Project Engineer - Distribution solutions

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ABB's Distribution Solutions Division provides utility, industrial and commercial customers with safe, smart and sustainable technologies for the distribution of electricity. With ABB AbilityTM enabled digital solutions at its core, our extensive portfolio includes distribution automation products, switching, limiting, measuring and sensing devices, switchgear, modular substation packages, and related services. The quality and innovation of the engineering in our products, systems and service offerings keeps our customers ahead. Developing solutions for our customers all over the world and working on our market-leading technologies will challenge and enrich your work and your mind. As a member of the Electrification Distribution Solutions engineering team, you will work on projects to provide to customers (Utility, Datacenters, industrial customers and many more) with high quality equipment, in order to power up their electrical systems via MV/LV Switchgear and MCCs. You will be the technical support for all design activities related to diverse MV/LV Switchgear and MCCs, as well as their sub-systems equipment, related to engineering projects mainly in North America, under the Electrification division, Distribution Solutions unit. Reporting to the Engineering manager, you will drive excellence - ensuring that design activities are efficiently and cost-effectively executed in accordance with customer expectations, contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements.

Your responsibilities

• Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
• Providing technical solutions in accordance with customer specifications and applicable standards.
• Conduct thorough technical reviews of proposed solutions and drawings from sub-contractors and factories against specifications and standards.
• Be the customer local technical interface for on-going projects.
• Support to the senior field application specialist with application and product management work.
• Review technical details, costs, and deliverables for sales proposals.
• Making technical recommendations in the testing, installation, and commissioning phases of customer projects to ensure all actions are completed according to process requirements and standards, while identifying improvement opportunities.
• Communicate any product gaps to local product management.
• Maintaining and enhancing customer satisfaction by providing excellent service at all stages of the project and tracking quality issues with local quality representative.
• Supporting contract managers with claims related to changes in the project scope, including assessing cost and time impacts, as well as risk quantifications.
• Execute multiple projects with various completion maturity levels.

Your background

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or similar field.
• Strong ownership sense.
• Structured and organized.
• 2-5 years in project engineering management of experience in a similar industrial company.
• Ability to read, understand and communicate in both French and English
• Knowledge of ANSI, CSA, UL, IEEE standards, mandatory.
• OIQ valid membership, mandatory. Other provinces an asset.
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols such as IEC 61850, IEC-104, DNP3.0, Modbus TCP/RTU, an asset.
• Current class 5 driving license valid in Canada and Canadian work permit.
• Strong commitment to safe work practices and dedication to following all relevant workplace safety guidelines.
• A high level of self-motivation, curiosity, and desire to learn about new technologies.
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach with strong communication skills to quickly resolve project related activities and issues.

Benefits

• Healthcare plan
• Retirement plan
• Wellbeing program

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the 4th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s top employers by Forbes Magazine and has been ranked #1 within the industry category. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, and Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and supported. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage applicants to self-identify in the application process. #LI-Hybrid