ABB 800xA Automation Engineer for SCADA/Substation

Vinci Group

Sharjah

On-site

AED 240,000 - 420,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Actemium Sharjah, part of Vasundhara Automation & Engineering Services under VINCI Energies, seeks an experienced Automation System Engineer to deliver ABB System 800xA, AC800M, SCADA/DCS, and Substation Automation projects from design to handover. The role demands IEC 61850, industrial networking, redundancy, cybersecurity, virtualization, and brownfield migration expertise.

Ideal candidates hold a Electrical/Instrumentation/Electronics degree, 5–8 years in industrial automation, and hands-on

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Instrumentation, Electronics Engineering.
5–8 years in industrial automation, SCADA/DCS, or substation automation.
At least 3 years with ABB 800xA and AC800M.
End-to-end delivery of at least two ABB 800xA projects.
Hands-on integration of IEDs, relays, PLCs, RTUs, and gateways using IEC 61850.
Ability to lead testing, shutdowns, commissioning, troubleshooting, and customer-facing activities.

Responsibilities

Design, configure, test, and commission ABB System 800xA, AC800M, S800 I/O, controllers, servers, networks, and redundant architectures.
Develop control logic, interlocks, sequences, reusable libraries, I/O databases, backups, and engineering records.
Develop operator displays, faceplates, alarms, events, trends, historian interfaces, access control, and High Performance HMI functions.
Engineer SAS, electrical SCADA, and PMS; integrate IEDs, relays, meters, switchgear, generators, transformers, PLCs, RTUs, drives, gateways, and third-party systems.
Perform IEC 61850 engineering including ICD/CID/SCD files, MMS, GOOSE, datasets, report control blocks, SOE, and NTP/PTP/IRIG-B time synchronization.
Configure and troubleshoot IEC 101/104, DNP3, Modbus, Profinet, Profibus, EtherNet/IP, OPC, VLANs, fiber, PRP, HSR, MRP, RSTP, VPNs, and remote telemetry.
Lead FAT, SAT, loop checks, commissioning, startup, migrations, shutdowns, cutovers, rollback, troubleshooting, and customer acceptance.
Apply IEC 62443-aligned cybersecurity; support VMware/Hyper-V, backup, disaster recovery, licensing, lifecycle management, documentation, training, and warranty support.