Principal Engineer

ABB

2.9

Doha, Qatar

Why you should apply for a job to ABB:

  • We focus on the areas where we can make the biggest impact: reducing carbon emissions, preserving resources and promoting social progress.

  • ABB has flexible work options depending on job compatibility without compromising customer service or impacting colleagues.

  • ABB has launched a gender-neutral global parental leave program granting 12 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers.

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    Position summary

    Principal Engineer

    Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

    You will be working as Principal Engineer, will be the part of Process Automation Business Area for Energy Industries division based in Doha, Qatar. In this role you will be technical lead for all medium to high complex engineering and service activities and ensure all activities related to engineering discipline within the project and services are efficiently and cost effectively executed, in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements, proactively communicate with both customer and ABB sales teams to ensure customer needs are understood and business opportunities utilized for penetration and expansion

    This position reports to

    Project Manager

    Your responsibilities

    • Evaluating, selecting and applying standard techniques, procedures and criteria to perform task or sequence of tasks, for conventional projects with few complex features, executing assignments using established solutions
    • Acting as a design authority for a particular engineering discipline and completes engineering assignments for that discipline, Identifying opportunities for repeating and new businesses
    • Collaborating on project installation, commissioning, and site activities, clarifying potential issues or providing solutions to correct engineering errors, providing technical support to commissioning and start-up activities
    • Assisting in creating proposals for projects through coordination of proposal documents and engineering estimates, assisting in performing engineering risk analysis before submitting proposal and creating work plans and cost estimates in one’s area of responsibility
    • Evaluating risks and opportunities, strategizes mitigation of one’s engineering projects/programs, supporting the project manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions
    • Overseeing the creation of subcontracts and managing subcontractors jointly with other involved functions, including supply chain management, collaborating and networking with engineering colleagues within ABB
    • Sharing best practice across different projects and disciplines, utilizing standard processes, tools and techniques, ensuring that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements

    Your background

    • Bachelor in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering
    • 10-12 years of experience in control and instrumentation field with at least 6 years of experience as Lead Customer Support / Lead Project engineer in System 800xA based solutions / services preferably in chemical Oil and Gas industry
    • Good hands-on experience as Project Lead for system 800xA based control system (both hardware and software) with AC800M library-based application development – project & commissioning, system installation and maintenance and industrial networking, network switch configuration
    • Hands on experience in Cyber security solutions for 800x A systems, able to do cybersecurity audits and assessments, cyber security implementation experience
    • Hands on experience in industrial communication protocols like Modbus- RTU & TCP, OPC etc
    • Fluency in English is mandatory

    Benefits

    • Retirement plan

    More about us

    Process Industries division delivers complete electrification and automation solutions, industry-specific products and lifecycle services across industries. Engineering and delivering automation solutions from device to monitoring and control make our customers get more out of their investment; digitalization solutions including collaborative operations and augmented reality help improve plant and enterprise productivity, reduce maintenance and energy costs. Our engineering, project management, services and solutions portfolio covers a wide range of industries - Mining, Pulp & Paper, Metals, Aluminum and Cement, Data centers and Food and Beverage Work model: on site #LI-onsite

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    About the company

    Industry: Electronics: Manufacturing

    ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ...

    Why you should apply for a job to ABB:

  • We focus on the areas where we can make the biggest impact: reducing carbon emissions, preserving resources and promoting social progress.

  • ABB has flexible work options depending on job compatibility without compromising customer service or impacting colleagues.

  • ABB has launched a gender-neutral global parental leave program granting 12 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers.