Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineering)

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Manama; On-site; BHD 30,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineering) to oversee complex engineering, construction, and commissioning projects from inception to completion at on-site locations. The role emphasizes delivering projects on time, within budget, and to high quality standards.

The candidate should have extensive experience in GIS/AIS substations, BOQ estimation, FAT coordination, and cross-discipline coordination with civil & MEP teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 14 years of work experience in engineering projects.
• 6-8 years in a lead role preferred.
• Experience in design & engineering for utility substations (GIS/AIS).

Responsibilities

• Coordination of project engineering activities and review of deliverables.
• Liaise with stakeholder for schedule, scope changes and technical discussions.
• Review equipment specs and BOQ, monitor supplier deliverables and FAT.
• Manage change, risk, and opportunities during execution and tendering.
• Coordination with civil and MEP disciplines for interfaces and documentation.

Skills

Project leadership

Design & engineering

Substation expertise

Budget control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineering)

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

Job type Full time

Work arrangement On-Site

Experience Experienced

Job function Engineering & Science

Contract Regular

Publication date 2026-09-16

Reference number R0136554

About Hitachi Energy

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.