Senior Brownfield Automation Studies Engineer

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

Your role and responsibilities:

• Work with existing customer base, focusing on automation upgrades, lifecycle management, and modernization of heritage ABB systems.
• Support customers in extending the life of their equipment, designing improvements and delivering robust engineering solutions for brownfield environments.
• Operate with a high degree of independence, occasionally leading projects, and actively engaging with customers through workshops, service interactions, and technical presentations.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Supporting customers operating ABB heritage systems, assessing the condition and lifecycle stage of legacy equipment, and identifying optimal upgrade or migration pathways.
• Taking customer documentation and developing improved designs, upgrade concepts, and modernization strategies for existing plants.
• Executing and supporting large and complex modification or expansion projects across brownfield sites.
• Collaborating with service teams, product groups, and technical specialists to obtain technical information and ensure solution feasibility.
• Engaging with customers through workshops, sales consultations, and presenting at conferences to share insights on system upgrades and lifecycle strategies.
• Applying and understanding cybersecurity requirements and contributing to the secure upgrade of heritage systems.
• Representing ABB at industry events and conferences.

Qualifications for the role:

• Highly skilled in automation and control engineering with ability to demonstrate experience in lifecycle management of legacy automation equipment and working directly with customers.
• Possess enhanced knowledge of brownfield engineering constraints, modification projects, and integration of new technology into older system architectures.
• Passionate about problem‑solving, customer engagement, and delivering practical solutions for complex operational environments; enjoy communicating technical concepts clearly through workshops and presentations.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Automation, Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with some of the ABB heritage systems, such as Advant Master (AC100 and AC400), Safeguard, Advant MOD, Inif90, Symphony Melody, Symphony Harmony, SATTline, DCI System6, Triguard will be an asset.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Competitive contributory pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more).
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous employee referral scheme.
• Working from home / Hybrid.

More about us:

ABB Energy Industries is enabling safe, smart and sustainable projects and operations for businesses across the oil, gas, chemicals, life sciences, power generation and water sectors. Driving integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify industry we connect our people and technology to help our customers adapt and succeed. With over 50 years domain expertise, we continue to innovate and reshape traditional approaches across the energy sector with our technologies designed to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, reduce energy consumption and waste.

For the 6th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognized as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organization’s dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices. Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. Run What Runs the World.

We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.