Senior Project Engineer

Company:  ABB
Location: Houston
Closing Date: 02/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Acts as a design authority for an engineering discipline with medium complexity. Completes assignments on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and cybersecurity policies and standards.


ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Leadership and Design

  • Lead technical projects, approving designs and solving complex problems.
  • Review all project documents for safety, cybersecurity, and quality compliance.
  • Conduct power system studies for medium and low voltage systems using tools like ETAP or Power Tool.
  • Design, review, or modify control and protection schematics and communication networks for switchgear.
  • Use tools like EPLAN or AutoCAD to support design work.
  • Write technical specifications and functional descriptions.


Customer Collaboration and Sales Support

  • Work with customers to create solutions, gather feedback, and improve designs.
  • Define and finalize key concepts like "fail-safe" and "secure-by-design" in project meetings.
  • Resolve technical issues during meetings and assist in preparing proposals and presentations for projects.


Project Management and Planning

  • Create work plans, cost estimates, and ensure timely, cost-effective project implementation.
  • Ensure Bill of Materials meets contract terms and project budget goals.
  • Collaborate with project managers and supply chain teams to meet contractual requirements and manage contract variations.


Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

  • Apply design thinking, simulations, and calculations to improve designs.
  • Conduct peer reviews and ensure compliance with standards and guidelines.
  • Coach and mentor team members, sharing best practices and lessons learned.
  • Identify process inefficiencies and suggest improvements to tools and workflows.
  • Coordinate with manufacturing and testing teams to ensure correct production, staging, and testing of designs.
  • Work with commissioning teams to ensure proper installation and commissioning of systems.
  • Update engineering deliverables post-installation and commissioning, as required by contracts.


More about us

The Marine & Ports Division serves the shipping and ports industries through its extensive portfolio of integrated systems and solutions that improve the flexibility, reliability and energy efficiency of vessels and container terminals.


By coupling power, propulsion, automation, marine software and services that ensure maximum vessel uptime, the Division is well positioned to help the marine industry to achieve its decarbonization targets while improving the profitability and sustainability of our customers’ business throughout the entire lifecycle of vessels.


With ABB Ability™ Marine software solutions and ABB Ability™ Collaborative Operations Centers around the world, shipowners and operators can run their fleets at lower fuel and maintenance costs, while improving crew, passenger and cargo safety as well as overall productivity of their operations.


Further, the Division delivers automation, electrical systems and digital solutions for container and bulk cargo handling, from ship to gate. These solutions help terminal operators meet the challenge of larger ships, taller cranes and bigger volumes per call, and make terminal operations safer, greener and more productive.




Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites:


As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.


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