Senior Project Engineer

ABB Engineering Role

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we'll give you what you need to make it happen. It won't always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you'll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Engineering Manager

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be a design authority for an engineering discipline. Each day, you will complete assignments on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects in a cost-effective manner. You will also showcase your expertise by ensuring assignments are completed in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and cybersecurity policies and standards.

The work model for the role is: onsite or within a customer office environment. This role is contributing to the PAEN Engineering team in Vancouver. Main stakeholders are PAEN engineering and our local customers in Vancouver.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• 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 newly formed, high performing local project engineering team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role:

• You are immersed in / engaged in / absorbed in / highly skilled in/ you enjoy working with ABB 800xA control systems and the Energy and Waste Water Treatment markets.
• Ability to demonstrate your experience in / Have established skills / advanced skills / You have 7-10 years of experience in process automation / control systems working as a project engineer with 800xA system systems.
• Possess an enhanced knowledge of / You are qualified in / Highly adept in 800xA engineering tools and systems.
• You are passionate about / you are captivated by / you are innovative around collaborative team engineering and hands on control system implementations.
• Degree in / Have a demonstrated track record in / Extensive knowledge of / Proven experience of automation engineering in energy industries.
• You are at ease communicating in English.
• You hold current Engineering degree valid in any Canadian Engineering association, preferably EGBC and able to work in Canada.

Why ABB? We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

ABB values the dedication, commitment, and expertise of our employees. As an Employment Equity Employer, we believe in an inclusive and diverse workforce. We are committed to ensuring that our policies and practices align with the Employment Equity Program, aiming for a workforce that is truly representative of the four designated groups:

• Women
• Indigenous peoples
• Members of visible minorities
• Persons with disabilities

ABB is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities and encourages candidates to self-identify during the application process.