[Hiring] Regional Technical Advisor @ABB

Role Description

In this role, you will support our Automation Energy Industries Service business across the United States. You will deliver high-level field service expertise, providing technical leadership, guidance, and support to improve service delivery nationwide. The RTA role requires initiative, creativity, and a strong drive for results.

As part of a national team, you will collaborate with peers to share knowledge, accelerate the deployment of new technologies, and leverage individual strengths to enhance the capabilities of the entire service organization.

The work model for the role is: Remote.

This role is contributing to the Process Automation Energy Industries Service Division in the US. You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead and support complex field service projects, providing technical expertise and ensuring issues are resolved efficiently.
• Mentor and develop team members, sharing knowledge and helping them build technical, certification, and customer management skills.
• Represent ABB with customers, contractors, and industry partners, offering solutions that improve reliability, optimize operations, and introduce innovative technologies.
• Partner with internal teams to shape proposals, support sales efforts, and contribute to business growth.

Qualifications

• You are highly skilled in and deeply engaged with industrial automation, operating systems, industrial software, hardware, computers, and process equipment, thriving in the energy, utilities, and industrial automation sectors.
• You have 8 years of hands-on experience in industrial automation, with a strong foundation in electrical engineering, programming, and troubleshooting.
• Your background includes working as an engineer specializing in Distributed Control Systems (DCS), SCADA, and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), where you’ve consistently delivered reliable solutions for complex control and automation challenges.
• You are passionate about traveling more than 80% of the time, across the United States and occasionally international, and interacting with customers at their facilities.
• You are at ease communicating in English.
• You hold a current work permit to work in the United States of America.

Requirements

• Perform physical tasks such as lifting equipment, replacing power supplies, and conducting on-site troubleshooting and repairs.

Benefits

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
• Vision benefit.
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay).
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay).
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums.
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid.
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance).
• Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption.
• Employee discount program.
• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions.
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
• ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.