Senior Project Engineer - APC Systems

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This position reports to:

Digital Solution Engineering Manager

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Mission of the role

Are you passionate about industrial automation, advanced process control, and performance optimization?

ABB is looking for a Senior Project Engineer to join Automation – Process Industries, focused on the development, implementation, and support of Advanced Process Control (APC) solutions for the mining, metals, and cement industries.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership for APC projects, from process analysis and control strategy definition to configuration, testing, commissioning, optimization, and performance follow-up, ensuring operational stability, performance improvement, and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Technically lead APC projects, defining scope, schedule, methodology, and execution strategy.

• Analyze industrial processes and identify opportunities for optimization, stability, and performance improvement.

• Develop, configure, test, and commission advanced control strategies, including APC, MPC, control logic, and fuzzy rules.

• Work on applications related to grinding, flotation, thickening, crushing, pelletizing, kilns, mills, separators, and dosing systems.

• Prepare and review technical documents, functional specifications, test procedures, commissioning plans, and performance reports.

• Integrate APC solutions with control systems, historians, OPC, databases, and other industrial systems.

• Support installation, startup, tuning, stabilization, and performance validation together with customers.

• Support technical proposals, effort estimates, scope definition, assumptions, risks, and implementation strategy.

• Interface directly with customers, suppliers, and internal teams throughout project execution.

• Contribute to standardization, continuous improvement, and internal APC knowledge development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably in Chemical, Control and Automation, Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Mining, or related fields.

• Solid experience in advanced process control, industrial automation, or process optimization in process industries.

• Practical knowledge of mining and/or cement processes.

• Experience in the development, implementation, testing, commissioning, and optimization of APC solutions.

• Knowledge of control systems, instrumentation, regulatory loops, historians, OPC, industrial networks, and system integration.

• Ability to work in multidisciplinary environments with direct interaction with customers and technical teams.

• Strong communication skills, analytical thinking, organization, and technical leadership.

Nice to have

• Experience with APC applied to grinding, flotation, thickening, crushing, cement kilns, vertical mills, ball mills, or separators.

• Knowledge of APC/MPC, predictive control, process modeling, real-time optimization, or industrial analytics.

• Experience in mining, metals, cement, chemicals, or pulp and paper industries.

• Knowledge of ABB platforms, 800xA, Ability™, Expert Optimizer, DCS/PLC, and industrial historians.

• Experience with technical proposals, benefit assessment, risk management, and performance validation.

• English and Spanish for technical communication.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work in a global company involved in high-impact industrial projects.

• Collaborative environment with continuous learning and access to advanced technologies.

• Development and growth opportunities within a solid technical career path at ABB.

About Digital in Process Industries

At ABB, the Process Industries business supports customers in sectors such as mining, metals, cement, pulp and paper, and chemicals in transforming their operations through automation, digitalization, and process optimization.

By combining process know-how, advanced control technologies, and digital solutions, we help customers improve operational stability, productivity, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

By joining this team, you will be part of a group that develops and implements solutions with direct impact on industrial performance and customers’ digital transformation journey.

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?

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