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Senior Project Engineer (Networking and Cyber Security)

ABB Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Posted: 09 Sep 2024

Financial

  • Estimate: $110k - $150k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Hybrid
  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Fluent

Position

About the job
At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values—care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration—combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities, drive our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions.

ABB Energy Industries is enabling safe, smart, and sustainable projects and operations for businesses across the oil, gas, chemicals, life sciences, power generation, and water sectors. We drive integrated solutions that automate, digitalize, and electrify industry, connecting our people and technology to help our customers adapt and succeed. With over 50 years of domain expertise, we continue to innovate and reshape traditional approaches across the energy sector with technologies designed to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and minimize energy consumption and waste.

Work model: Hybrid

Your responsibilities:

  • Act as a technical lead, approving design deliverables and reviewing project documents for conformity, safety, and quality assurance.
  • Anticipate and solve crucial issues and/or unique conditions while serving as a specialist in the application of advanced concepts and methods.
  • Act as design authority for a specific engineering discipline and complete engineering assignments for that discipline.
  • Collaborate on project installation, commissioning, and site activities, clarifying potential issues or providing solutions to correct engineering errors.
  • Provide technical support to commissioning and start-up activities while working closely with customers to shape and deliver solutions and seeking feedback to drive improvements.
  • Finalize ‘Fail-Safe Philosophy’ and other key concepts during kick-off and design freeze meetings.
  • Participate in project meetings and resolve outstanding technical issues to meet contractual obligations.
  • Assist in preparing proposals and presentations of engineering projects/programs, applying Design Thinking / Design for Excellence concepts.
  • Perform Project Peer-Reviews and utilize checklists for design verification according to applicable standards and engineering guidelines.
  • Contribute in workshops on engineering design, tools, and processes; coach engineering colleagues on translating conceptual designs into engineering documentation.
  • Develop, select, and apply standard techniques, procedures, and tools while ensuring compliance with safety regulations and contractual requirements.
  • Report inefficiencies in processes and tools, assessing technical risks and opportunities while addressing contract, safety, quality, program, and cost issues.
  • Ensure the Bill of Material (BOM) meets contractual obligations and project gross margin requirements, identifying and implementing variation requests for contract claims.
  • Create work plans and cost estimates for project portfolios in consultation with Project Managers, ensuring quality deliverables on time and at targeted costs.
  • Prepare RFQs to meet contractual requirements, providing technical evaluations of suppliers’ proposals while collaborating with Supply Chain functions and Project Managers.
  • Participate in project installation, commissioning, and site activities, ensuring technical solutions are properly manufactured, staged, and tested.
  • Contribute to customer satisfaction by planning and executing service work and projects according to customer expectations.

Qualifications for the Role:

  • Engineering degree with a comprehensive understanding of networking and cyber security systems, in addition to automation systems knowledge.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role, preferably with exposure to Industrial networking and cyber security solutions in control systems for Onshore and/or Offshore Oil and Gas customers.
  • Strong customer interpersonal skills and communication abilities.
  • Expertise in designing and implementing Operational Technology (OT) network solutions for control systems.
  • In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity principles, practices, and frameworks with a focus on OT environments, as well as familiarity with OT-specific cybersecurity standards, such as ISA/IEC 62443.
  • Hands-on experience with firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, network segmentation in industrial settings, and industry-standard networking tools.
  • Proficiency in common OT protocols such as Modbus, IEC104, OPC, and IEC61850.
  • Certifications such as CCNA (R&S/Security) & CCNP (R&S/Security) are required, along with knowledge in control systems and various cybersecurity solutions.
  • Fluency in English is mandatory.

Benefits:

  • Retirement plan

We value people from diverse backgrounds and invite you to apply to join our team.

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About ABB

ABB is a technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. The company’s solutions connect engineering know-how and software to optimize how things are manufactured, moved, powered, and operated. Building on over 140 years of excellence, ABB’s more than 105,000 employees are committed to driving innovations that accelerate industrial transformation.