Service Engineer - SCMS

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in the UAE seeks a Service Engineer to lead retrofit upgrades, extensions, and SLA-driven projects for Substation Automation. You will oversee low-to-high complexity site work, ensuring contractual, quality, and safety alignment, while coordinating with customers and partners.

Candidates should have 6–10 years of SCMS experience, strong IEC protocol knowledge, and proficiency with Hitachi MicroSCADA/RTU systems. Travel to customer sites is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 6–10 years as an SCMS engineer with design, testing and commissioning experience.
• Strong knowledge of Substation Automation systems and IEC protocols such as IEC 101/104/61850.
• Proficiency with Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA and RTU systems and IEDs from various manufacturers.
• Hands-on use of MS Office, Visio, IET, ITT, PCM, MiCOM, and DIGSI.
• Understanding of substation control logic, interlocking, and power system principles.
• OT cybersecurity knowledge and testing methods.
• Excellent English communication; willingness to travel 100% to client sites.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Service Engineering function in project and customer meetings and help implement execution plans.
• Interface with customers to present Hitachi Energy as a trusted partner.
• Coordinate with customers and external entities to prepare project docs, schedules, acceptance criteria, and testing.
• Execute service engineering activities including system integrations, factory testing, and site implementations.
• Perform system modifications, extensions, and upgrades with SAT, energization checks, and final acceptance.
• Develop HMI configurations and system databases per project specs.
• Prepare documentation such as System Architecture, Signal Lists, FAT/SAT procedures, MoS, RA, RCA, and site reports.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes, regulations, cybersecurity, and safety protocols.
• Support tendering with service estimates and cross-functional collaboration.
• Manage external partners ensuring health, safety, and quality requirements.

Skills

SCMS engineering

Substation Automation

IEC 61850

IEC 104

IEC 101

RTU systems

Hitachi MicroSCADA

MiCOM

DIGSI

English proficiency

OT cybersecurity

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

Hitachi MicroSCADA

RTU systems

IEDs

MiCOM

DIGSI

Visio

IET

PCM

MS Office

Job description

Job Description:

The opportunity

As a Service Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in executing retrofit upgrades, system extensions, and modifications for Substation Automation systems and delivering Service Level Agreement (SLA) programs. You will lead assignments of low to high complexity, ensuring all site activities are completed efficiently, cost-effectively, and fully aligned with contractual obligations, quality standards, and safety requirements.

How you'll make an impact

• Represent the Service Engineering function in project and customer meetings, contributing to the development of project execution philosophies and plans, and ensuring their effective implementation.
• Serve as a key technical interface with customers, ensuring Hitachi Energy is consistently presented as a professional and trusted partner.
• Coordinate with customers and external entities to prepare project documents, execution schedules, acceptance criteria, resolve open items, and complete acceptance testing activities.
• Execute service engineering activities such as system integrations, factory testing and site implementations in accordance with approved processes to ensure on-time, on-quality, and on-cost delivery.
• Perform system modifications, extensions, and upgrades, including -Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), energization checks, and final system acceptance as required.
• Develop HMI configurations, and system databases according to project specifications.
• Prepare project documentation such as System Architecture, Signal Lists, Component Configuration Documents, Project schedules, FAT & SAT procedures, Method of Statement (MoS), Risk Assessments (RA), Site Visit Reports, Incident Reports, and Root Cause Analyses (RCA), in coordination with team leads and project managers.
• Ensure strict compliance with internal processes, external regulations, cybersecurity requirements, and safety protocols.
• Support continuous improvement by providing structured lessons learned, supporting claims (scope, cost, and time impacts), and enabling product and process enhancements.
• Contribute to the development of service activity estimates during tendering, helping define work scopes and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges.
• Manage external partners providing equipment or services, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and quality requirements.
• Take initiative to drive innovation, improve engineering solutions, and enhance customer value.
• Demonstrate Hitachi Energy's core values of Safety and Integrity, taking personal responsibility for safe behavior and ethical decision-making while promoting a strong safety culture within the team and at customer sites.
• Perform real-time risk and opportunity assessments throughout project execution, identifying potential variations and supporting contract claim preparation.
• Provide timely reporting of contract issues, quality concerns, scheduling risks, and cost deviations, along with actionable recommendations.

Your background

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Power Systems, Automation, or a related field.
• 6-10 years of experience as an SCMS engineer with proven design, testing, and commissioning expertise.
• Strong command of Substation Automation Systems, including communication protocols such as IEC 101, IEC 104, IEC 61850, LON, SPA, Modbus, and others.
• Advanced proficiency with Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA and RTU systems, as well as IEDs from various manufacturers.
• Hands-on experience with engineering tools like MS Office, Visio, IET, ITT, PCM, MiCOM, DIGSI, and related applications.
• Solid understanding of substation control logic, interlocking schemes, and power system operational principles.
• Intermediate knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards, practices, solutions (Firewall, NIDS, WSUS, RADIUS Configuration) and testing methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills and proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Willingness to travel 100% to customer sites.