Modderfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
9 days ago
Technical Service Specialist - HPR
Technical Service Specialist - HPRTake 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+, disabilities, 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.
Your role and responsibilities

Providing technical support and solves problems in own expertise area via remote or on-site service in any service category (installation and commissioning, maintenance, repairs, engineering and consulting advanced services extensions, upgrades and retrofits end of life services, replacements, etc.)Investigating customer needs through professional consulting, providing technical consulting on service solutions to management and customers, determining effective service applications, equipment and methods to develop, market or manufacture new service offerings to respond to customer requirements cost effectivelyManaging customer relationships and maintaining regular contacts with key customers, identifying new sales opportunities, proactively communicating both with the customer and ABB sales teams to ensure customer needs are understood and business opportunities utilized for service growth, conducting specialist support and advisory service for Sales teamCoordinating and performing specialist service projects in relevant areas internally and externally (e.g. creating milestones, project plan, cost supervision, action steps, project reviews, project supervision) including all commercialsPreparing all documents and reporting to be signed by the customer representative, reporting work done in a timely manner and following up when needed, proactively identifying suggestions for product and quality improvement, communicating them further in the ABB organization, providing recommendations to management to improve operations and customer serviceProviding technical specialist leadership and coordination for the service team, planning activities in a timely and cost-effective way, coordinating the work of internal and external technicians and assigning them specific tasks related to service needs and monitoring performanceWorking with account teams to identify opportunities in the installed base, working to reduce the cost and improving the quality of delivery of service and projects, assisting the sales departments with technical aspects (both product and process related) during the preparation of tendersProviding training and support to the customer/engineering team, providing sound engineering and designing input to projects and service by implementing QA procedures

Qualifications for the role

Bachelor's degree in EngineeringMinimum 4 years’ experience in HPR ApplicationsKnowledge of electrical theory and systems in High Power Rectifier, knowledge of Aluminum Rectifiers, DC drives, DC Arc Furnace and transformers will be of advantageGood designing skills and problem solving abilities, commitment to excellence and professional attitudePreference will be given to EE candidates.

More about us

Process Industries division delivers complete electrification and automation solutions, industry-specific products and lifecycle services across industries. Engineering and delivering automation solutions from device to monitoring and control make our customers get more out of their investment; digitalization solutions including collaborative operations and augmented reality help improve plant and enterprise productivity, reduce maintenance and energy costs. Our engineering, project management, services and solutions portfolio covers a wide range of industries - Mining, Pulp & Paper, Metals, Aluminum and Cement, Data centers and Food and BeverageWork model: on site #LI-onsite

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