Plants Lead Engineer HVDC

Hitachi, Ltd.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Plants Lead Engineer to oversee the design and implementation of HVDC solutions. This role is pivotal in leading a talented team, ensuring technical excellence, and driving project success. You will collaborate closely with various departments, manage technical risks, and represent your team in customer meetings. If you are passionate about engineering and thrive in a collaborative environment, this is your chance to make a significant impact in the energy sector. Join a global team and take on exciting challenges that shape the future of energy.

Qualifications

• Experience in energy field, electrical power, or civil design for large projects.
• Strong understanding of HVDC technology and its applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Plants and civil team in technical deliverables and project coordination.
• Ensure quality and compliance in design and processes.

Skills

HVDC Technology

Electromechanical Design

Auxiliary Power Design

Civil Design

Leadership Skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Master of Science in Engineering

Job description

Location:
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Job ID:
R0085071

Date Posted:
2025-04-24

Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY UK LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):
Engineering & Science

Job Schedule:
Full time

Remote:
No

Job Description:

The Opportunity

The Plant Lead Engineering team is part of engineering at HVDC, with a leading technical role and overall responsibility for our Plants and Civil design solutions for onshore stations and offshore wind platforms, ensuring strategic technical decisions for optimal solutions. You coordinate with various departments to oversee the design and placement of equipment, manage systems, and ensure quality and process adherence. You lead your team, manage technical risks, and represent Plants in customer meetings. Your role is crucial in balancing leadership, technical oversight, and coordination to achieve project success in our tenders and projects. With great collaboration and diverse backgrounds, we are excited to welcome you to join us in our global team!

Please note this opportunity is of a hybrid nature (2-3 days in the office) and can be based out of Birmingham or our Glasgow offices. To be considered you must have the leadership skills to guide and support the work.

How you'll make an impact

• Be a positive technical leader in your role as a Plants Lead Engineer for your Plants and civil team and drive our vision, technical deliverables and develop people and work close with our Project Lead Engineer, Project engineering manager, Plants project manager and Project Interface manager offshore.
• Having overall technical understanding and take responsibility of the overall design of Plants and civil for HVDC land stations and/or offshore platform and its interfaces.
• Driving our base design, read and understand the customers specification and act strategic technically for the best overall HVDC technical solution.
• Technical coordination with Plants own departments: Electromechanical design (overall HVDC station design with placement of equipment in CAD layouts), Station auxiliary power (incl cables between HVDC equipment, auxiliary transformers, diesels, batteries), Civil design and auxiliary systems (incl fire system, climate system, security system)
• Lead the team and making sure we follow processes, taking care of technical risks and fulfil the quality and represent Plants in internal and external customer and partner meetings.

Your background

• Bachelor or Master of Science in Engineering.
• Several years within energy field, electrical power, electromechanical design, auxiliary power design or civil design for large projects and experience of HVDC technology or similar business as sub stations, high voltage products or offshore wind connections. Experience from site work, installation and/or commissioning is an advantage.
• You are an engaged, ambitious, and driven person that thrives in a constantly changing environment and who enjoys collaboration with employees, peers and beyond.
• You understand technical topics and can easily understand HVDC, have a strong sense of responsibility, and when needed you are comfortable with taking decisions for your team.
• Speaking and writing English fluently is required since you will be part of a global team where you will need to communicate with people from all over the world.
• As a person you have a passion for people and technology, strong in decision making and have the right inner drive and self-management skills to take on full responsibility for your scope.

Are you ready for a new exciting challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Welcome to apply now! Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don't delay - apply today!

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