Senior Turbine Specialist

ABB; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB is seeking an experienced Turbine Controls professional in the US to lead commissioning and delivery of steam and gas turbine projects. You will shape solutions with customers, drive improvements, and manage plans and costs across multiple projects with a focus on quality and timely execution.

You will mentor peers on engineering documentation, best practices, and lessons learned from complex deployments across ABB’s control systems portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering and 10+ years in turbine controls.
• Hands-on experience with rotary equipment projects and gas turbines.
• Knowledge of control systems, sensors, and power/IT interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning activities for turbine control projects.
• Collaborate with customers to shape solutions and capture feedback.
• Create work plans and cost estimates while ensuring quality and on-time delivery.
• Coordinate designs, manufacturing, testing, installation, and commissioning.
• Coach engineers on translating designs into documentation and best practices.

Skills

Rotary equipment experience

Gas turbines knowledge

Thermodynamics understanding

Control systems architecture

Customer communication

Network / IT basics

Windows operating system

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

10+ years turbine controls experience

Tools

ABB DCS Symphony Plus/Harmony/Melody

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:

Turbine Controls Ops Manager

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Commissioning activities related to assigned Turbine Control projects.
• Working with the customer to shape and deliver solutions while seeking customer feedback to drive and deliver improvements.
• Creating work plans and cost estimates for the portfolio of projects and ensuring quality, timely implementation within the targeted cost.
• Coordinating with relevant functions to ensure the designs are appropriately manufactured / staged, tested, installed, and commissioned.
• Coaching engineering colleagues on the translation of conceptual designs to engineering documentation, best practices, and lessons learned from past projects.

Our team dynamics

You will join a High performing Turbine Controls Team delivering Steam Turbine and Combustion Turbine Projects, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications For The Role

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering discipline
• 10+ years of experience in turbine controls with focus on turbine commissioning projects
• Hands on experience of executing a variety of rotary equipment projects, focusing mainly on centrifugal type process compressors & compressor drives (Gas Turbines)
• Hands on experience on 7EA, 7FA, 9FA,6B & 6FA Heavy Duty Gas Turbines
• Deep understanding on thermodynamics & statistical approach of sensor interaction to propose new ideas and improve the Gas Turbine Product portfolio.
• Knowledge of structural and functional architecture of control systems & process knowledge to predict performance degradation, abnormality of operations, Operation point shift from design.
• Executed projects with turbine Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) control systems with major focus on SGT-600, Solar Gas Turbine & GE LM series machine
• Knowledge of control philosophy for Oil, Gas & chemical plants. Knowledge of the field instrumentation (sensors, transducers, drives related to Pressure, Flow, Temperature, Level etc.)
• Knowledge of ABB DCS (Symphony Plus/Harmony/Melody)
• Knowledge of network engineering and IT developments (PC handling, Windows applications, PC configurations, virus scanners, interfaces, backup)
• Knowledge of windows operating system
• Excellent customer satisfaction and communication skills to provide alternative solutions
• Must have valid US work authorization

More About Us

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

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.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB’s career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [e-mail]. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

ABB Benefit Summary For Eligible US Employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

Go to www.myBenefitsABB.com and click on “Candidate/Guest” to learn more

Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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