Gestionnaire technique avant‐vente Canada/Pre-Sales Technical Manager Canada

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Quebec; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive group insurance (medical

Dental, life and disability

Pension plan with employer contrib.

24/7 employee and family assistance

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a senior power systems leader to partner with utility customers and shape the future of protection, control, and substation automation solutions.

You will build strategic relationships, translate complex capabilities into customer value, and drive long-term growth within a matrix organization. This role requires advanced power systems expertise, strong communication, and fluency in French and English, with a track record of delivering impactful energy projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of power systems experience.
• Experience with protection and control solutions in the utility space.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with utility customers.
• Drive customer interests and sustainable outcomes in a matrix environment.
• Promote protection, control, and substation automation solutions.
• Share market insights and communicate evolving customer needs.
• Translate technical capabilities into customer value.
• Support solution positioning across diverse stakeholders.
• Contribute to long-term growth and strategy execution.

Skills

Power systems experience

Protection & control solutions

Written and verbal communication

French and English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

MBA or MSEE asset

Job description

At Hitachi Energy, purpose meets innovation. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of power systems by partnering with utility customers and delivering advanced protection, control, and substation automation solutions. You will play a critical role in developing strategic relationships, supporting sustainable growth, and enabling customers to transition toward more resilient, digital, and efficient energy systems.

As a trusted technical and commercial partner, you will combine deep power system expertise with strong market insight to influence solution adoption and long-term value creation. This is a highly visible role within a collaborative, matrix organization where expertise, curiosity, and impact are valued.

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

You will thrive in an environment that values continuous learning, clear communication, and shared success—while working on technologies that directly support a more sustainable energy future.

How you’ll make an impact

• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with utility customers
• Drive customer interests and sustainable outcomes in a matrix environment
• Promote protection, control, and substation automation solutions
• Share market insights and communicate evolving customer needs
• Translate technical capabilities into customer value
• Support solution positioning across diverse stakeholders
• Contribute to long-term growth and strategy execution

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required
• MBA or MSEE considered an asset
• Minimum 12 years of power systems experience
• Experience with protection and control solutions in the utility space
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Fluency in French and English

More About Us

• Comprehensive group insurance (medical, dental, life and disability) and access to a telemedicine service.
• Pension plan with attractive employer contribution.
• 24/7 employee and family assistance program.

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.