Senior Project Engineer
Overview:
Please make sure you read the following details carefully before making any applications. In this role you lead complex DCS projects for ABB in Houston, delivering solutions that meet customer needs and safety standards. You will collaborate with project managers and cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues, manage plans and budgets, and ensure on-time delivery. Your work spans design, testing, and commissioning of automation enclosures, control logic, and HMI, with opportunities to travel and influence project success across sites.
Responsibilities:
- Shape and deliver DCS project solutions using customer feedback
- Resolve technical issues remotely and on-site for US and international customers
- Assist Project Managers with claims, specifications, safety standards, and costs for sales proposals
- Execute cost-effective DCS deliverables on time per specs and safety requirements
- Design, test, and commission automation enclosures, control logic, and HMI (ABB or third-party)
- Create and deliver work plans, budgets, and risk assessments
- Develop, select, and apply standard techniques, procedures, and tools
- Report inefficiencies and identify improvement opportunities
Key requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8 years' experience on DCS projects 5 years' experience in the Oil, Gas, and Chemical industries 5 years' experience programming DCS and HMI5 years' experience following Functional Safety standards and processes 5 years' experience with Modbus, OPC, and Profibus 5 years' experience in control logic programming (P&ID, scripting, structured text, function blocks)5 years' experience xaygatp designing control system hardware panels (controllers, I/Os, switches)5 years' experience utilizing ethernet networking for industrial automation 5 years' experience leading projects and coordinating with vendors, customers, and project management 5 years' experience testing and commissioning DCS; FAT/SAT; working with simulation and sequence configurationleadershipcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingDCS programmingHMI development Functional Safety compliance