Automation Service Engineer, Energy Industries

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This position reports to:

Service Agreement Manager

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Your role and responsibilities

Want to be part of developing more sustainable world? Join us in making a world of difference - with solutions and services that digitalize, automate and electrify industry, to ensure safer, smarter and more sustainable use of our planet’s resources.

We are looking for a new team member to join us as an Automation Service Engineer in ABB Energy Industries. The preferred locations are Helsinki, Vaasa, or Pirkkala, but other ABB locations in Finland may also be considered.

You will be a part of the business connecting people and technologies to help customers succeed in life and communities to advance. We do this by providing solutions ranging from electrification, automation, instrumentation and digital to customers within the energy industries. Automation Service Engineer will be focusing on service agreement related activities within our new business areas on life sciences, chemicals and food & beverage, as well as power generation, district heating, energy conversion & management and smart infrastructure. You execute engineering and commissioning work within service and in projects mainly in Finland but occasionally also abroad. Estimated annual travel is 30 - 150 days yearly, which you will be able to influence based on how you organize your work between remote connections and on-site work.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Service tasks and supporting customers with ad-hoc problem solving
• Organizing and executing control system hardware or software design activities, and commissioning activities at customer sites or remotely
• Ensuring installed base data quality
• Cooperating with service agreement coordinators and project managers, lead engineers, team members, customers representatives and other stakeholders
• Occasionally participating in upgrade and evolution projects
• Ensuring service activities are professionally and cost-effectively executed in accordance with contract specifications, budget, quality standards, and safety requirements

Qualifications for the role

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in automation engineering, or relevant previous work experience
• Knowledge of power plant automation / electrical systems hardware and software (PLC) design
• Experience with engineering processes in one of the following industries life sciences, chemicals, food & beverage and power generation
• Fluency in Finnish and English, both written and spoken, Swedish is considered as an advantage
• Results-oriented, customer service and collaboration centric mind-set with commitment to long term learning and personal development
• Knowledge or willingness to learn IT and Cyber Security related activities

More about us

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

Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. an annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities, and other wellbeing and family benefits.

Please apply for the position by October 18. We look forward to receiving your application.

For more information, please contact Service Agreement Manager Sanna Loukiala +358 50 335 7800. Sanna will be available on Friday 2nd of October between 9-10 and 8th of October between 15-16.

Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid

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