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This Position reports to:

Business Manager - Portfolio

 

Your Role and Responsibilities

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: Hybrid/ Remote

This role is contributing to the High-Power Rectifiers within the Process Automation, Process Industries Division in Southern Africa based in South Africa. Main stakeholders are Mining refineries - Electrowinning, Pulp & Paper - Chemical plants, Metals - Electric Arc Furnaces, Aluminum Potlines, and Hydrogen plants.

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 talented and driven team, where you will be able to thrive and grow.

Qualifications for the RoleYou are highly skilled in Electrical Engineering with a focus on High Power rectifiers, Power Electronics and control.Ability to demonstrate your experience in related industries and process knowledge of High-Power rectifiers and have 3 - 5 years of experience in project engineering.Working as a project engineer within a multi-disciple engineering team with knowledge in Aluminum Potlines, Electric Arc Furnaces, DC drives, and specialized transformers, will be an advantage.Possess an enhanced knowledge of electrical applications and systems in Power conversion.You must be able to clearly interpret, document, and explain complex electrical concepts, drawings, and specifications to both technical and non-technical audiences.Degree in Electrical Engineering with experience in project execution environments where you need to collaborate closely with engineers, clients and project teams, to ensure accurate information flow, project execution, and compliance with standards.You are at ease communicating in English with the ability to convey electrical knowledge effectively is essential.You must be in possession of a valid in driver’s license for South-Africa.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates an impact you can see and feel, every day. 

Benefits

From well-being to retirement, ABB offers benefits that support every stage of your career.

More about us

Our team then provides integrated products, services and solutions to help customers optimize their power and productivity resulting in increased availability, lower lifetime investment costs and reach their sustainability targets. ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. The company provides integrated solutions that combine engineering expertise with software to optimize how things are manufactured, moved, powered, and operated.

The Process Industries division within Process Automation focuses on delivering end-to-end solutions for industries such as mining, pulp and paper, metals, and cement. Its capabilities include:

Automation and control systems (e.g., 800xA platforms)Drives, motors, and power distributionInstrumentation and electrificationEngineering, procurement, construction, and lifecycle servicesDigital solutions like ABB Ability™ and simulation models

South - Africa - Longmeadow Business Estate, Gauteng

Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged candidates in line with the company's employment equity targets.

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