Project Lead Engineer

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You will be working as Project Lead Engineer, will be part of Process Automation Business Area for Energy Industries division based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. In this role you will be responsible to lead for all engineering activities in assignments classified as low to medium engineering complexity with expertise in ABB Infi90/S+, 800xA for Symphony Plus and/or other ABB Control Systems, ensure that activities related to all engineering disciplines within the project are efficiently and cost-effectively executed in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements, deliver excellent customer service to satisfy customers. In close co-operation with customer and other ABB teams, take actions to identify new Service business opportunities for ABB.

This position reports to

Automation Engineering Manager

Your responsibilities

• Applying safety rules and safe practices as well as environmental responsibilities, reporting unsafe practices and incidents, acting as a design authority for particular engineering discipline and completing engineering assignments for that discipline
• Acting as a technical lead, approving design deliverables, interacting with customers, contractors, suppliers, attending project meetings and presenting all technical aspects of project assignments, actively participating in project meetings and resolving any outstanding technical issues to meet contractual obligations
• Contributing to customer satisfaction by planning and executing service work according to customer order and expectation, ensuring customer retention by delivering superior customer experiences and effectively communicating service work timeline and expectations
• Performing complex field service tasks, identifying technical problems and making analysis through remote or on-site activity in service categories and products for which they are certified to perform, coordinating and resolving high level technical issues/questions and providing advice and recommendations both internally and to customers within own area of expertise
• Working with customer in identifying opportunities in the installed base improving system performance and operational performance improvements, providing and creating a team approach to service related activities and offering customers a complete lifecycle approach to product implementation
• Supporting ultimate system upgrades and/or evolution, utilizing the local practices for notifying the account team of opportunities, assisting in creating proposals for projects through coordination of proposal documents and engineering estimates
• Leading and coordinating teams in all engineering disciplines (both in-house and outsourced) on low to medium complexity projects, leading single or multi-discipline engineering teams of less than 10 resources, creating work plans and cost estimates for the project in consultation with respective Project Managers and ensuring quality deliverables on time and at targeted cost
• Utilizing standard processes, tools and techniques, ensuring that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements, supporting the Project Manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions
• Identifying opportunities for repeating and new businesses, reviewing all project documents for conformity, safety and quality assurance, supporting Project Manager in issuing claims (new scope of work, cost impact, time impact, risk quantifications, etc.)

Your background

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree \xe2\x80\x93 Engineering field
• Minimum 10 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in a similar role and experience in the automation area
• Overall automation systems understanding, combined with process knowledge in in one of: Oil & Gas, Power & Water sectors
• Knowledge of ABB systems eg: Infi90, 800xA, Symphony Plus (S+) etc, knowledge of Industrial Cyber security and networking solutions for ABB systems
• Experience with Onshore and/or Offshore Oil and Gas customers like with ADNOC and/or Power & Water sector experience
• Customer interpersonal skills, communication skills and should have a problem solving approach
• Fluency in English language is mandatory

Benefits

• Retirement plan

More about us

ABB Energy Industries is enabling safe, smart and sustainable projects and operations for businesses across the oil, gas, chemicals, life sciences, power generation and water sectors. Driving integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify industry we connect our people and technology to help our customers adapt and succeed. With over 50 years domain expertise, we continue to innovate and reshape traditional approaches across the energy sector with our technologies designed to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, reduce energy consumption and waste. Work model: on site #LI-onsite