Project Lead Engineer - Automation and Communication | Jakarta, Indonesia

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 1,073,729,000 - 2,147,459,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Project Lead Engineer to drive the technical execution of Automation and Communication projects from initiation to close-out. You will translate customer requirements into cost-effective solutions and coordinate engineering activities across teams, ensuring timely delivery and compliance.

The role requires an engineering degree with 10–15+ years’ experience in related fields, strong communication, and hands-on support for testing, FAT, installation, and site

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in electrical, automation, or related field.
• 10–15+ years in project engineering within power, automation, or infra projects.
• Strong ability to review tech documents and drive closure.
• Excellent communication, ownership and problem solving.
• Knowledge of office and collaboration tools; training provided.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical execution of Automation & Communication projects from start to finish.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for customers and stakeholders.
• Coordinate engineering design activities and review deliverables.
• Support testing, commissioning, site activities and acceptance processes.
• Identify and manage technical risks, issues, changes, and actions.
• Ensure accurate documentation, handover, and lessons learned.

Skills

Project engineering

Stakeholder coordination

Technical leadership

Documentation

Risk management

Testing & commissioning

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Office suite

Collaboration tools

Job description

Project Lead Engineer - Automation and Communication

You'll be leading the technical engineering execution of Automation and Communication projects, acting as the Project Technical Lead Engineer for assigned projects. Translating customer requirements and contract specifications into a clear, cost-effective Hitachi Energy technical solution concept; planning and coordinating engineering tasks; review detailed engineering deliverables; support testing, FAT, installation, commissioning, SAT, as-built documentation and project close-out feedback. Ensuring that technical quality, safety, customer acceptance, cost, schedule, risk and contractual technical requirements are managed throughout the full project lifecycle.

How you'll make an impact

• Lead the technical execution of Automation and Communication projects from initiation to close-out.
• Act as the primary technical contact for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate engineering design activities and review project deliverables.
• Support testing, commissioning, site activities, and customer acceptance processes.
• Identify and manage technical risks, issues, changes, and open actions.
• Ensure accurate project documentation, handover, and lessons learned capture.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project engineering teams.
• Promote continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and best practices.
• Champion safety, integrity, and compliance across all project activities.

Your background

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification in electrical, automation, communication, power systems or a related field.
• Typically 10–15+ years of relevant project engineering experience, preferably in power, automation, communication or infrastructure projects.
• Good understanding of project execution, customer requirements, engineering coordination, testing support and site support.
• Ability to review technical documents, ask the right questions, coordinate with stakeholders and drive actions to closure.
• Strong communication, ownership, problem-solving and documentation skills.
• Good working knowledge of common office and collaboration tools. Training will be provided for company-specific tools, templates and in-house processes.

Job type Full time

Work arrangement On-Site

Experience Experienced

Job function Engineering & Science

Contract Regular

Publication date 2026-09-25

Reference number R0145977

About Hitachi Energy

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.