Senior Electrical Engineer - Energy Studies

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This position reports to:

Local Division Manager - Southeast Asia

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will lead Electrical Energy Studies across Southeast Asia, helping industrial customers improve energy efficiency, electrical system performance, reliability, and sustainability outcomes. Working closely with customers and ABB teams, you will identify opportunities to reduce energy costs, optimise plant operations, and support digital transformation initiatives through ABB's portfolio of energy management and optimisation solutions.

This role combines engineering, customer engagement, and business development. You will use your technical expertise to identify energy improvement opportunities and translate them into practical solutions that deliver measurable customer value while supporting the growth of ABB's Energy Studies and Digital Solutions business.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid

This role is contributing to the Process Automation Energy Industries Business in Southeast Asia.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Leading Electrical Energy Studies, energy assessments, power quality studies, and electrical system evaluations at industrial customer sites.
• Conducting field measurements and analysing electrical and operational data to identify improvements in energy efficiency, reliability, power quality, and asset performance.
• Evaluating energy consumption patterns, electrical distribution systems, equipment performance, and process bottlenecks to quantify savings and improvement opportunities.
• Preparing technical reports, baseline assessments, and business cases, and leading technical workshops and presentations with customer teams and key decision-makers.
• Identifying and developing solution opportunities across energy management, advanced process control, asset monitoring, and power management.
• Converting energy study findings into technical and commercial proposals that support customers' energy optimization, operational excellence, and digitalization objectives.
• Working with local sales, account management, and digital solution teams to develop and secure follow-on projects and software opportunities across Southeast Asia.
• Supporting the development of the regional energy studies capability, including methodologies, tools, and best practices.

Our team dynamics

You will join a highly collaborative team focused on helping customers unlock hidden efficiency, reduce energy costs, improve sustainability performance, and accelerate their digital transformation journey. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and grow a new service offering across one of the world's most dynamic energy markets.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, Energy Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in electrical engineering, power systems, energy management, industrial automation, or related sectors. Professional certification in energy management or energy auditing, such as Certified Energy Manager (CEM), SAEMAS Energy Management Professional (EMP), or an equivalent recognised certification, is highly desirable. Relevant professional electrical engineering registration/licensing will be an advantage.
• Experience conducting energy audits, power system studies, electrical assessments, or energy optimisation projects, including hands-on use of power quality analysers, thermal imaging, and electrical diagnostic tools.
• Ability to analyse electrical system data and develop practical recommendations with quantified business benefits, supported by technical proposals and customer presentations.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify opportunities, articulate value and support the sale of engineering, software and digital solutions.

What's in it for you?

• Work with some of Southeast Asia's leading industrial and energy companies.
• Lead high-impact projects that improve energy efficiency, sustainability, and operational performance.
• Combine technical expertise with customer engagement and business development.
• Collaborate across ABB's Automation, Electrification, Digital, and Energy Industries businesses.
• Play a key role in developing and growing ABB's Electrical Energy Studies offering across the region.
• Enjoy opportunities for professional growth, regional exposure, and continuous learning within a global technology leader.

Benefits

We also offer our employees the following benefits:

• Opportunity to join a high performing team in ABB
• Develop expertise and skills under an experienced management team
• Attractive remuneration along with incentives based on performance
• Learning and Technical training on all key products and solutions
• Leadership and Skills development programs
• Inclusive and safety-driven work culture

More about us

The 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.

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