Senior Project Engineer

ABB; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB söker en Senior Lead Project Engineer för att ansluta till vårt team i Calgary. Du kommer att tillhandahålla tekniskt ledarskap och övervaka genomförandet av multidisciplinära elkonstruk­tionsprojekt från koncept till driftsättning.

Rollens arbete innefattar ledning av tekniska granskningar, kundmöten och koordinering av leveranser över flera discipliner. Arbetsmodellen är hybrid och du arbetar nära projektledning och kunder i energisektorn.

Qualifications

• Bachelors/Equivalent i Elektroteknik eller liknande.
• 5+ års erfarenhet av ledande tvärvetenskapliga projekt inom elkonstruktion.
• Gedigen kunskap inom nämnda tekniska områden samt en god förståelse för relevanta standarder.

Responsibilities

• Leda och stödja elkonstruk­tionsprojekt och säkerställa leverans enligt scope, tidplan och kvalitet.
• Utveckla och granska el­tekniska leveranser och överensstämmelse med koder och ABB-standarder.
• Leda tekniska möten med kunder och interna intressenter.

Skills

Power system studies

Substation design

Protection & control

Industrial automation

Education

Kandidatexamen i Elektroteknik

Tools

ETAP

SKM

PSCAD

EasyPower

Job description

På ABB hjälper vi industrier att bli mer resurseffektiva och renare – och varje person här bidrar till resultaten. Du kommer att få möjlighet att leda, få stöd att växa och kunna vara stolt över den påverkan vi skapar tillsammans. Gå med oss och hjälp till att driva det som driver världen.

Denna position rapporterar till:

Electrical Engineering Manager

Your role and responsibilities

ABB is seeking a Senior Lead Project Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will provide technical leadership and oversee the successful execution of multidisciplinary electrical engineering projects from concept through commissioning. As the Lead Electrical Engineer on assigned projects, you will coordinate engineering activities across multiple disciplines, ensure technical excellence, manage engineering scope and deliverables, and serve as the primary technical interface for customers, project managers, and internal stakeholders.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid #LI-Hybrid

This role is contributing to the Automation Energy Industries division in either Houston, TX or Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead and support engineering projects, ensuring successful delivery through effective technical leadership, coordination, and adherence to project scope, schedule, and quality expectations.
• Develop, review, and approve electrical engineering deliverables, ensuring compliance with project requirements, applicable codes, industry standards, and ABB engineering practices.
• Lead customer technical meetings, design reviews, and interdisciplinary engineering coordination meetings.
• Manage engineering scope, technical risks, engineering schedules, and change management activities in collaboration with Project Management.
• Support factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, and startup activities as required.
• Coordinate and provide technical oversight of multi-discipline vendors and subcontractors, ensuring alignment with project requirements, engineering standards, schedules, and overall project objectives.
• Support proposal development, engineering estimates, technical risk assessments, and engineering execution planning.

Additional tasks with varying scope depending on experience level:

• Perform and review power system studies (e.g., short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, load flow) to support protection design and validate system performance.
• Create and review substation and electrical building integration design packages and follow those projects from the conceptual stage to construction completion.
• Develop and review protection and control system designs, including relay selection, protection philosophies, settings development, configuration, and coordination.
• Design/review/implementation of power management systems (PMS).

Our team dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• 5 or more years of experience in electrical engineering, with demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Extensive experience in at least two of the following technical areas:
  • Power system studies and associated software (ETAP, SKM, PSCAD, EasyPower)
  • Substation and electrical building design.
  • Protection and control system design, including relay applications, settings, and integration.
  • Industrial automation systems, including power management systems (PMS), SCADA, or distributed control systems (DCS).
• Strong understanding of relevant industry standards and codes (IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, IEC, or equivalent as applicable).
• Demonstrated experience serving as the Lead Electrical Engineer or Engineering Lead on complex engineering projects.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate technical execution across multiple concurrent projects.
• Excellent technical problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance within the team.
• Professional Engineering designation (PE) preferred.

What's in it for you?

Working at ABB offers a unique opportunity to gain hands‑on experience across the full spectrum of power system engineering. Our group actively engages in substation design, protection and controls engineering, power system studies, and the design and implementation of power management systems. Being part of this team allows engineers to collaborate across multiple disciplines, contribute to complex and impactful projects, and develop a well‑rounded understanding of modern power infrastructure up to 69kV.

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff…

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

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More about us

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.

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