Project Lead Engineer (PCS Modernization)

ABB; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to act as a design authority for an engineering discipline on small to mid-size projects within the Process Automation business. You will prepare specifications, review deliverables, and support testing, installation and commissioning to ensure alignment with customer specs.

The role emphasizes cost-efficient solutions, collaboration with business teams, and leveraging virtualization skills.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Instrumentation/Electronics/Electrical with first class.
• 10+ years hands-on experience in process or safety systems in oil & gas, refineries, or petrochemicals.
• Knowledge of DCS, ICSS and safety systems such as fire & gas or ESD.
• Experience with FAT/SAT, testing, installation and commissioning.
• Experience with virtualization concepts and VMware setup.

Responsibilities

• Prepare technical specifications aligned with project specs and review engineering deliverables (SLD, GA, FDS).
• Apply standard techniques to engineering assignments; handle testing, installation, and commissioning.
• Assist proposals and presentations for service engineering projects including BOMs and hours estimation; document as-is and to-be processes.
• Create work plans and cost estimates; ensure quality deliverables on time within costs; conduct risk assessments.
• Provide technical support for testing, installation and commissioning; collaborate with business teams to deliver solutions on time.
• Maintain a network of engineering professionals and share best practices across projects and disciplines.

Skills

Project coordination

Technical review

Cost estimation

Stakeholder management

Design thinking

Education

B.Tech / B.E in Instrumentation or Electronics or Electrical engineering (first class)

Tools

ESXi

VMware

Job description

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: Principal Project Engineer

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.

This role is contributing to the Process Automation business in Energy Industries division based in Bangalore, India.

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

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Ensuring preparation of technical specifications that are in line with project specifications, preparing or approving of engineering deliverables like SLD, GA, FDS, etc., and performing technical review before submission to ensure that the deliverables are as per the customer technical specification
• Evaluating, selecting and applying standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments in projects. Handling testing, installation and commissioning activities
• Assisting in preparing proposals or presentations for service engineering projects or programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours, etc.) and Identifying customer (internal or external) requirements, analyzing and documenting as-is process and process interfaces, discover gaps, design to-be integration in collaboration with business resources
• Creating work plans and cost estimations and ensuring quality deliverables on time and within targeted cost. Completing risk and opportunity assessments and ensures implementation of resulting actions
• Providing technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities. Collaborating with business teams to deliver solutions within timeline. Assisting customers on technical issues, interacting with official contacts, contracting and other staffs
• Maintaining network of engineering professionals and sharing engineering best practice across different projects and disciplines. Interacting with various stakeholders, understand the customer demands, update self with latest trends and technologies used in process automation domain

Qualifications for the role:

• B. Tech / B.E from a reputed University with first class in Instrumentation or Electronics or Electrical engineering
• Minimum 10+ years of hands‑on experience in process or safety systems, predominantly in application engineering, HMI engineering, 3rd party communication, FAT and SAT for process automation in any of the domains like oil & gas or refineries or petrochemicals
• Good knowledge on process or ICSS and safety systems (fire & gas protection systems or emergency shutdown systems)
• Knowledge of brownfield scope of work for DCS - modifications, retrofits, upgrades, service and commissioning
• Hands‑on experience in producing documents ranging from pre-to-detailed engineering, system testing (FAT & IFAT) etc.,
• Experience in virtualization concepts, ESXi setup, raid configuration and VMware configuration
• Experience in any ABB systems like 800xA, SG400, Advant, AC800M, AC450, AC410 etc,. will be an added advantage

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 reducing risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

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.