Senior HVDC & Substation Commissioning Lead

Hitachi; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy UK Limited in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Project Commissioning Manager to lead the commissioning execution for major HVDC, HV, Substation, and Grid Integration projects across the UK.

The role covers planning, coordinating, and delivering commissioning activities from design review through energisation, performance testing, and handover, ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and quality. Collaboration with PM, engineering, operations, and customers is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Significant commissioning experience in HVDC, HV, Substation, Transmission & Distribution, or Grid Integration projects.
• Proven experience leading commissioning on large-scale power, energy, utilities, or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of commissioning planning, testing, energisation, and handover requirements.
• Experience managing commissioning programmes with multiple stakeholders/contractors.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and quality in high-voltage environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project risks and schedule-critical activities.
• TP141A certification is highly desirable.
• National Grid project or Grid environments experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning activities across the project lifecycle from design review to handover.
• Act as the primary commissioning authority and point of contact.
• Develop and implement commissioning strategies, plans, and procedures.
• Manage subsystem and system testing, energisation, testing, and acceptance.
• Ensure safety and compliance with project specs, regulatory requirements, and standards.
• Monitor progress and implement recovery plans to mitigate delays.
• Coordinate interfaces between Engineering, Construction, Operations, suppliers and customers.
• Resolve technical issues, punch points, defects, and non-conformities.
• Manage commissioning documentation, test reports, and handover dossiers.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation measures for safe delivery.
• Support customer inspections and acceptance processes.
• Drive excellence through planning, execution, and stakeholder management.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Hitachi Energy UK Limited in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Project Commissioning Manager to lead the commissioning execution for major HVDC, HV, Substation, and Grid Integration projects across the UK.

The role covers planning, coordinating, and delivering commissioning activities from design review through energisation, performance testing, and handover, ensuring safety, schedule adherence, and quality. Collaboration with PM, engineering, operations, and customers is essential.