Head of Engineering, Testing, Commissioning Team Leader

Hitachi Energy; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Chennai seeks a Manager for INOPC-HVDC to drive strategy, operations and people development. You will plan resources, collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers, and act as a central point for risk management and tender calculations.

The role emphasizes strong leadership and compliance with company standards. You will guide performance metrics, nurture talent, and align local plans with global HVDC service objectives, ensuring timely project delivery and customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
• 3+ years as Line Manager/Team Leader with a team of 10+.
• CP knowledge in HVDC/PQSS/Substation preferred.
• HVDC systems knowledge and experience in electrical design/testing advantageous.
• Strong leadership, intercultural sensitivity and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Lead resource planning for medium to long term projects and tenders in collaboration with global service.
• Ensure KPIs (on-time delivery, FPY, productivity) and financial budget targets.
• Review and approve techno-economic offerings and pricing in tenders/projects; assess risk and opportunities.
• Develop local strategy, road map and succession planning; drive operation development.
• Ensure compliance with Hitachi Energy policies and safety standards; mentor and develop team members.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk management

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Job description

The opportunity:

As a Managerat INOPC-HVDC, Chennai you will be responsible for a given Groups strategy, operation, resource planning, competence development and people development. You need to collaborate with various cross-functional group/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. 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.

How you'll make an impact:

• You will be resource planning medium to long term and allocation based on the forecast of tenders projects in collaboration with global service organization.
• You will ensure KPI of the department (e.g. on time delivery, FPY, productivity), ensure achieving financial budget.
• You will review and approve techno-economic offering by your line in a tender/project, assess risk and opportunity, run routine review follow-up with the project team and other cross-functional teams, supplier and customers, recruit personnel as per HC budget.
• You will be accountable for the team as per Hitachi Energy Group compliance, Integrity, Health Safety.
• You will collaborate with HVDC Service, India for executing Care orders, Site support Warranty service.
• You will be responsible for personnel assessments / peoples review, target setting for the direct report.
• You will identify peoples development area(s) and implement actions accordingly, identify key competence area and have succession planning.
• You will participate in units strategic work and develop local strategy and road map, workout future scope expansion and competence development, drive operation development for the local organization.
• 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:

• You hold a bachelors degree in engineering in Electrical/ Electronic preferred.
• Have previous experience of Line Manager/Team Leader at least 3 years with a team size of 10.
• CP knowledge in HVDC/ PQSS /Substation is preferred.
• Its great if you have Knowledge and Experience in HVDC systems, experience in Electrical design and testing.
• Strong leadership skills, good intercultural sensitivity.
• Sound English language knowledge.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills required.