About this opportunity
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This Position reports to:
Engineering Manager
Your role and responsibilities (Mandatory)
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 is contributing to the Process Automation business for Energy Industries division based in Bangalore, India.
You will be mainly accountable for: Collaborating on project installation, commissioning, and site activities, to clarify potential issues or provide solutions to rectify the engineering errors.
Coaching the project engineers and designers on the translation of conceptual designs to engineering documentation, including modelling, prototyping, and calculations.
Leading, supervising, and coordinating teams (less than 10 members) in all engineering disciplines (both in-house and outsourced) on projects.
Applying design thinking or design for excellence concepts in projects, including modelling, prototyping, simulation, and calculations.
As a technical lead for all engineering disciplines - evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques, procedures and criteria to perform tasks for conventional projects.
Execute assignments using established solutions. May act as a design authority and completes engineering assignments.
Collaborates on project installation, commissioning and site activities, clarifying potential issues or providing solutions to correct engineering errors. Provides technical support to commissioning and start-up activities.
Assists in creating proposals for projects.
Supports Contract Manager in issuing claims.
Creates work plans and cost estimates in one’s area of responsibility.
Evaluates risks and opportunities, strategizes mitigation of one’s engineering
projects/programs.
Interact with customers, contractors, suppliers.
Oversee the creation of subcontracts and manage subcontractors jointly with other involved functions.
Qualifications for the role (Mandatory) Minimum 10 years of design, engineering, testing, commissioning and consulting experience of Control and Safety Systems in oil & gas production / refining / petrochemical / pharmaceutical industry.
Experience in managing cross-functional teams.
TUV Functional Safety Engineer Certification (or equivalent).
Working knowledge of the Safety Lifecycle and participation in functional safety assessments.
Working knowledge of IEC61508 and IEC61511
Proficiency in Safety System design, application programming, hardware design, and HMI graphics development.
Experience in safety system hardware inspection, FAT, SAT, loop checks, start-up and commissioning.
Must have good communication & leadership capabilities.
Must have strong team-building skills and Willingness to travel to customer sites.
More about US :
The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
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