ABB Talent Pool – Associate Project Engineer / Principal Project Engineer / Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineer
About this opportunity
At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.
This Position reports to:
Talent Acquisition Partner
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be a design authority for an engineering discipline. Each day, you will complete assignments on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects in a cost-effective manner. You will also showcase your expertise by ensuring assignments are completed in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and cybersecurity policies and standards.
The work model for the role is: #Li_Onsite
This role plays a critical part in facilitating ABB’s business growth and supporting various divisions across India, covering multiple locations and clusters. We are seeking highly motivated and innovative professionals for positions such as Associate Project Engineer / Principal Project Engineer / Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineer. This is a valuable opportunity to become part of our talent pool and be considered for upcoming roles across diverse regions and customer sites.
You will be mainly accountable for:
Working with the customer to shape and deliver solutions while seeking customer feedback to drive and deliver improvements.
Creating work plans and cost estimates for the portfolio of projects and ensuring quality, timely implementation within the targeted cost.
Coordinating with relevant functions to ensure the designs are appropriately manufactured / staged, tested, installed, and commissioned.
Coaching engineering colleagues on the translation of conceptual designs to engineering documentation, best practices, and lessons learned from past projects.
Qualifications for the role
You enjoy preparing project documentation and procedures to perform engineering assignments.
You have 3 to 18 years of experience in Engineering, Commissioning, Planning, and Technical Management in any one of the following product areas:
PLC, DCS, SCADA substation automation
LV (ACB, MCB, MCCB & PCC, MCC) & MV (AIS, GIS, RMU & Relays) Switchgear
LV and HV Motors, HT Motors
VFD Drives
Excitation Systems
Analyzers (Liquid, Water & Gas)
Field Instruments
Power Electronics & PCB
Ensures quality and timely implementation of projects within the targeted cost.
Degree in Electrical / Mechanical engineering from a reputed university (should be full-time)
You are at ease communicating in English
A future opportunity
This role is part of our talent pipeline, which means it’s not currently open, but we’re always looking for curious minds, bold thinkers, and people who want to make an impact.
Click Apply to express your interest and be considered for future opportunities that match your experience and aspirations.
At ABB, we welcome people from all backgrounds and believe that diverse perspectives help us build a cleaner, smarter future.
Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about how we help run what runs the world.
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How this role compares
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Salary context
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