BIM - Electrical | Chennai, India

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a BIM specialist to design, develop, and maintain high-quality Revit content and families that meet geometric, parametric, and data requirements for consistent BIM delivery across regions.

You will create Revit families per specifications, ensure parametric and project-ready content, and improve libraries while following naming conventions and workflows. Collaboration with BIM stakeholders and ACC/RFI support is expected.

Qualifications

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in electrical, Civil or mechanical engineering.
• 2-5+ years of Revit experience.

Responsibilities

• Create Revit families as per approved specifications, standards, and LOD requirements.
• Ensure families are parametric, performance-optimized, and project-ready.
• Maintain and improve existing content libraries based on feedback and evolving standards.
• Follow naming conventions, quality checklists, and approval workflows.
• Collaborate with Digital Content Library Manager and BIM stakeholders.
• Support content delivery and clarifications via ACC / RFI workflows.
• Provide project support within Revit when required.
• Apply correct family categories, subcategories, reference planes, constraints, and parameters.
• Create type-driven and instance-driven families based on usage needs
• Implement approved shared parameters, naming conventions, and data structures.
• Ensure families meet library quality checklists prior to submission
• Review and enhance existing families to support new tools, workflows, or updates.

Skills

Revit family creation

Parametric modeling

Nested/shared families

Visibility controls

Cross-regional collaboration

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Ownership mindset

Education

Electrical, Civil or Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor/Master)

Tools

Autodesk Revit

Job description

To design, develop, and maintain high-quality, standardized Revit content (families) that meets defined geometric, parametric, and data requirements, enabling consistent, efficient, and high-quality BIM project delivery across all business lines and regions

How you’ll make an impact:

• Create Revit families as per approved specifications, standards, and LOD requirements.
• Ensure families are parametric, performance-optimized, and project-ready.
• Maintain and improve existing content libraries based on feedback and evolving standards.
• Follow naming conventions, quality checklists, and approval workflows.
• Collaborate with Digital Content Library Manager and BIM stakeholders.
• Support content delivery and clarifications via ACC / RFI workflows.
• Provide project support within Revit when required.
• Apply correct family categories, subcategories, reference planes, constraints, and parameters.
• Create type-driven and instance-driven families based on usage needs
• Implement approved shared parameters, naming conventions, and data structures.
• Ensure families meet library quality checklists prior to submission
• Review and enhance existing families to support new tools, workflows, or updates.

Your Background:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in electrical, Civil or mechanical engineering.
• Have minimum work experience of 2-5+ years in Revit.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across regions and disciplines.
• Openness to feedback and continuous improvement.
• Ownership mindset for content quality and delivery.
• Strong expertise in Autodesk Revit family creation.
• Good understanding of parametric modeling, nested/shared families, and visibility controls.
• Knowledge of BIM standards and Level of Development (LOD).
• Awareness of Revit project environments and downstream usage.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills.

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.