Solution Engineering Manager

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: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

Join us as Solution Engineering Manager for the Process Automation Business Area where you will be managing a team of designers/engineers to deliver high quality, cost effective and timely engineering solutions to customers.Formulating plan, allocate resources to meet the agreed contractual and financial targets. Reporting to Regional Engineering Manager where you will be driving engineering standardization, identification and implementation of adaptive leavers in each project and establish stronger collaboration with global execution center (OPCs) for continuous cost optimization and quality improvements besides you will be responsible for successful engineering delivery of green field and brownfield solution projects in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines ,Vietnam, Bangladesh and Brunei. This position will be based in Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia, Jakarta-Indonesia, Singapore.

Your responsibilities

• Driving team performance to ensure that deliverables are met on time, as per the set contract, safety, and quality requirements
• Providing engineering support during the bid phase, ensures that the resources required to deliver the technical solutions are correctly accounted
• Overseeing contractual work within own area of responsibility and conducts regular progress reviews, identifies, and manages contractual risks
• Ensuring correct assignments of tasks within the engineering team, defines relevant performance metrics
• Collaborating with the supply chain function to ensure that correct suppliers services and equipment are available to support the engineering execution
• Developing and drives continuous improvement activities to improve processes, policies, procedures, and effectiveness within one’s area of responsibility
• Participating in defining the annual budget for area of responsibility and is accountable for managing performance against agreed financial targets and constraints
• Ensuring (with HR support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed

Your background

• Bachelors' degree in Electrical or automation and minimum 10 years combined experience in leadership/management and engineering
• Technical Experience working with Automation and Electrical products and solutions in Oil & Gas, Chemical and Power Generation domain
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications and related business and engineering software applications (CAD/AUTOCAD, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, etc.)
• General understanding of network engineering and IT/IS is a plus (PC handling, Windows applications, PC configurations, Virus scanners, interfaces, backup)
• Experience with multicultural involvement and engagement and demonstrated ability to develop, implement and execute effective KPI’s
• Poses strong people management skills that create highly motivated individuals who work together as a team to execute a well-defined strategy and excellent English communication skills

Benefits

• Life insurance
• Accident insurance
• Paid Parental leave (gender neutral)
• Sick pay

More about us

ABB Energy Industries is enabling safe, smart, and sustainable projects and operations for businesses across the oil, gas, chemicals, life sciences, power generation and water sectors. Driving integrated solutions that automate, digitalize, and electrify industry we connect our people and technology to help our customers adapt and succeed. With over 50 years domain expertise, we continue to innovate and reshape traditional approaches across the energy sector with our technologies designed to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, reduce energy consumption and waste. 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. Recruitment Agencies please be aware that this role is being managed by the internal ABB Talent team directly. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners should we require support. Your adherence to our process is appreciated Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid