Senior Project Engineer

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This position reports to

Engineering Manager

Your role and responsibilities

ABB Norway PAEN (Process Automation and Energy Industries) is involved in projects delivering electrical equipment and advanced control systems covering a broad field of applications, such as the oil and gas industry, subsea electrical systems, power from shore to oil installations, offshore wind, hydro power plants, onshore and offshore fish farms, and more. As Senior Project Engineer you are accountable for delivery in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, cost estimates and safety requirements of the project. You provide technical support for engineering, testing, installation and commissioning activities and acts as a technical specialist with good knowledge on electrical systems. In this role, you will work close with the Project Management team, the Project Engineering team, suppliers and customers. Your responsibilities: • Engineering & Design of electrical power distribution plants, including high, medium and low voltage switchboards, transformers, rotating equipment, and more. • Design solutions and follow up specifications according to customer’s requirements and applicable standards. • Implement customer functional requirements into ABB’s products. • Follow up and execute review and upgrade-activities in projects. • The position involves working together with Norwegian and internationals customers and vendors therefore some travelling must be expected.

Qualifications for the role

• Experience as a package engineer in electrical projects, where your scope has covered some of the following: High and Medium Voltage packages (AIS and GIS. 5-132k V), Low Voltage switchboards, Transformers (dry type, oil type), Frequency converters, UPS systems, Generator controls.
• Knowledge of multifunction protection relays & their role in a power system is a must.
• It is a major benefit if you are familiar with interfacing electrical equipment with automation systems, e.g. the IEC61850 standard. Experience with “hands-on” programming/testing and commissioning of protection relays for HV and LV (experience as commissioning-engineer) is also a benefit.
• B.Sc. or M.Sc. or equivalent in Electric Power Engineering.
• Fluent in both Norwegian and English, verbal and written.
• Commercial awareness.
• Team player and service minded.
• Eager to learn and develop yourself and your colleagues.
• Can combine theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
• It is natural for you to coach, support and advise both colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• If you have recently graduated and interest in working on those tasks as part of our engineering team you are also welcome to apply.

More about us

We encourage your personal development and will facilitate that you fulfill your own goals and ambitions. You will become part of an informal culture and future-oriented projects related to sustainable energy. With us, you get committed colleagues who live by our values: "Courage", "Care", "Curiosity" and "Collaboration". We offer a mentoring program and collaboration with the prestigious Harvard Leadership Platform and Dale Carnegie as well as local learning institutions. We offer flexible working hours, use of home office and obviously competitive conditions. In addition, we can offer company cabins, company sports teams, preventive health measures through the "Employee Assistant Program", comprehensive health insurance, an active women's network, full pay during parental leave, the Young in ABB network and financial support for gyms. The position is located in Oslo, Fornebu. For any questions regarding the position please contact: Alexandru Iacob, +47 912 42 510. Please note that in cooperation with Meditor Search we conduct a background screening on all candidates that receive an offer of employment in ABB Norway. This is to ensure best quality in our recruitment process, according with ABBs company policy. Please apply latest by the 3rd of November 2024. We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #My ABBStory