GIS Primary Engineering Team Leader

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. seeks a leader to build and guide a high-performing engineering project execution team in a global operations environment, delivering GIS, HV product, and substation projects.

You will influence outcomes through stakeholder collaboration, resource planning, and operational excellence. The role emphasizes team development, performance metrics, workforce planning, recruitment, training, and cross-border partnerships to ensure project readiness and accurate resource billing,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; preference for Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in project execution with GIS, HV products or substation projects.
• Proven Project Manager with leadership, team-building and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience in matrixed or global environments and driving performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of project professionals for high performance.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to align goals and ensure project success.
• Conduct performance and development discussions to meet business objectives and career goals.
• Drive operational excellence by monitoring utilization, NPS, and resource productivity.
• Plan workforce needs, lead recruitment, onboarding, and training for readiness.
• Facilitate decision-making, align stakeholder expectations, and promote best practices.
• Ensure accurate resource billing and support HR processes including leave and infra needs.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

People management

Workforce planning

Performance management

Recruitment

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Electrical Engineering preferred

Job description

Lead and grow a high-performing engineering project execution team within a global operations environment, driving successful delivery of GIS, HV product, and substation projects. This role offers the opportunity to influence business outcomes through stakeholder collaboration, team development, resource planning, and operational excellence while building strong partnerships across global teams.

The Opportunity

Lead and grow a high-performing engineering project execution team within a global operations environment, driving successful delivery of GIS, HV product, and substation projects. This role offers the opportunity to influence business outcomes through stakeholder collaboration, team development, resource planning, and operational excellence while building strong partnerships across global teams.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of project professionals, fostering high performance and strong behavioral competencies.
• Partner closely with internal and external stakeholders to align goals, drive collaboration, and ensure successful project execution.
• Conduct performance and development discussions, supporting team members in achieving both business objectives and career aspirations.
• Drive operational excellence by managing key performance metrics such as utilization, customer/stakeholder satisfaction (NPS), and resource productivity.
• Proactively plan workforce needs, lead recruitment, onboarding, and training activities to ensure project readiness.
• Facilitate effective decision-making, challenge and align stakeholder expectations when needed, and promote best practice sharing across teams.
• Ensure accurate resource billing and provide support for administrative activities including leave management, infrastructure, office requirements, and HR-related processes.

Your Background

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, with preference for Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in project execution, including significant experience managing GIS, HV products, or substation projects.
• Proven experience as a Project Manager with strong leadership capabilities and experience leading teams and managing stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, align, and challenge decisions in the best interest of business goals and collaborative outcomes.
• Strong expertise in people management, talent development, workforce planning, and performance management.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills, with the ability to drive productive discussions across diverse teams.
• Experience working in a matrixed or global environment with accountability for operational and business performance metrics.

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.