Open Positions at ABB

Your responsibilities

• Leading a team of quality specialists and testing engineers, independently ensuring compliance with our processes, standards and best practices
• Ensuring the qualification, evaluation, monitoring and improvement of our suppliers in collaboration with the operations, SCM, engineering and safety team, leading initiatives to simplify and improving our processes
• Ensuring compliance to ISO quality standards, organizing and guiding the formulation, upgrading and implementation of departments quality management system procedures, processes and work instructions
• Organizing and guiding the formulation, upgrading and implementation of departments quality management system procedures, processes and work instructions, conducting Internal and external quality management system audit
• Supporting the operations team in conducting supplier audits, preparing the audit report for the EL division as well as country and ensuring the findings are addressed timeously, following up the quality performance at the different levels in company
• Planning systematic improvement projects-based quality performance from the whole value chain and supporting the improvement project owner to execute their project, planning and organizing the quality training, including internal audit capability, common quality tools, knowledge and method
• Planning quality activities, enhancing quality awareness and creating outstanding quality culture in organization, ensuring operational KPIs are monitored and met, ensuring operational cost savings projects are loaded on the system and follow- up on these are done monthly
• Training and coaching the various teams in the business, for all to develop the capability to continuously improve and enhance the best business practices and quality awareness, assisting in reparation of GPG (Global Product Group) review meetings – quarterly, present quality related topics / issues as well as TOP5 quality issues quarterly to the GPG managers

Your background

• You are recognized for your leadership, decision-making, thoroughness, and ability to work in a team
• Fully committed to the realization of his or her mandates, the candidate is autonomous, responsible, analytical and a good communicator both orally and in writing, ddemonstrate an interest in working in a normative environment
• Experience in Electrical and Mechanical engineering is preferred and will be beneficial, theoretical and practical experience will be an added advantage
• Have developed expertise relevant to the position, 10 years.
• Previous managerial experience, good knowledge of English, both spoken and written, knowledge of ISO 9001 standards, must be available to travel on occasion
• The position is driven and supported by many administration activities, therefore your knowledge and experience in All Microsoft Office packages is critical
• Fluent in the use of SAP is essential

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Your responsibilities

• Responsible for the commissioning of ABB systems and products, installation supervision, conducting start-up according to procedure, performing required testing, performing acceptance testing with presence of customer and approval societies
• Maintenance of the ABB systems/products, performing maintenance on product/system according to ABB procedure and practice, conducting training as per agreement, giving recommendations
• Service of ABB system/products, warranty call-outs, on-call services, repair, fault tracing and technical support
• Working away from home for prolong periods of time, weekends and national holidays must be expected, call outs, travel on short notice for emergency basis must be expected
• Service reports to be submitted after each task as per requirements, completing time sheets and updating at all times

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years relevant commissioning experience, MV, LV Drives and Switchgear.
• Knowledge of ABB Frequency Converters, Power systems is an advantage.
• Structured and organized, solution oriented and team player
• Preference will be given to EE candidates.

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Your responsibilities

• Review hydraulic specification, review hydraulic design calculations, perform hydraulic audits on hoisting systems, perform site surveys, collecting data and supporting engineering design
• Develop and use standard computations, track and update and design tasks, guide others to develop 3D models in SolidWorks and assist with detailed drawings
• Prepare technical manuals and documents, permit applications and tests, submit project risk assessments and implementation of resulting actions
• Documenting and handing technical risks according to mitigation guidelines
• Clarifying technical queries for customers. Interacting with other technical staff, supporting functions, customers and contractors
• Collaborating with sales, supply chain, R&D, finance, administration, project management and field service engineering functions across the business cycle from scoping and quoting, to project kickoff and execution through to final commissioning, after-sales support and systems evolution
• Using international, South African, end customer and ABB standards, processes and tools to deliver standardized, high-quality designs
• Support business by reporting process and tool inefficiencies, along with contributing to the development of new/revised processes within the team

Your background

• BSc Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• ECSA Professional registration a benefit
• Medium pressure hydraulics experience a requirement
• Hoist brake hydraulics design experience a benefit
• Preference will be given to EE candidates
• Team player, Show a willingness to learn and teach, strong time and budget management and have a Valid passport
• Fluency in English language is mandatory

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Your responsibilities

• Coordinating engineering discipline across several projects, providing technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities, designing and conducting experiments, analyzing and interpreting data, preparing complete project documents in one’s area of responsibility
• Serving as a specialist in application of advanced concepts and methods, assisting in preparing proposal/presentation of engineering projects/programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours, etc.)
• Supporting contract managers in issuing claims (new/change in scope of work, cost impact, time impact, risk quantifications etc.), providing cost effective quality solutions as per customer requirement and delivering within budget and contract, ensuring adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks
• Creating work plans and cost estimates in one’s area of responsibility, reviewing and approving scope, budget and schedule for assignments and ensuring quality deliverables on time and within targeted cost, improving effectiveness of work plan in collaboration with other functions
• Completing risk and opportunity assessments and ensuring implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility, reporting any contract/quality/program/cost issues to management along with recommendations for resolution
• Interacts with customers, officials, contractors and others. Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments. Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that technical requirements for equipment or services are communicated and agreed to with potential suppliers. Provides technical evaluation of supplier proposals and accepts as fit for purpose supplied equipment or services.
• Maintains network of engineering professionals and shares engineering best practice across different projects and disciplines
• Develops, selects and applies standard techniques, procedures and tools. Ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements. Reports processes and tools inefficiencies and suggests ideas for improvements

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in HPR Applications
• Knowledge of electrical theory and systems in HPR, knowledge of aluminum potline rectifiers, DC drives,
• DC Arc furnace and transformers will be of advantage
• Good design skills and problem-solving abilities, commitment to excellence and professional attitude
• Preference will be given to EE candidates

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Your responsibilities

• Implements proactive promotional activities for the customer target group, including e.g. technical presentations, demonstrations, seminars, education material and technical development of projects and solutions.
• Prepares plans for visits and performs regular status reviews, including the analysis and output of the target audience visits.
• Prepares plans for visits and performs regular status reviews.
• Establishes and maintains effective long-term relationships with target group customers to understand their current and future needs and to ensure the customer has a good
• understanding of the full ABB product/systems/services offering, features and benefits.
• Ensures a positive experience for the customer target group throughout promotion activities.
• Creates a vision of a loyal, committed and long-term customer relationship and implements the necessary action plan and steps to reach the vision.
• Provides customer support in answering technical questions, performing electrical calculations for the design institutes and technical consultants.
• Ensures efficient marketing activities and strong value proposition to customers by using effective promotional techniques.
• Communicates details in accordance with ABB offering and strategy.
• Manages and drives education of the target audience by conducting and organizing appropriate training interventions.
• Manages administrative procedures in technical promotion processes and creates reporting as per needs of the organization.

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in related field
• Should be a quick learner and handle pressure well
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Preference will be given to EE candidates