Project Lead Engineer – Substation Engineering

Responsibilities:-

• Design authority and technical lead for all engineering activities for assignments on projects classified as Low and Medium engineering complexity. Support Project Manager for any technical issues.
• SPOC with customer for Engineering activities of the project. Participate in customer meetings, act on customer needs, expectations and improve customer experience.
• Lead, supervise and coordinate engineering project team: scope, schedule & progress, approvals, budget, targets, resource load & cost-to-complete [Engineering Meetings / Engineering Review]. Ensure Engineering processes are applied and if needed agree on scaling with Engineering Manager.
• Conduct Engineering Project Reviews and report progress and cost-to-complete to Engineering- and Project Manager.
• Establishes contacts with suppliers for technical support, to improve material quality and/or to decrease costs. Technical Obtains prototype product and develops technical tests. Ensure the deliveries as per schedule and carry out regular reviews.
• Having Primary / Secondary design expertise and able to deliver transmission and distribution projects.
• Preparing standards and focus on continuous improvements both technically and functionally.
• Check if quality process is applied by all contributing engineering parties. Escalate to QA/QC.
• Track and handle technical issues and follow up. Handle clarification where more than one domain/function/party is concerned plus those topics that cannot be allocated to an engineering domain. Initiate mitigation of possible responsibility gaps in the project team.
• Coach and develop project engineers / designers to deliver their maximum potential, plan the skill development needs for the engineers.
• Identify, track, clarify & drive project change cases that relate to engineering scope. Support claim preparation (client & supplier). Initiate and drive corrective actions.
• Collect and consolidate project risks and opportunities from engineering team, technical, but as well related to engineering progress, information/data availability and assumptions taken. Define, coordinate & take proactive actions to mitigate risks and lead to opportunities. Follow-up. Take calculated risk in pursuit of results and speed.
• Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:-

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 12-15 years of experience in Substation Engineering (AIS & GIS).
• Awareness in required CAD design tool (Autodesk Revit, 3D competence preferred.
• Proficiency in required Engineering calculation tools.
• Knowledge of relevant International standards ex. IEEE, IEC etc.
• Very good communication & networking skills.
• Knowledge in substation tendering and project lead engineering activities (technical & commercial)

Location:-

• Chennai, India.

Company Overview:-

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com Important, please include in your CV the following passage: “I hereby agree for my personal data, included in my job application, to be processed in line with the needs of recruitment, in accordance with the Law on Personal Data Protection of 29th August 1997 (Law Gazette from 2002, No.101, heading 926, as amended).”