The Role
You will act as the Design Authority for an engineering discipline handling projects of low to medium complexity. You will deliver cost-effective engineering solutions aligned with contract requirements, quality standards, and safety regulations.
Based on customer technical specifications and inputs from the OU Engineering team, you will develop complete primary engineering deliverables, including:
- Protection and Principle SLDs, schematics, and power supply schemes
- Substation layouts (plans and sections)
- Standard technical specifications for major equipment
- Bills of Materials (BOM), RFQs, vendor offer evaluations, and cost comparisons
- Engineering hours estimation, technical risk assessment, and opportunity evaluation
You will also contribute to R&D and continuous improvement initiatives, including comparisons of AIS, GIS, and PASS solutions and optimization of engineering workflows.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Serve as Design Authority for all engineering activities on assigned low- and medium-complexity projects
- Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for customers on engineering-related matters, participating in meetings and ensuring customer expectations are met
- Support the Project Manager by resolving technical issues and ensuring on-time engineering delivery
- Lead, supervise, and coordinate the engineering project team, managing scope, schedule, progress, approvals, budgets, resource loading, and cost-to-complete
- Conduct Engineering Meetings and Reviews, ensuring engineering processes are applied and scaled appropriately in alignment with the Engineering Manager
- Perform engineering project reviews, reporting progress and cost-to-complete to Engineering and Project Managers
- Interface with suppliers to obtain technical support, improve material quality, reduce costs, and evaluate prototype products and technical tests
- Deliver transmission and distribution projects with strong primary and secondary design expertise
- Develop and maintain engineering standards and drive continuous technical and functional improvements
- Coach and develop engineers and designers, planning and supporting their skill development
- Ensure quality processes are followed by all engineering contributors, escalating issues to QA/QC as required
- Manage cross-domain technical clarifications and proactively mitigate responsibility gaps within the project team
- Identify, track, and drive engineering-related change cases and support claim preparation with clients and suppliers
- Initiate and drive corrective actions where required
- Collect, assess, and manage engineering-related project risks and opportunities, including those related to schedule, data availability, and assumptions
- Take proactive and calculated risks to achieve results while maintaining speed and quality
- Ensure compliance with all applicable internal and external regulations, procedures, and guidelines
- Demonstrate Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity in all actions and decisions
Your Background
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with 10–12 years of relevant experience
- Strong knowledge of primary substation equipment, including circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, and power transformers
- Solid understanding of HV grid power systems
- Good knowledge of civil and structural elements of substations, such as transformer bunds, cable trenches, ducts, support structures, and access roads
- Experience preparing, reviewing, and validating Bills of Materials for tenders and projects
- Expertise in primary engineering design calculations, including grounding system design, drawings, and BOMs
- Proficiency in CAD tools (Autodesk Revit preferred; 3D design experience is an advantage) and relevant engineering calculation tools
- Knowledge of international standards (IEC, IEEE, etc.) and experience in substation tendering and project engineering (technical and commercial)
- Ability to work independently on complex or specialized engineering challenges, applying established standards while challenging conventional solutions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across functions
- High attention to detail and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality engineering solutions