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About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED and 7+ years of relevant field experience, or an associate or bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in a related field.
• Demonstrated independent field capability on highly complex assignments.
• Advanced experience with low- and medium-voltage switchgear, paralleling switchgear, circuit breakers, protective relays, generator controls, PLC-based controls, HMIs/ACS, industrial networking, and mission-critical power systems.
• Hands-on experience leading startup and commissioning, coordinating energization and switching, troubleshooting under schedule pressure, and directing multi-person site teams.
• Ability to read, interpret, and redline complex electrical and control drawings and apply approved engineering methods in the field.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, customer communication, technical reporting, and field leadership skills.
• Ability to travel extensively within the United States and remain at customer sites for extended assignments as project demands require.
• Ability to meet ABB and customer site access, electrical safety, training, and personal protective equipment requirements.
• Authorization to work in the United States without requiring ABB sponsorship, where applicable to the requisition.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ABB Energy Commander or comparable paralleling switchgear and controls.
• Experience with GE/Emerson RX3i PLCs and Proficy Machine Edition; ABB AC500 and Automation Builder; CP600 HMI/Panel Builder; or Cimplicity or comparable supervisory platforms.
• Experience with Woodward EasyGen and LS5 generator controls and load-sharing systems.
• Experience with ABB, SEL/Schweitzer, Multilin, Basler, or Woodward protective relays and associated testing or configuration tools.
• Experience with Modbus, industrial Ethernet, fiber-optic networks, redundant control networks, and BMS, EPMS, or SCADA integration.
• Experience with low- and medium-voltage breaker testing, CT/PT verification, relay testing, primary/secondary injection, turns-ratio, winding-resistance, insulation, power-factor, hipot, phase-rotation, and related commissioning test equipment.
• Experience with utility paralleling, emergency standby generation, complex load management, data center commissioning, and coordination with third-party commissioning agents.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and execute complex field assignments involving paralleling switchgear and PLC/relay transfer schemes through pre-startup, startup, commissioning, modifications, preventive maintenance, and emergency troubleshooting.
• Lead functional and integrated testing of emergency and standby power systems, including transfer sequences, load add/shed, utility-generator paralleling, import/export, and baseload applications.
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot generator controls and load-sharing systems, protective relays, switchgear controls, meters, breakers, PLCs, HMIs/ACS platforms, and related communications.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and authorized modifications to PLC ladder logic, PLC I/O, communications, sequencing, and ACS parameters using approved engineering documentation and change-control practices.
• Establish and troubleshoot Modbus, PLC-to-PLC, redundant PLC, remote PLC, PLC-to-ACS, and customer BMS/EPMS/SCADA communications.
• Interpret electrical and control drawings, sequence-of-operations documents, coordination studies, settings files, and commissioning procedures.
• Lead on-site technical execution, coordinate daily work, communicate status and risks, manage punch-list closure, and support timely, budget-conscious project completion.
• Direct and mentor junior field engineers and technicians, assign work within demonstrated competencies, and coach them on safe execution, troubleshooting, documentation, and customer communication.
• Serve as a senior escalation resource for remote and on-site troubleshooting, including emergency response when assigned.
• Complete field service reports, startup checklists, redlines, test documentation, software backups, time entry, expense reports, and customer status updates.
• Protect ABB and customer assets, control job costs and expenditures, and identify opportunities to improve quality, productivity, and service delivery.
• Build customer relationships by translating technical findings into clear actions, recommendations, risks, and recovery plans.

Benefits

• Medical plan options, including a PPO Copay Plan and a High Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account.
• Dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
• Vision benefit.
• Company-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage, with an option to increase long-term disability coverage.
• Voluntary life and AD&D coverage.
• Supplemental benefits, including accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
• Parental leave of up to six weeks.
• Employee Assistance Program and Health Advocate support resources, including mental/behavioral health, health navigation, virtual health, and infertility/adoption resources.
• Employee discount program.
• 401(k) Savings Plan with company contributions.
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
• 11 paid holidays and vacation based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions.
• Overtime and double-time eligibility.