Digital Team Manager

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids seeks a Digital Team Manager in Chennai to lead a dedicated team, drive resource planning, and oversee competence development. You will coordinate with global and local stakeholders, manage risks, and ensure delivery against budget and KPI targets, while upholding Hitachi Energy's safety and integrity standards.

You will review tender offerings, support pricing models, and guide strategic development for the local organization, with a focus on engineering excellence and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics engineering project management, with at least 5 years in a managerial role.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex engineering projects, preferably in the power or infrastructure sector.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work effectively under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and manage operations, resource allocation, competence development and people growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers and customers to drive project success.
• Perform risk analysis and manage tender/projects with techno-economic offering reviews.
• Plan medium-to-long-term resources based on tenders and project forecasts.
• Ensure KPI targets (on-time delivery, COPQ, productivity) and financial budgets are met.
• Drive compliance with Hitachi Energy policies and safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Risk management

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

As Digital Team Manager at INOPC-HVDC, Chennai you will be responsible for a given team’s operation, resource allocation, Development of competence and people development. You will also need to collaborate with various cross-functional teams, suppliers and customers.

How you'll make an impact:

You need to collaborate with various cross-functional teams, suppliers and customers. You will be part of local management and act as a “sounding board” within the organization. Analysis and risk management will also be among your tasks.

Resource planning medium to long term and allocation based on the forecast of tenders & projects in collaboration with global organization.

Ensure KPI of the department (e.g. on time delivery, COPQ, productivity), ensure achieving financial budget.

Review and approve techno-economic offering by your line in a tender/project, assess risk and opportunity. Drive operation development for the local organization.

Run routine review & follow-up with the project team and other cross-functional teams, supplier and customers. Recruit personnel as per HC budget.

Accountable for the team as per Hitachi Energy compliance, Integrity, Health & Safety. Responsible for personnel assessments / people’s review, target setting for the direct reports.

Identify people’s development area(s) and implement, Identify key competence area and have succession planning.

Participate in unit’s strategic work and develop local strategy. Workout future scope expansion and competence development.

You will in many ways be the person at the center of things. Together with the tender responsible you will also handle tender calculations and pricing models.

You will be 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 Mechanicl/Electrical/Electronics Engineering or a related field. Master's degree preferred.

Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics engineering project management, with at least 5 years in a managerial role.

Proven track record of successfully delivering complex engineering projects, preferably in the power or infrastructure sector..

Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work effectively under pressure.

Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

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. We welcome you to apply today.