Technical Advisory Manager

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Your role and responsibilities

The Technical Advisory Manager will manage a multidisciplinary team of Technical Advisors with specialisms across Automation, Electrical, Telecommunications and Digital, whom are Subject Matter Experts in relevant Technologies within these disciplines. Our Technical Advisors work collaboratively with Front End Sales and Bid Management to engage with Customers in work winning activity. This can include speaking at industry thought leadership events on technical topics, early technical engagement, studies and demonstrations, through to participation in active bid processes, post tender submission clarifications and subsequent technical handover of projects to delivery. Our Technical Advisors support our Brownfield works on existing Installed Base, and our Greenfield work related to our efforts to secure new Installed Base. Opportunities are predominantly within UK, Ireland and Azerbaijan, which together form the PAEN UK Cluster. Working across Markets, including New & Emerging Markets in Energy Transition (Offshore Wind, CCUS, Hydrogen etc) and Existing Markets (Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals etc), the successful candidate will bring some experience in one or more of these Markets. The Technical Advisory Team Manager will coordinate deployment of the Team onto individual opportunities. They will show strong leadership, ensuring the team is organised, staffed, skilled and directed, and identifying opportunities for improvement in our Technical Advisory function. The Technical Advisory Manager may act as Deputy to the Tendering & Technical Advisory Lead during annual leave. The Technical Advisory Manager will be required to work collaboratively across different functions, including Front End Sales, Bid Management, Commercial and Operations. In particular, they must liaise closely with Operations who provide additional Technical Resource to the Sales function. As such, an ability to work collaboratively in and out of your direct reporting line is important. You must be able to ensure that proposals include efficient execution models, maximize adaptive capabilities and be able to critique engineering estimates / scopes.

Qualifications for the role

• You will be a minimum of Degree qualified in a relevant Engineering, Science or Computing subject.
• You will have significant experience successfully leading projects or scopes of work as Lead Engineer or above.
• You will have proven experience within one or more of the following industries: Oil and Gas / other Energy sectors, Power and Water, and Chemicals market sectors.
• You will be a subject matter expert in at least one of the following: Control and Safety System Engineering, Electrical Engineering / Systems, Telecommunications and Digital Solutions, and be highly knowledgeable in at least one of the others.
• You will require strong verbal and written communication skills and be able to exude knowledge technical knowledge and competence when customer-facing, including a professional "can-do" attitude.
• You must be a highly motivated individual who can plan their time, priorities, and tasks. You must be able to multitask and still meet deadlines within your area of responsibility.
• You must be able to identify, agree and implement change.
• Some previous line management experience is preferred.
• You will be fluent in English.

What's in it for you?

• Manage a team of motivated individuals, make them grow and keep growing with them
• Get exposed to cutting-edge technology in Process Automation and have a visible impact on the future
• Feel empowered: take ownership and drive exciting results in your scope of action

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.