Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineering)

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Manama; On-site; BHD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Technologies W.L.L. in Manama, Bahrain, seeks a Project Management Engineering, Construction & Commissioning professional to oversee complex substation projects from inception to completion.

Lead the design, procurement, and commissioning efforts for GIS and AIS facilities while coordinating with civil and MEP teams to ensure on-time delivery and compliance with quality standards. The role requires deep technical expertise in GIS/AIS substations, strong leadership, and 14+ years

Qualifications

• Bahraini national.
• 14+ years in engineering, with 6–8 years in a lead role.
• Experience on major utility substation projects (GIS/AIS) in the region.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project engineering activities, review deliverables, and monitor contractual scope and changes.
• Lead engineering reviews for GIS/AIS substations, including BOQ estimation and FAT coordination.
• Coordinate with civil/MEP disciplines and external customers for project schedules and document approvals.
• Prepare technical proposals, RFQs, and supplier offers; monitor ventilation, protection, and MV/LV systems.

Skills

GIS design

AIS design

Substation engineering

Project engineering leadership

Job description

Location: Manama, Al Manāmah (Al 'Āşimah), Bahrain Job ID: R0136554 Date Posted: 2026-07-30 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES W.L.L. Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No

The Opportunity:

The Project Management Engineering, Construction & Commissioning Professional at Hitachi, Ltd. will be responsible for overseeing and managing complex engineering, construction, and commissioning projects from inception to completion, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

How will you make an impact

Coordination of project engineering activities - preparation and review of project engineering deliverables, monitoring of contractual scope, variation & change orders initiation, technical discussions, liaising with all stake holders on technical matters, monitoring engineering effort for projects and tenders etc.

Coordination with other engineering disciplines substation projects and tenders.

Coordination with internal and external stakeholder for scheduled progress of projects and tenders.

Review of equipment specification and BOQ for supplier enquiries, technical offer review, monitoring and coordination of supplier deliverables, resolution of technical issues during FAT etc.

Following the engineering processes, change management, risk and opportunities management and other relevant processes during project execution and tendering.

Coordination with customer/consultant for document approvals as per project schedule.

Your Background

• You are a Bahrani National
• You have work experience in design & engineering, handling various utility substation projects in the region in a lead role is preferred with exposure to 11kV/33kV/132kV/220kV/400kV GIS and AIS projects. Thorough domain expertise in one of the domains (either primary or secondary) is a must. The candidate must have the knowledge of other domains for effectively monitoring and supervising the regular project engineering activities.
• Primary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, layouts, earthing, cabling, lightning protection, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.
• Secondary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, protection, relay panels, LCCs, SCADA/RTU/SCMS etc., FMS/DFR, Telecom, control cabling, CT/VT sizing, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.
• Engineering of Auxiliaries of GIS & AIS substations, LV AC boards, service/auxiliary transformers, earthing transformers, DC system - batteries and battery chargers, UPS, inverter, security system, CCTV, access control, EPABX, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, etc.
• Experience of coordination with civil and MEP disciplines in the substation, inputs for civil and MEP engineering, interfaces, coordination check with civil & MEP services etc.
• Experience of preparing BOQ, deviation list, clarifications, technical proposal for tenders and customer enquiries for firm and budgetary tenders.
• Understanding of installation, testing and commissioning requirements to effectively support the preparation of testing protocol, site activities.
• Minimum 14 years of work experience is required, of which 6-8 years of experience in a lead role is preferred. Experience of project engineering for major utilities in the region

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