Project Engineering Senior

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Brasil; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking a Project Manager with technical leadership responsibilities to oversee complex engineering initiatives, including substation control systems and SCADA EMS/ADMS deployments. The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, proven leadership, and strong planning/cost-control skills, with a hybrid work model (2 days in office) and fluency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams in complex engineering projects.
• Experience in the implementation of substation control systems.
• Background in project planning, schedule management, and cost control.
• Experience with SCADA systems, preferably including EMS (Energy Management Systems) and ADMS (Advanced Distribution Management Systems).
• Advanced proficiency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager in project planning, execution, monitoring, and project delivery activities.
• Coordinate project team onboarding, define project requirements, and ensure effective communication among stakeholders.
• Maintain regular communication with clients and provide project status updates, risks, and issues to the Project Manager.
• Lead key project milestones, including Kickoff Meetings, FAT, SAT, installation, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Prepare, maintain, approve, and deliver project documentation, including as-built records, handover documentation, and lessons learned.
• Ensure project execution complies with organizational processes, quality standards, and the Code of Conduct.
• Mentor Technical Leads, support continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to the development of organizational best practices.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

Skills

Technical leadership

Substation control

SCADA

Project planning

Budgeting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

The project manager has formal accountability for the project’s success. A Technical Lead is a delegate of the project manager with operational responsibility for conducting project activities toward successful project delivery. The Security Lead has the delegated power to undertake decisions related to project activities, organization and execution.

How you'll make an impact:

Support the Project Manager in project planning, execution, monitoring, and project delivery activities.

Coordinate project team onboarding, define project requirements, and ensure effective communication among stakeholders.

Maintain regular communication with clients and provide project status updates, risks, and issues to the Project Manager.

Lead key project milestones, including Kickoff Meetings, FAT, SAT, installation, testing, and commissioning activities.

Prepare, maintain, approve, and deliver project documentation, including as-built records, handover documentation, and lessons learned.

Ensure project execution complies with organizational processes, quality standards, and the Code of Conduct.

Mentor Technical Leads, support continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to the development of organizational best practices.

Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

Your background:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.

Proven experience providing technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams in complex engineering projects.

Experience in the implementation of substation control systems.

Background in project planning, schedule management, and cost control.

Experience with SCADA systems, preferably including EMS (Energy Management Systems) and ADMS (Advanced Distribution Management Systems).

Advanced proficiency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Hybrid work model, with 2 days per week based in the office.

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.