PMS Specialist - Process Power Manager

BlackBerry Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Energy Industries in Bangalore, India, is seeking an experienced engineer to lead PMS design and commissioning for power management systems in a hybrid work setup.

The role requires 10+ years of engineering and commissioning experience, hands-on substation network design, and strong knowledge of IEC 61850 and related protocols. Willingness to travel up to 70% and international assignments is expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in engineering and commissioning of Power Management Systems (PMS), covering monitoring, load shedding, load sharing, and synchronization.
• Hands-on design experience for substation network architecture and control philosophy for process/power plants.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, selects, and applies standard techniques to perform engineering assignments.
• Handles testing, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Prepares project documentation within one’s scope of deliverables.
• Assists in preparing proposals/presentations including BOMs and estimated hours.
• Supports the Contract Manager in change management (scope, cost, time, risk).
• Creates work plans and cost estimates within area of responsibility.
• Reviews and approves scope, budget, schedule for assignments and ensures quality deliverables.
• Collaborates with Supply Chain to communicate technical requirements to suppliers.
• Provides technical evaluation of supplier proposals and accepts as fit for purpose supplied equipment or services.
• Ensures safety regulations and contractual requirements.
• Reports issues to management with recommendations.
• Assigns tasks to and coordinates work with entry-level engineers, technicians, and administrative staff.

Skills

PMS engineering

Substation network design

IEC 61850 protocols

DCS tools

Industrial protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree (4 years)

Tools

IEC 61850 tooling

DCS configuration tools

Data concentrators

Job description

About the Role

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world. This Position reports to: Engineering Manager In this role, you will have the opportunity to act as a design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity. Each day, you will complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects in a cost-effective manner. You will also showcase your expertise by applying basic design thinking/design for excellence concepts in projects. The work model for the role is # LI - Hybrid. This role is contributing to the Process Automation business in Energy Industries division based in Bangalore, India

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, selects, and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments.
• Handles testing, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Prepares project documentation within one’s scope of deliverables.
• Assists in preparing proposals/presentations for engineering projects/programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours, etc.).
• Supports the Contract Manager in change management (new scope of work, cost impact, time impact, risk quantifications, etc.).
• Creates work plans and cost estimates in one’s area of responsibility.
• Reviews and approves scope, budget, and schedule for assignments and ensures quality deliverables on time and within targeted cost.
• Improves the effectiveness of work plans in collaboration with other functions.
• Completes Power Management System-related risk and opportunity assessments and ensures implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility.
• Reports any contract/quality/program/cost issues to management along with recommendations for resolution.
• Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that technical requirements for equipment or services are communicated and agreed on with potential suppliers.
• Provides technical evaluation of supplier proposals and accepts as fit for purpose supplied equipment or services.
• Use standard processes and tools applicable to one’s area of responsibility.
• Ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements.
• Reports process and tool inefficiencies and suggest improvement ideas.
• Assigns tasks to and coordinates work with entry-level engineers, technicians, and administrative staff.

You will join a talented team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience in engineering and commissioning of Power Management Systems (PMS), covering functionalities such as primary equipment monitoring and control, load shedding, load sharing, and synchronization.
• Hands‑on experience in designing substation network architecture of control systems and control philosophy for process/power plants.
• Working knowledge of utility communication protocols like IEC 61850, OPC, Modbus, DNP3, IEC 101/104, TCP/IP, Prefab’s, Profinet, Fieldbus, SPA, convergence of OT/IT, cybersecurity, etc.
• Hands‑on experience with application engineering tools for any DCS.
• Hands‑on experience in configuring controllers, protocol gateways, and data concentrators on various communication protocols.
• Experience working with various manufacturer IEDs on IEC 61850 protocol, creating IEC, ICD, CID, and SCD files.
• Bachelor's degree (4 years) or equivalent experience, and willingness to travel nationally and internationally up to 70%.
• Valid international passport.

About Us

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. Creating 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 of domain knowledge, 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. Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Why ABB

Why ABB Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

Values & Culture

We care At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger.

ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

Benefits & Development

We grow We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.