Senior Lead Project Engineer

About the role

ABB is looking for a Senior Lead Project Engineer to join its Automation Energy Industries division, working in either Houston, Texas or Calgary, Alberta. The role reports to the Electrical Engineering Manager and provides technical leadership for multidisciplinary electrical engineering projects from concept through commissioning. It is a hybrid position.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support engineering projects, keeping them on scope, schedule and quality expectations
• Develop, review and approve electrical engineering deliverables in line with codes, standards and ABB practices
• Lead customer technical meetings, design reviews and interdisciplinary coordination meetings
• Manage engineering scope, technical risks, schedules and change management with Project Management
• Support FAT, SAT, commissioning and startup activities
• Oversee multi-discipline vendors and subcontractors
• Support proposals, engineering estimates, technical risk assessments and execution planning
• Depending on experience: perform and review power system studies, substation and electrical building design packages, protection and control system designs, and power management systems

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
• 5+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering projects
• Extensive experience in at least two of: power system studies, substation and electrical building design, protection and control system design, or industrial automation systems (PMS, SCADA, DCS)
• Experience as Lead Electrical Engineer on complex projects and mentoring junior engineers
• Professional Engineering (PE) designation preferred

Required skills

• Power system studies software such as ETAP, SKM, PSCAD or EasyPower
• Protection and control system design, including relay applications and settings
• Knowledge of IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, IEC or equivalent standards