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About the Company - At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.

About the Role - In this role, you will have the opportunity to act as the technical lead for all engineering activities in assignments. Each day, you will ensure the activities related to all engineering disciplines within the project are executed in an efficient and cost-effective manner. You will also showcase your expertise by acting as a design authority for a particular engineering discipline and completing the corresponding engineering assignments.

The work model for the role is: hybrid (#Li-Hybrid) and requires travel throughout the year. This role is contributing to the Process Automation Marine Ports business in Houston, TX. There could be flexibility in the living location as long as it's within the Gulf Coast. You will be mainly accountable for:

• Quality Assurance and Compliance: Secure QA for the assigned power package within the contractual scope, ensuring compliance with HSE rules and regulations.
• Communication and Coordination: Manage technical communications with customers, class, and sub-suppliers, ensuring all changes and additional requirements are properly handled.
• Approvals and Documentation: Obtain necessary client approvals for design, drawings, quality, and inspections, document verbal agreements, and ensure third-party approvals and transmission of required documents.
• Feedback and Change Management: Provide feedback to the Project Manager on issues and progress, communicate requests for changes beyond the contract scope, and handle change management for software and hardware.
• Planning and Cyber Security: Plan and schedule activities within the discipline, coordinate with the Project Manager, ensure cyber security implementation, and deliver final documentation post-commissioning.

Qualifications -

Engineering Degree and 2+ years of experience in Drive and Motor application required. Experience with ABB Drive Systems (ACS880 &/or ACS6080) and ABB 800XA Control Systems is preferred.

Previous experience with the U.S. Coast Guard or U.S. Navy is preferred.

Familiar with marine industry standard codes and classification society regulations (DNV, ABS, USCG), experience in marine system integration involving energy storage, power generation and distribution (AC & DC), hybrid multi-drive systems, low voltage AC switchgear system design, and performing power system studies in ETAP and MATLAB is helpful.

Ability to lead multiple systems, develop technical specifications, protection and control functions descriptions, input/output lists, commissioning checklists, review technical proposals, FAT procedures, interconnection diagrams, cable selection and design, UPS load calculations, ELA analysis, DC switchboard design, and contribute to FMA, DVTP, PSTP documents is helpful.

Required Skills - This position requires the candidate to be a U.S. citizen or possess a valid U.S. Green Card due to the activities of the role.

Preferred Skills - N/A

Pay range and compensation package - Pay range or salary or compensation.

Equal Opportunity Statement - Include a statement on commitment to diversity and inclusivity.

More about us - The Marine & Ports Division serves the shipping and ports industries through its extensive portfolio of integrated systems and solutions that improve the flexibility, reliability and energy efficiency of vessels and container terminals. By coupling power, propulsion, automation, marine software and services that ensure maximum vessel uptime, the Division is well positioned to help the marine industry to achieve its decarbonization targets while improving the profitability and sustainability of our customers' business throughout the entire lifecycle of vessels. With ABB Ability™ Marine software solutions and ABB Ability™ Collaborative Operations Centers around the world, shipowners and operators can run their fleets at lower fuel and maintenance costs, while improving crew, passenger and cargo safety as well as overall productivity of their operations. Further, the Division delivers automation, electrical systems and digital solutions for container and bulk cargo handling, from ship to gate. These solutions help terminal operators meet the challenge of larger ships, taller cranes and bigger volumes per call, and make terminal operations safer, greener and more productive. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website

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