Power Supply Engineer (m/f/d)

Hitachi Rail Limited; Region Hovedstaden; Hybrid; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Limited seeks a Power Supply Engineer to design and manage railway power systems, providing inputs, calculations, protection and earthing support, and commissioning evidence.

You'll coordinate power availability, review supplier designs, support site surveys and commissioning, and ensure safety and compliance across complex infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering experience in rail, infrastructure, industrial power systems.
• More than 5 years in electrical/power systems engineering on infrastructure or industrial projects.
• Knowledge of LV distribution, UPS, protection coordination and earthing/bonding.

Responsibilities

• Develop/review load lists, power requirements, single-line diagrams and earthing interfaces.
• Coordinate power availability for equipment and energisation readiness.
• Review electrical designs, certificates, installation records and readiness evidence.
• Support site surveys, commissioning, fault investigations and as-built docs.
• Escalate safety, EMC, capacity or constructability deviations when needed.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power systems

LV distribution

UPS

Earthing/Bonding

Electrical safety

Commissioning evidence

Tools

Protection coordination

Job description

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

About the Role

Power Supply Engineer (m/f/d) contributes to Hitachi’s responsibility to design, manage interfaces, and prepare the documentation needed for installation, test and placing in service approvals. Its specific contribution is to provide power design inputs, calculations, protection/earthing support, installation support and commissioning evidence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop/review load lists, power requirements, single-line diagrams, UPS/backup arrangements, protection philosophy and earthing/bonding interfaces.
• Coordinate power availability for equipment.
• Review supplier/subcontract electrical designs, calculations, certificates, installation records and energisation readiness evidence.
• Support site surveys, inspections, commissioning, fault investigations and as-built documentation.
• Identify power-related risks including capacity, selectivity, resilience, electrical safety, maintainability and access constraints.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.
• Provide power design inputs, calculations, protection/earthing support, installation support and commissioning evidence.
• Discipline authority for power calculations and detailed technical decisions in delegated scope.
• Escalates deviations affecting safety, EMC, capacity or constructability.
• Key Interfaces
• Engineering Manager, Solution Engineering Manager, Installation Design Manager, EMC/EMI Engineer and Work Package Leaders.
• Implementation, Construction, Site, T&C, Safety, RAM and Quality teams.
• Electrical suppliers/subcontractors and customer/infrastructure owner power-interface stakeholders.
• Test readiness.

Authority & Accountability:

• Accountable for technical correctness of assigned power-supply engineering outputs.
• Authorised to challenge unsafe or undersized power arrangements and recommend design/installation corrections.
• Escalates power availability or compliance risks to Engineering Manager.

Mandate:

Ensure Project systems receive safe, compliant and resilient power suitable for railway operation, testing and maintenance.

Skills & Experience:

• Electrical engineering experience in rail, infrastructure, industrial, telecoms or mission-critical power systems.
• Knowledge of LV distribution, UPS, protection coordination, earthing/bonding, electrical safety and commissioning evidence.
• Ability to coordinate power dependencies across many systems.
• Resilience and resistance to stress during energisation readiness, site faults and commissioning pressure.
• Practical electrical safety mindset and documentation rigour.
• More than 5 years in electrical/power systems engineering on infrastructure or industrial Projects.

Working in Hitachi:

Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.