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You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.\nThis position reports to:\nElectrical Engineering Manager__\nABB is seeking a Senior Project Lead Engineer with a strong background in Protection and Controls to join our team. Working at ABB offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience across the full spectrum of power system engineering. Our group actively engages in substation design, protection and controls engineering, power system studies, and the design and implementation of power management systems. Being part of this team allows engineers to collaborate across multiple disciplines, contribute to complex and impactful projects, and develop a well-rounded understanding of modern power infrastructure up to 69kV.\nThe work model for the role is: hybrid #LI-Hybrid\nThis role is contributing to the Automation Energy Industries division in Houston, TX.\n Your role and responsibilities:\nLead and support engineering projects, ensuring successful delivery through effective technical leadership, coordination, and adherence to project scope, schedule, and quality expectations.\nCreate and review substation and electrical building integration design packages and follow those projects from the conceptual stage to construction completion.\nLead customer technical meetings, design reviews, and interdisciplinary engineering coordination meetings.\nServe as the technical lead for Protection and Controls across projects, providing guidance, standards, and technical oversight to the engineering team.\nDevelop and review protection and control system designs, including relay selection, protection philosophies, settings development, configuration, and coordination.\nSupport and mentor team members on protection and control best practices, helping build capability within the group\nReview engineering deliverables to ensure technical accuracy, consistency, and compliance with industry standards, project specifications, and internal engineering practices.\nCoordinate and provide technical oversight of multi-discipline vendors and subcontractors, ensuring alignment with project requirements, engineering standards, schedules, and overall project objectives.\nSupport proposal development, engineering estimates, technical risk assessments, and engineering execution planning.\nAdditional tasks with varying scope depending on experience level:\nPerform and review power system studies (e.g., short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, load flow) to support protection design and validate system performance.\nDesign/review/implementation of power management systems (PMS).\nOur Team Dynamics\nOur teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates realimpact out there.\nQualifications for the role:\nBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.\n10+ years of experience in power systems engineering, with experience in Protection and Controls.\nStrong knowledge of protection principles, relay coordination, and protection scheme design for medium and high voltage power systems.\nHands-on experience with protective relay configuration and settings development (e.g., SEL, GE, Siemens, ABB or similar platforms).\nExperience interpreting power system studies such as short circuit, protection coordination, load flow, and arc flash.\nFamiliarity with power system analysis software (e.g., ETAP, SKM PowerTools, EasyPower, PSCAD, or similar).\nWorking knowledge of substation design and electrical building integration, including protection and control system interfaces.\nFamiliarity supporting or implementing power management systems (PMS) or SCADA-based monitoring and control systems is considered an asset.\nStrong understanding of relevant industry standards and codes (IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ANSI, IEC, or equivalent as applicable).\nDemonstrated experience serving as the Lead Project Engineer or Engineering Lead on complex engineering projects.\nProven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate technical execution across multiple concurrent projects.\nExcellent technical problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.\nAbility to mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance within the team.\nProfessional Engineering designation (PE) strongly preferred.\nYou enjoy occasionally working in the field and traveling to customer and manufacturing sites to support project execution (approx. 25% travel).\nWhat'sin it for you\nWe empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’llgrow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’stailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger\nABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.\nFor more information regardingyour (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf\nAs an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to reviewthe plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.\nProtected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonableaccommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result ofyour disability. You may request reasonable accommodationsby calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to . Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.\nABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees\n[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]\nGo to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on “Candidate/Guest” to learn more\nHealth, Life & Disability\nChoice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High DeductibleHealth Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High DeductiblePlan.\n\nChoice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus\n\nVision benefit\n\nCompany paid life insurance (2X base pay)\n\nCompany paid AD&D (1X base pay)\n\nVoluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums\n\nShort Term Disability - up to 26 weeks- Company paid\n\nLong Term Disability - 60% ofpay- Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.\n\nSupplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance\n\nPaid Parental Leave\n\nEmployee Assistance Program\n\nHealth Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption\n\nEmployee discount program\n\nRetirement\n401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions\n\nEmployee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)\n\nTime off\nABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are providedvacation under a permissive time away policy.\nMore about us:\nThe Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division’s goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.\nBuilding a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. 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