Switchgear Field Service Engineer

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

This Position reports to: Service Team Leader

As a Switchgear Field Service Engineer, you will deliver expert on-site support for ABB customers by maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimizing LV/MV switchgear systems. You will ensure high-quality service execution, strengthen customer relationships, and contribute to operational improvements that enhance safety, reliability, and performance.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters – because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

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.

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you'll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

• Plan and execute field service work on switchgear and related equipment, ensuring delivery in line with customer orders and expectations
• Troubleshoot equipment and process failures, recommend corrective and preventive actions, and ensure issues are resolved "first time right"
• Collaborate with customers on-site to identify operational improvement opportunities and communicate them to the ABB account team
• Prepare service documentation, reports, and material lists, ensuring all service activities meet ABB quality and safety standards
• Coach and guide Associate Technicians and Associate Engineers; support training for colleagues and customers when needed

Qualifications for the Role

• Electrical engineering degree or equivalent relevant experience in power systems, electrical distribution, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in field service, switchgear maintenance, power distribution equipment, or industrial electrical systems
• Strong technical knowledge of LV/MV switchgear, diagnostics, testing tools, and field service practices
• Ability to work safely, apply risk assessment, and follow established safety and environmental procedures
• Mindset to innovate, take ownership, and drive continuous improvement
• Strong communication skills with ability to build customer trust and deliver excellent service
• Full UK driving license (or relevant local requirement)

Benefits

ABB offers a full range of benefits to help you thrive at work and beyond.

• Competitive salary
• 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
• Private medical cover
• Generous bonus scheme

For the 5th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in the UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation's dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

About Us

ABB's Service Division partners with our customers to improve the availability, reliability, predictability and sustainability of electrical products and installations. The Division's extensive service portfolio offers product care, modernization, and advisory services to improve performance, extend equipment lifetime and deliver new levels of operational and sustainable efficiency. We help customers keep resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them, and then recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of their useful life.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. #Run What Runsthe World.

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Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

We care

At ABB, we care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

We grow

We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.

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