Senior Project Engineer

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This position reports to:

Senior Engineering Manager

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• 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: #LI-hybrid.

This role is contributing to the Automation Process Industries division in Zagreb, Croatia.

You will be mainly accountable for:

Handling specific engineering tasks in industrial electrification and automation projects, mainly in metals industry.

Working closely with the customer to shape and deliver solutions that fit to project requirements. Initiating improvements based on customer's feedback.

Creating work plans and cost estimates in coordination with project managers, for specific projects and ensuring quality, timely implementation within the budget.

Distribution of specific engineering tasks within the project team, monitoring the progress of execution, detecting critical points and alerting in time.

Coordinating with relevant functions (e.g. project manager, quality manager...) to ensure the designs are appropriately manufactured / staged, tested, installed, and commissioned.

Coaching engineering colleagues on engineering solutions, best practices, and lessons learned from past projects.

Taking project ownership, being proactive, finding solutions and ensuring project progress.

You will join a dynamic, talented, high performing, multidisciplinary team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role

You are highly skilled in industrial automation (PLC programming and similar) or electrical drives (frequency converters), you enjoy working with new technologies.

You hold a degree in Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics / Electronics / Automation or similar.

You have at least 5 years of experience in industrial automation and electrification projects engineering and commissioning.

Understanding of how to read electrical schematics

Possess an enhanced knowledge of electrical engineering and industrial networking.

You are passionate about innovation, new technologies, improvements. You are open to share the knowledge and like to brainstorm new ideas.

You are at ease communicating in English language (spoken and written)

You hold current driving license category B.

Experience in metals industry (rolling mills, processing lines, casting lines) and knowledge of electrical design (autocad, eplan) would be considered plus.

What's in it for you?

Dynamic and interesting work on international industrial automation projects, combining office work and occasional travel. Having a chance to participate in complete projects, through all the phases, from contracting, through basic engineering up to commissioning. Possibility to learn, develop and grow, in different directions, technically and in leadership sense.

If you are not afraid of new challenges and ready to become one of our key players, this is a position for you.

Benefits

We also offer our employees the following benefits:

Competitive compensation including 13 salaries annually

Career development: Structured career paths, individual development plans, opportunities for internal mobility, including international roles, technical and managerial training programs, mentoring and access to global learning platforms.

Flexibility and work-life balance: Flexible working hours, hybrid work options, and a strong focus on work-life integration.

Supplementary health insurance Uniqa

Multisport card

Employee Share Acquisition Plan

Local transportation cost coverage and meal allowance

More about us

ABB’s Automation business area helps the process, hybrid and maritime industries outrun – leaner and cleaner. Delivering automation, electrification and digitalization, our portfolio includes control systems, sector-specific solutions, machine automation technologies, measurement and analytics offerings and more, backed up by ABB’s global service and support.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.