Senior Project Lead Engineer - Hydro Power

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ABB Norway PAEN (Process Automation and Energy Industries) is involved in projects delivering electrical equipment and advanced control systems covering a broad field of applications, such as the oil and gas industry, subsea electrical systems, power from shore to oil installations, offshore wind, hydro power plants, onshore and offshore fish farms, and more. As Senior Project Lead Engineer you are accountable for delivery in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, cost estimates and safety requirements of the project. You provide technical support for engineering, testing, installation and commissioning activities and acts as a technical specialist with good knowledge on electrical systems. In this role, you will work close with the Project Management team, the Project Engineering team, suppliers and customers.

Your responsibilities

• Engineering & Design of electrical power distribution plants, including high, medium and low voltage switchboards, transformers, rotating equipment, and more.

• Design solutions and follow up specifications according to customer’s requirements and applicable standards.

• Implement customer functional requirements into ABB’s products.

• Follow up and execute review and upgrade-activities in projects.

• The position involves working together with Norwegian and internationals customers and vendors therefore some travelling must be expected.

• Technical lead and coordinator of deliveries of electrical and automation packages for hydropower plants containing several disciplines and types of projects (including service).

• Technical sales support during tendering phase of hydropower rehab projects of electrical and automation systems

• Tendering, engineering and execution of hydropower services such as replacements, upgrades, modernization, repairs, condition assessment

• Support with hands-on trouble-shooting, mainly for electrical systems, control systems and hydropower generators

• Technical customer support

• Engineering of MV switchgear (tailormade and standard metal-enclosed) and busbar replacements and modifications

• Engineering of HV air insulated switchgears

• Electrical and mechanical design, trouble shooting, condition assessment and commissioning of hydro generators

• Electrical design of softstarter systems for hydropower pump-motors

Your background

• Experience within technical sales, engineering , site-management and project management within

  replacements of MV switchgear and BoP for hydropower plants and pump-generating plants.

  generator projects, new generators as well as refurbishment and upgrading projects

• Experience/knowledge with electrical design of hydropower generators

• Experience with a broad range of technical aspects of hydropower plants, encompassing electrical, mechanical, functional and operational issues

• Experience as a Senior Project Engineer in electrical projects, where your scope has covered some of the following: High and Medium Voltage packages (AIS and GIS. 5-132kV), Grid-connection, Generators, Transformers (dry type, oil type) and synchronization.

• Knowledge of multifunction protection relays & their role in a power system is a must.

• It is a major benefit if you are familiar with interfacing electrical equipment with automation systems, e.g. the IEC61850 standard.

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. or equivalent in Electric Power Engineering.

• Fluent in both Norwegian and English, verbal and written.

• Commercial awareness.

• Team player and service minded.

• Eager to learn and develop yourself and your colleagues.

• Can combine theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

• It is natural for you to coach, support and advise both colleagues, customers and suppliers.

More about us

At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

We encourage your personal development and will facilitate that you fulfill your own goals and ambitions. You will become part of an informal culture and future-oriented projects related to sustainable energy. With us, you get committed colleagues who live by our values: "Courage", "Care", "Curiosity" and "Collaboration". We offer a mentoring program and collaboration with the prestigious Harvard Leadership Platform and Dale Carnegie as well as local learning institutions.

We offer flexible working hours, use of home office and obviously competitive conditions. In addition, we can offer company cabins, company sports teams, preventive health measures through the "Employee Assistant Program", comprehensive health insurance, an active women's network, full pay during parental leave, the Young in ABB network and financial support for gyms.

The position is located in Oslo, Fornebu. For any questions regarding the position please contact: Are Jostein Røynestad, +47 924 71 878.

Please note that in cooperation with Meditor Search we conduct a background screening on all candidates that receive an offer of employment in ABB Norway. This is to ensure best quality in our recruitment process, according with ABBs company policy.

Please apply latest by the 21st of April 2025.

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.