Senior Commissioning Engineer – Remote (UK Projects)

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance with option

Flexible working environment

25 days holiday

Excellent pension

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Senior Commissioning Engineer to provide commissioning expertise across transmission, distribution, substations, and renewables in the UK.

The role is predominantly remote with limited travel, supporting projects from tender to energisation and handover. You will shape commissioning strategies, develop testing sequences, and work with project managers to ensure successful delivery on multiple projects, while maintaining high standards of documentation and risk

Qualifications

• Proven commissioning experience within electrical infrastructure, substations, utilities, renewable energy, or power transmission and distribution projects.
• Strong understanding of commissioning processes, testing methodologies, project delivery, and energisation activities.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or approving commissioning documentation and test procedures.
• Knowledge of commissioning planning, resource allocation, sequencing, and project scheduling.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide commissioning expertise throughout tendering, planning, delivery, and project close-out phases.
• Develop commissioning strategies, programmes, methodologies, and testing sequences.
• Support tender reviews, commissioning estimates, resource planning, and project scheduling activities.
• Review, develop, and approve commissioning procedures, test plans, and technical documentation.
• Act as the commissioning subject matter expert across multiple projects.
• Support Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), commissioning reviews, and customer meetings.
• Conduct periodic site visits to review progress, identify risks, and provide technical guidance.
• Work closely with Project Managers to manage commissioning risks, technical issues, claims, and successful project delivery.
• Review commissioning documentation completed by internal teams and external partners.
• Support commissioning activities from project award through to energisation and handover.

Skills

Commissioning experience

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Independent work

Job description

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Senior Commissioning Engineer to provide commissioning expertise across transmission, distribution, substations, and renewables in the UK.

The role is predominantly remote with limited travel, supporting projects from tender to energisation and handover. You will shape commissioning strategies, develop testing sequences, and work with project managers to ensure successful delivery on multiple projects, while maintaining high standards of documentation and risk