Senior Project Manager, HVDC

Hitachi, Ltd.; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi, Ltd. seeks an experienced Senior Project Engineer to provide technical leadership and delivery accountability across complex HVDC projects. You will coordinate across Plant, Civil, Auxiliary and related disciplines to ensure alignment with safety, quality, and commercial goals.

You will guide engineering teams, manage interfaces, and contribute to tendering and project development, delivering on schedule and budget with a strong customer focus.

Qualifications

• Degree in an engineering discipline with significant project engineering experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams on HVDC, power or major infrastructure projects.
• Ability to lead activities and manage interfaces, scope, risk and change.
• Strong understanding of governance, design assurance and compliant solutions.
• Excellent communication across teams, management, customers and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and accountability for multidisciplinary Plants & Civil engineering delivery across HVDC converter station projects.
• Define and lead execution strategies across Plant Design, Auxiliary Power Systems, Electromechanical, Civil and Structural Engineering.
• Own delivery performance across scope, programme, budget, resources, risk and change.
• Drive effective cross-discipline integration and interface management.
• Build strong relationships with customers, project leadership, construction teams, suppliers and partners.
• Provide clear oversight of engineering performance, key risks, commercial impacts and delivery priorities.
• Lead critical technical and contractual interfaces.
• Provide strategic engineering input to tendering and project development, including execution strategy, resource planning, schedules, cost estimates and risk assessments.

Skills

Coordination

Leadership

Governance

Technical judgement

Stakeholder management

Interface management

HVDC domain

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Our HVDC Engineering department is responsible for the delivery of Civil, Plant, Auxiliary Engineering and BIM design for HVDC converter stations. Working across multiple engineering disciplines, the team provides integrated engineering solutions throughout the project lifecycle, from early design through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Engineer to provide technical leadership and delivery accountability across complex HVDC projects. The role requires strong multidisciplinary coordination, sound engineering judgement and the ability to lead engineering activities while ensuring alignment with project, commercial, safety, quality and contractual requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and overall accountability for multidisciplinary Plants & Civil engineering delivery across HVDC converter station projects.
• Define and lead execution strategies across Plant Design, Auxiliary Power Systems, Electromechanical, Civil and Structural Engineering.
• Own delivery performance across scope, programme, budget, resources, risk and change, ensuring alignment with safety, quality, technical and commercial objectives.
• Drive effective cross-discipline integration and interface management, ensuring coordinated and timely engineering delivery.
• Build strong relationships with customers, project leadership, construction teams, suppliers, subcontractors and engineering partners.
• Provide clear oversight of engineering performance, key risks, commercial impacts and delivery priorities, ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
• Lead critical technical and contractual interfaces, ensuring responsibilities, dependencies and project requirements are clearly managed.
• Provide strategic engineering input to tendering and project development, including execution strategy, resource planning, schedules, cost estimates and risk assessments.

Senior Professional Profile

As a Senior Professional (P3), you will apply advanced engineering knowledge and significant project experience to provide technical direction, exercise professional judgement and influence successful project outcomes.

You will operate with a high degree of independence, ownership and accountability, balancing technical, safety, quality, commercial and delivery requirements. You will also provide guidance and coaching to engineering professionals, supporting capability development and consistent engineering standards.

What You Bring

• A degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, supported by significant project engineering experience.
• Strong experience in multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery, ideally within HVDC, power transmission, substations or major infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineering activities and manage technical interfaces, scope, programme, risk and change.
• Strong understanding of engineering governance, design assurance and the delivery of technically compliant solutions.
• The ability to communicate and influence effectively across engineering teams, project management, customers, contractors and suppliers.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of how engineering decisions affect cost, programme and contractual commitments.
• A collaborative leadership style, combined with the confidence to take ownership and accountability for engineering decisions and outcomes.