A great opportunity to combine work & travel as a Service Engineer!

Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future.

At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

Marine & Ports is driving the transition towards a sustainable future. To successfully be the partner our customers choose to work with, we need to ensure sustainability both in our solutions and in our organization from a business perspective. Our customers increasingly seek solutions that provide greater efficiency, safety and reliability and prepare vessels for operations of today and tomorrow. This makes the transition even more exciting, as this also drives us to constantly challenge our technology, solutions, and the way we operate.

ABB Marine & Ports Norway is expanding its team with a new position for Drilling Drives Service Engineer. This is an exciting opportunity to work with ABB’s power systems on ships/rigs worldwide!

Your responsibilities

Your workplace will mainly be onboard modern drill ships/drilling rigs where your work tasks would be Service, Retrofit and Commissioning of ABB ACS800 and ACS880 Low Voltage Drive systems, including Control system running on AC800M controllers also including ABB HMI.

The applicant must be motivated for travelling! One week you may work in Norway, another week you may work in the Far East. Travels could be everything from 1 day to several weeks, but together we try to make a work schedule which would fit both the employee and the customers.

Your background

• College / University (Bachelor) / Technical College.
• Must be fluent in both written and verbal English.
• Experience within electrical power and/or automation systems onboard ships or rigs is an advantage but not an absolute requirement.
• If you have experience as a ship/rig electrician, drilling systems, experience from shipyards, understanding and interest in marine installations that would be an advantage.

 We emphasize:

• The ability to understand and find practical solutions to problems.
• Initiative and cooperative, ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to perform tasks under pressure.
• Good understanding of marine systems.

Your attitude is as important for us as your track record. Fluent English is a demand as well as cultural awareness and mutual respect - we have an international workplace and business where we have colleagues and customers with diverse backgrounds and nationalities.

More about us

As your employer, ABB can offer:

• Positive and exciting work environment in a global organization with future career opportunities.
• Technical and personal challenges in a highly competent work environment.
• Rotational work based on project schedules.
• Informal and good work relations between co-workers and managers.
• Professional growth.
• Various company benefits.

The position will be located at our Fornebu office. For any questions regarding the position please contact Øyvind Bergene, phone +47 913 90 775.

Please note that in cooperation with Meditor Search we conduct a background screening on all candidates that receive an offer of employment in ABB Norway. This to ensure best quality in our recruitment process, according with ABBs company policy.

We are looking forward to receiving your application letter and CV through the ABB jobportal by 22.04.2024 (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.