Control Engineer | Chennai, India

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is seeking a Senior Professional (P3) to lead complex engineering projects across electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil, and software domains. The role requires advanced knowledge, independent work, and coordination across multiple projects with customers and suppliers.

You will drive engineering activities, ensure safe and compliant execution, and provide guidance to junior professionals while collaborating with global teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Multidisciplinary engineering knowledge and design experience.
• Ability to plan, assess risks and coordinate resources across projects.
• Provide technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities.

Responsibilities

• Managing projects and processes with limited supervision.
• Coach and review work of junior professionals.
• Solve complex engineering problems encountered on projects.

Skills

Engineering

Project management

Coordination

Risk assessment

Technical testing support

Job description

Technical Project Engineering focuses on a range of engineering disciplines e.g. electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil, structural, automation and software engineering. The activities associated with project engineering include: discipline engineering and design; planning, risk assessments; coordination of resources (personnel and equipment).

Key areas of responsibility

• Engineering development: Ensuring that engineering is developed with complete information and/or that all multidisciplinary information has been included. Leading development of new solutions for complex projects and challenges. Driving completion of all engineering activities on the project. Coordinating engineering discipline across several projects. Providing technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities. Designing and conducting experiments, analyzing and interpreting the data. Preparing complete project documents in area of responsibility. May act as a design authority for a particular engineering discipline and completes engineering assignments for that discipline.
• Providing cost effective quality solutions and delivering within budget and contract. Ensuring adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks.
• Creating work plans and cost estimates. Reviewing and approving scope, budget and schedule for assignments.
• Interacts directly with customers, officials, contractors and supply chain.

Responsibilities may include

• Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision.
• Coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals.
• Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex.

A Senior Professional (P3) applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

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 centre, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.