Project Engineer SCADA

Get ready to meet your amazing colleagues! We are a vibrant Panamanian organization that started our incredible growth journey in 2020. Currently, our team consists of 120 talented professionals, with an average age of 34, creating the perfect blend of youthful energy and seasoned expertise. Our diverse workforce primarily hails from Panama, but we also proudly welcome individuals from Ecuador, Colombia, Morocco, The Netherlands, and India, ensuring a fantastic mix of nationalities. Importantly, we maintain a wonderful balance of men and women at operational and management levels. Nestled within the modern Panama Pacifico, our office is the hub for our shared mission of fostering collaboration amongst our teams and with our valued customers throughout the week. We can't wait for you to join our dynamic and supportive environment!

This position reports to

Project Manager

Your role and responsibilities

Role Description: To strengthen our team, we are searching for a SCADA Engineer, to take the end-to-end responsibility for the SCADA scope of our projects. 1. Design: The SCADA engineer is responsible to develop with the support of the SCADA Engineer , the SCADA infrastructure of the project, The SCADA Engineer shall manage the interphases with different disciplines like: Panamá Assembly Location: Give the sizing of all internal equipment’s, so that the prefabricated substations structural design is suitable for all equipment’s inside.. Project Execution Team: Exchange all documents from the ABB factories with the execution team of ABB to ensure all signals and communication interphases are installed. 2. Manufacturing SCADA engineer shall select the equipment’s based on the list of vendors available from ABB and their technical offer, in which he/she must compare it with, technical specifications of the contract, lead times and cost. After receiving the drawings from factories and reviewing, the documentation shall be submitted to customer for approval and give follow-up to the factories before FAT. SCADA Jr Engineer shall attend FATs of SCADA panels, virtual or in presence.

Qualifications for the role

• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic, Electrical or Electromechanical Engineering.
• Previous experience working in electrical area.
• Knowledge of electrical designs of low and medium voltage.
• 3 years of experience in similar roles working with projects.
• Availability to travel.
• Intermediate – advanced English level

More about us

About Our Business: Do you share our vision for sustainability and our dedication to pioneering advanced technologies that drive the Ports industry forward and help our customers worldwide decarbonize it? At ABB Marine and Ports in Panama, we are focused on electrifying Container Terminals globally. Ports have many electrical consumers, such as Ship-to-Shore Cranes, Stacking Cranes, Reefer sockets, Shore Power, electric vehicles, and buildings. Within our team in Panama, we design and build electrical and automation infrastructure to provide reliable and sustainable power to our customers, enabling them to handle containers efficiently. Our scope includes Medium Voltage Substations, SCADA systems, Terminal Lighting, Reefer racks and their electrical systems, Electrical Vehicle charging infrastructure, and Grid Connection substations, among others. Our core products are prefabricated substations built in our facilities in Panama. These substations are fully tested and commissioned before they arrive at the construction site. These substations include medium-voltage switchgear, transformers, low-voltage switchgear, UPS, DC systems, SCADA, Fire Alarms, and climate control systems. Our project locations span the globe, covering the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. They typically take around 24 months to complete. Safety and Integrity are part of our DNA throughout the project lifecycle.