Process Control Engineer

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Process Industries/Pulp&Paper is a unit within Process Automation. Our team represents the ABB portfolio for Quality Management Systems and Advanced Process Controls. We are the global market leader in online quality measurements, system solutions, and advanced services for the Pulp and Paper industry. Our customers are Pulp&Paper mills and biorefining plants primarily in Scandinavia but also outside, and our mission is to help them optimize the quality of their products while preserving energy and raw materials. We are a small and focused organization of around 20 employees with an office in Kista but also distributed in other offices.
As a Process Control Engineer you will have a lead technical role in our delivery projects and in supporting the performance of our installed systems. You will work closely with our customers to understand their processes and to find the best control solutions and operations to optimize the performance. The work includes hands on process identification and model-based control tuning, theoretical analyses and performance evaluation but also the direct communication with the users of our solutions. In this role you will be a part of a team of process control engineers working sometimes individually on assignments and sometimes in a project team.
In this role, you will report to the business operations manager for QMS/APC projects and service.
Your responsibilities
Support the initial analyses of process performance and opportunities for improvements in the sales phase of a Project.
Act as a lead engineer with the functional responsibility within a project for process analyses, control specification, application adaption and functional tests.
Commissioning of the system at the customer plant with Final model identification, control tuning and verification.
Responsibility for data collection and results analysis, providing the base for reaching contractual performance guarantees.
Communicate activities and results to the customer project team and process operators.
Conduct regular service audits and activities on the installed systems as well as assuming assignments to change and improve existing systems within our service operations.
The work is carried out partly in the office, with remote connections to customer sites and partly travelling to customer plants distributed all over the region.

Your background
You have a master’s degree in engineering or equivalent preferable in control theory.
Prior work experience from the pulp and paper industry is a merit.
Knowledge in Matlab and other modelling tools is an advantage.
You are fluent in both English and Swedish.
Ability to present results, based on theoretical analysis and performance evaluation, in a comprehensive and straightforward fashion.
As a person you are both analytical, experimental and innovative.
For the position you are required to hold a Swedish B-driver’s license.

More about us
Bring your very own sense of pride and purpose as you help us drive forward the Fourth Industrial Revolution – creating a sustainable future for our planet, and your career. Join ABB and harness the power of our diverse global network, as you collaborate with and learn from our world-class teams. Above all, challenge yourself every day. Let’s write the future, together.
Recruiting Manager Per Sandström, +46 86 588 148, will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Salem Abdelsaid, +46 21 321 720; Ledarna: Kenneth Wahlqvist, +46 84 779 186; Unionen: Joakim Broström, +46 84 779 139. All other questions can be directed to Recruiting Consultant Tobias Nilsson, +46 708 215 331.
Join our team of professionals and start a new work career in ABB! We offer you exciting technical challenges now and in the future.
Last day to apply is April 18, 2022. Please note that interviews will be held on an ongoing basis.
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