Site Commissioning Operations Leader

About ABB

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.

Position Overview

Reports to: Director, Data Center Services Center of Excellence
Work model: Remote
This role contributes to the ELSE Data Center Services team in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Identify site management staffing needs, and hire team members to support staffing requirements.
• Lead the implementation of continuous improvements across various Site Management processes and tools within local or regional Site Operations.
• Coordinate on‑site activities across the project portfolio, ensuring successful execution of start‑up, construction, erection, testing, and commissioning activities in alignment with contract specifications, quality standards, schedule, and Health, Safety and Environment requirements.
• Guide and oversee the Site Management teams locally/regionally, ensuring that ABB policies are consistently followed.
• Work in close collaboration with the service and factory organizations in ensuring sites are connected to the central document handling system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Business Management (Advanced degrees are a plus)
• 10+ years of experience in data center start‑up and commissioning
• (Optional) Experience as a field service resource or commissioning engineer with low and medium voltage electrical switchgear, switchboards, and other electrical equipment
• Highly skilled in low and medium voltage start‑up and commissioning strategies and techniques and the Data Center construction market
• Passionate about the data center construction industry
• Ability to communicate in English
• US citizenship and ability to obtain US Government facility site clearances

What’s in It for You

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’ll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’s tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger.

Compensation

• Base salary expected between $116,200 and $185,920 annually (determined by qualifications and experience)
• Eligible for a short‑term incentive plan/annual bonus

Benefits Summary (eligible US employees)

Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: a PPO “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 (2× base pay)
• Company‑paid AD&D (1× 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 ⅔% 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

Retirement

• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time Off

• 11 paid holidays
• Salaried exempt positions receive vacation under a permissive time‑away policy

Equal Employment Opportunity

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity (including traits historically associated with race or ethnicity such as hair texture, protective hairstyles, color), religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

Applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1‑888‑694‑7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB’s career site as a result of your disability. Request accommodations by calling 1‑888‑694‑7762 or emailing US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

How to Apply

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.

Visit: MyBenefitsABB.com → “Candidate/Guest” for detailed benefit information (excludes ABB E‑mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico).