Job Description

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for Travel to various sites in the US (including off-shore facilities) and outside the US performing commissioning and service on motors and generators to include installations, system maintenance, troubleshooting or conduct training.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Complete installation wiring and/or provide technical direction to craft labor for installation of new motor and generators.
• Perform start-up and commissioning testing protocol in accordance with factory instructions and manuals.
• Work with engineering department to develop installation task lists and designs.
• Facilitate mobilization, demolition, and installation activities including equipment and tool shipping, scheduling, and supervision of craft labor on site.
• Assist with maintenance and testing of generator excitation systems, protective relays, and other auxiliary equipment.
• Write trip reports that describe, in detail, the system and device failure and actions taken. Review the system problem and solution with the Design Engineering group.
• Travel to customer sites to oversee installations of equipment, perform system startup or required maintenance, provide instructions for customer maintenance, or repair equipment.
• Provide first response troubleshooting via phone to customer’s emergency needs including weekends and holidays as needed.

Qualifications for the role:

• Associate degree and 5 years of work experience OR High school diploma and 12 years of work experience required
• Travel up to 80-90% required with little advance notice
• Knowledge and understanding of the protection and operation principles for synchronous machines connected to power grids as well as machines design and operation, mechanically, electrically and controls.
• Specific knowledge in installation engineering design, installation supervision, project control and execution, vibration and alignment skills and troubleshooting is a plus
• Understanding of and ability to implement electrical, connection drawings, interconnection drawings, and schematics.
• Ability to qualify for and hold various industry certifications related to Safety (i.e. MSHA, OSHA, THUET, TBOSIET) and background screening (i.e. TWIC, ISNetworld)

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