Associate Project Engineer - Primary Engineering

Saur Energy International; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in India seeks a GIS Tendering Engineer to support the Sales & Tendering team by developing tender-specific engineering documents and drawings for calculating costs and facilitating customer submission. The role covers primary engineering of Gas Insulated Switchgear above 66kV and involves collaboration with multiple departments to ensure accurate BOM and cost estimation.

Ideal candidates have 1–5 years of experience in LV/MV/HV/EHV tendering or design, strong CAD skills (AutoCAD,

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.
• Familiarity with IEC/IEEE/ANSI standards is advantageous.
• Team player and able to meet sales targets and deliver solutions on time.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Participate in GIS Primary Offer Engineering; develop tender-specific engineering documents and drawings for cost calculations and submission to customer.
• Prepare drawings and documents for customer submission for Gas Insulated Switchgear above 66kV.
• Deliver key outputs like Gas SLD, GIS layout, cable tray layout, earthing layout, and cabling overview.
• Calculate system resistance, thermal loss, gas volume, earthing mat and cable calculations; BOM and cost estimation.
• Coordinate with Sales Support engineers, Area Sales Managers and other departments as needed.

Skills

CAD proficiency

English communication

Substation knowledge

Tendering experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in EEE / Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Creo

Job description

The opportunity

“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