Associate Project Engineer - Primary Engineering

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Chennai is seeking a GIS Primary Offer Engineer to support tendering and design activities for Gas Insulated Switchgear projects, delivering engineering documents and cost calculations.

You will prepare drawings and BOM, coordinate with Sales Support engineers and Area sales managers, and ensure compliance with IEC/IEEE standards while upholding Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in EEE or Mechanical Engineering.
• 1–5 years of experience in tendering or design of LV, MV, HV or EHV products.
• Good knowledge about substations, IEC/IEEE/ANSI standards an added advantage.
• Familiarity with CAD tools and ability to read drawings.
• Team player with good communication in English and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support Sales & Tendering engineers to develop tender documents and drawings.
• Prepare GIS-related drawings and documents for customer submission.
• Contribute to cost estimation, BOM calculations, and design-to-value optimization.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams including production and project management.
• Ensure compliance with quality processes and applicable regulations.

Skills

CAD tools

English proficiency

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in EEE/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Creo

Job description

“The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 3600+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning.”

Your responsibility:

You will be a part of the GIS Primary Offer Engineering team.

You will be supporting the Sales & Tendering engineers to develop Tender specific engineering documents and drawings for calculating right cost and drawings submission to customer as part of offer documentation.

This role complete involved in Primary Engineering of Gas Insulated Switchgears (GIS) of transmission and sub-transmission systems.

You will be an individual contributor who would deliver the tasks as per the given inputs and when required need to work in coordination with other colleagues and should exhibit good collaborative skills to complete the task.

You may also interact with other departments like Secondary engineering, Steel structure engineering, Project Management and Production units.

Preparation of drawings and documents for customer submission for Gas Insulated Switchgear above 66kV.

The major deliverables are listed below, but not limited to Gas SLD, GIS Lay out, cable tray layout, earthing layout, Cabling overview and assembly overview.

• System resistance, Thermal loss, Gas volume, Earthing mat and Cable calculations
• Bill of material calculation
• Preparation of cost estimation based on the BOM generated.
• Self-review & review of peer’s documents
• Coordinating with the other team members, Sales Support engineers & Area sales Managers
• Strong in Design to value (DtV) and preparation on optimized solutions considering customer requirements.
• Directly responsible for maintaining and updating the documentation for respective projects / Tenders as per quality process.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

Bachelor’s degree in EEE / Mechanical Engineering.

1-5 years of experience in tendering or design of LV, MV, HV or EHV products

Good knowledge about substations

Good knowledge in CAD tools (AutoCad, Creo/Equivalent)

Familiarity with standards like IEC, IEEE, ANSI etc will be an added advantage

Team player and able to handle sales targets and prepare solutions on time.

Excellent communication skills in English

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