizes resources and determines actions to address cost issues. In case of third-party logistics (3PL) set-up, monitors warehousing costs and implement costs productivity initiatives.
• Collaborative Operations Management:
• Liaise with the 3PL partner to oversee day-to-day warehouse activities, ensuring adherence to agreed-upon service level agreements (SLAs).
• Operations Management:
• Supervise and coordinate daily warehouse activities, including receiving, storing, and shipping of products.
• Implement and enforce best practices for inventory management, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all transactions.
• Making sure that the daily cycle counts are happening by the 3PL and ensuring that it is as per procedure and daily/yearly plan.
• Handling / investigating customer complaints to ensure it gets closed with the set KPI.
• Ensuring that the monthly invoices for the 3PL are scrutinized for accuracy and processed for payments on time.
• Improvements:
• Continuously improves operations, optimizes warehouse utilization and inhouse transportation process (Transfer of goods to an external carrier) . Support the team on the forwarder se-lection process. In case of 3PL set-up, collaborates with the logistics provider to promote and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Performance:
• Reviews and manages warehouse and forwarders KPIs and follow-up with process improvement plans. Validates KPIs issued by Forwarders and 3PL along with the cost associated to their service.
• Warehouse Operations:
• Plans and monitors the storage, delivery, and dispatch of orders and keeps stock control systems up to date. Oversees stock control and processes orders..
• Ensures compliance to company procedures and policies with-in the warehouse operations and 3PL services, setting up relevant control mechanisms and documents (e.g. stock control / count).
• Performance Optimization:
• Develop and implement strategies to improve warehouse efficiency, reducing lead times and operational costs.
• Implement/ Utilize technology (like WMS) and automation tools to enhance overall warehouse productivity.
• People Leadership and Development:
• Develops an effective relation with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. 3PL, forwarders) and motivates, organizes, and encourages teamwork within the workforce to ensure that productivity and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) targets are met.
• Lead and motivate a diverse team of warehouse staff, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Conduct regular training sessions to enhance team skills and ensure compliance with safety and operational guidelines.
• Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)
• Ensures that Group and local health, safety and environmental guidelines and directives are implemented and understood to ensure safety of people and resources.
• Team Leadership:
• Lead and motivate a diverse team of warehouse staff, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Conduct regular training sessions to enhance team skills and ensure compliance with safety and operational guidelines.
• Develops an effective relation with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. 3PL, forwarders) and motivates, organizes, and encourages teamwork within the workforce to ensure that productivity and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) targets are met.

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in supply chain management, logistics, business administration or a related field
• Minimum 15 years of experience in 3PL background or from any MNC is required
• Relevant certifications in Logistics management.
• Knowledge of budgeting, cost control, and financial analysis within a logistics or warehouse management context
• Knowledge of best practices in inventory management, transportation and distribution.
• Understanding of international and local regulations related to transportation, import/export, and safety within the logistics and warehouse context.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for internal team communication and external stakeholder engagement.
• Familiarity with warehouse management systems (WMS) and their implementation.
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Sales Specialist, reporting to Sales Manager for Motion business area, IEC LV Motors division based in Modderfontein, South Africa. You will be responsible for building long term customer relationships and managing resolution to specific customer needs and issues.

Your responsibilities

• Establishing and maintaining effective customer relationships to understand customer needs, promote customer understanding of full product / systems / services offering, and aligning to provide a solution
• Selling products / system to customers, focusing on volume, mix and profitability targets for assigned Business Units / Product Groups
• Performing regular status reviews and proposing recovery plans in cases of potential order shortfalls
• Identifying and driving the development of new market opportunities in the designated market and ensuring know-how sharing and cross-collaboration
• Managing administrative procedures in sales processes and supporting collection and project management activities when needed
• Monitoring customer and market trend and communicating with global or regional team to get required support to develop business

Your background

• National Diploma / University Degree (Engineering background preferable)
• Minimum 2-5 years of experience in sales or engineering related field to demonstrate capability to achieve business results
• Experience of business development with sales records for new customers/markets is preferred
• Market and products specific knowledge of motor products compulsory
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Hoisting Service Sales Engineer and will be part of Process Automation business area for Process Industries division based in Longmeadow, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Hoisting Service Manager and will be responsible for sales of electrical and mechanical services within Process Industries market segments of Hoisting in accordance with the local sales strategy for sub-Saharan Africa. Achieve both qualitative and quantitative sales targets in a profitable way: orders, growth, revenues, profitability, market share and customer satisfaction, build long term customer relationships and manage resolution to specific customer needs and issues, identify services and develop prospective opportunities into orders

Your responsibilities

• Selling service products, systems and services to customers, focusing on volume, mix and profitability targets for the Hoisting Service division
• Establishing and maintaining effective customer relationships to understand customer needs, promote customer understanding of full product, systems and services offering to align and influence the customer to purchase from ABB
• Ensuring a positive customer experience throughout the sales process, preparing sales opportunity plans that define scope, player map, strategy, tactical actions and support required to win the maximum share of scope within the opportunity
• Preparing Key Account customer plans to create demand within the customer stakeholder network, mobilizing customer budget applications and delivering value proposals to customer team to convert the demand creation concepts into tangible business orders
• Performing regular status reviews and proposing recovery plans in cases of potential order shortfalls, creating added value for the customer and ABB and ensuring the successful outcome of transactions, contracts and proposals by using effective sales techniques
• Communicating details in accordance with ABB offering and commercial strategy (delivery time, payments, and general terms and conditions), ensuring efficient marketing activities and value proposition topics are regularly mobilized to customers
• Identifying and driving the development of new market opportunities in the designated market industries and ensuring know-how sharing and cross-collaboration, managing administrative procedures in sales and tendering processes
• Supporting collection and project management activities when needed, preparing offers in coordination with the bid and proposal team, ensuring appropriate technical and financial aspects of offers, including prices and trading conditions

Your background

• Degree/ Diploma in Automation or Electrical Engineering
• 3-5 years of experience in sales, tendering, project management, services or project engineering within the industrial segments such as hoisting.
• Sales skills such as disciplined & methodical preparation, ability to connect and listen and understand customer requirements, effectively consult and position value propositions and solutions, create compelling Techno-Commercial Offers and winning through effective negotiation techniques
• Process Automation experience and application knowledge, projects experience within one or multiple of the industrial segments such as hoisting, mining, hoisting control and safety circuits, medium voltage, low voltage, motor control and variable speed drives AC and DC mechanics and hoisting mechanicals
• Preference will be given to EE candidates

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Segment Sales Manager and will be part of Process Automation business area for Energy Industries division based in Longmeadow, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Business Health, Safety And Environment and will be responsible to define and implement sales and marketing strategies for the assigned segment in order to achieve ABB market penetration and growth aspirations, proactively lead, develop and coach the sales department, manage the marketing and sales action plans to both achieve the key qualitative and quantitative targets in a profitable way and to ensure high level of customer satisfaction.

Your responsibilities

• Achieving and exceeding the sales targets, based on key objectives set by global Business Line (BL), ensuring the maximum portfolios are offered in line with the BL strategy, according to local market potential, needing and according to the agreed regional business approach
• Continuously assessing market trends, customers, competitors, industries, applications and country analyses to identify and realize opportunities with existing and potential new customers within the target segment
• Giving feedbacks to the Business Region/Business Line on market trends, competitive landscape, market-pricing expectations, channel strategy and local conditions to win, evaluating market opportunities and decides appropriate activities in line with the strategy
• Ensuring profitable business growth in the domestic and allocated regional market, ensuring achievement of sales volume and targets by setting appropriate price and margin for sales booked locally
• Participating in negotiation of key contracts, managing ongoing costs by using latest global tools and processes to maximize efficiency within the team, ensuring the execution of projects in the excitation code according to the contract / service agreements with the customer in terms of schedule, quality, financial results to protect ABB’s interest
• Coordinating with the Local Division team as per the global agreement between the BL & HUBs Will also use the dedicated personnel in the excitation code, who will be reporting to this role, building and maintaining strong relationships at senior levels with the key customers, stakeholders and other decision makers
• Ensuring effective marketing communications, in particular ABB’s value proposition, agreeing with the Business Line the relevant metrics (e.g., On Time In Full (OTIF), lead time) that the Business Line must report and focus on to ensure and grow customer satisfaction

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Electrical /Electronics or equivalent
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in marketing and sales of solution and service in power generation utilities
• Experience of sales in power generation or EXs projects, required previous experience of EXS business
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills are required
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.

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Job Summary 

You will be working as Senior Mechanical Designer and will be part of Electrification business area for Distribution Solutions division based in Longmeadow, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Senior Engineering Manager and will be responsible to create, modify and analyze the design of equipment, system or installations, including specifications for manufacturing, fabrication or construction on assignments of medium to high complexity using established solutions

Your responsibilities

• Creating / reviewing complete project documentation for conformity, safety and quality assurance, reviewing, adjusting design as necessary based on output of design to meet the contractual obligations, optimizing designs to meet updated standards, incorporating new products, components and functionalities
• Leading technology transfers for new portfolio in the division, seeking feedback from customer for driving and delivering improvement of technical solutions, contributing to preparation of specific aspects of design assignments to meet the contractual obligations while adhering to relevant standards, safety and quality
• Applying advance Design Thinking / Design for Excellence concepts in projects, performing Project Peer-Reviews utilizes checklists to perform design verification according to applicable standards and engineering guidelines, actively contributing and sharing experiences in workshops pertaining to engineering design, tools and processes
• Sharing best practices lessons-learned documentation across different projects, creating / reviewing standard processes and tools to promote the reuse of technical solutions innovation and productivity in the team, ensuring 2D and 3D and other modelling tools usage to promote innovation and productivity, conducting and completing RCA reports on mechanical design issues or customer CCRP’s
• Assessing and addressing technical risk and opportunities with PM, reporting and conducting safety / quality / program / cost issues to Project Manager (s) along with recommendations, for resolution, ensuring Bill of Material (BOM) for the project meets contractual obligations and project gross margin requirements by not generating Project Left-Over Material (PLOM)
• Conducting RCA if there is PLOM, identifying and implementing variation requests to support contract claims based on the approval from Project Manager, creating work plans and cost estimates for the portfolio of projects in consultation with respective Project managers and ensuring quality deliverables on time at target cost
• Assisting planning during unavailable time to update planning schedule, following up with suppliers and buyers on material ordered, releasing projects to production after confirmation that 95% of material is available, preparing RFQ’s to meet contractual requirements and providing technical evaluation of supplier proposals
• Collaborating with the Supply Chain function and the Project Manager (s), together with supply chain lead cost savings projects, coordinating with manufacturing and testing function to ensure the designs are appropriately manufactured / staged and tested, ensuring the engineering deliverables as built are updated
• Ensuring all design process documentation is complete during the manufacturing stage and after completion, coordinating with commissioning / service functions to ensure the designs are appropriately installed and commissioned (if applicable as part of the contract), ensuring the engineering deliverables are updated post installation and commissioning

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineer
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Solidworks, SAP, RCA, Quality, & Advanced Excel
• Must have own vehicle and be flexible to travel
• Should have leadership skills, time management, customer and relationship management experience.
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.