Head of Engineering, Testing, Commissioning Team Leader (Professionals)

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

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Chennai invites a Manager-level professional to steer a group’s strategy, operations, and people development. You will coordinate with cross-functional teams, suppliers and customers, manage tenders, and drive risk assessments.

The role centers on planning resources, monitoring KPI, and ensuring compliance with safety and integrity standards. You will collaborate with HVDC Service India to fulfill care orders and site support while developing leaders, succession plans, and

Qualifications

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic preferred.
• Experience as Line Manager/Team Leader for 3+ years with a team of 10 or more.
• Knowledge in HVDC/PQSS/Substation is preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in HVDC systems, electrical design and testing is desirable.
• Strong leadership and intercultural collaboration skills.
• Proficient English language.

Responsibilities

• Lead resource planning for medium to long term tender and project forecasts with global service.
• Ensure departmental KPI achievement, on time delivery and budget adherence.
• Review and approve techno-economic offerings, assess risk and opportunities with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with HVDC service India for care orders, site support and warranty.
• Participate in unit strategy, road map and future scope expansion for local organization.
• Ensure compliance with external and internal regulations and Hitachi Energy standards.

Skills

Resource planning

KPI management

Risk assessment

Leadership

Tender calculations

Pricing models

Stakeholder collaboration

English proficiency

Education

B.E./B.Tech Electrical

Tools

HVDC knowledge

Electrical design experience

Job description

The Opportunity

As a Manager at INOPC-HVDC, Chennai you will be responsible for a given Group’s 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 / people’s review, target setting for the direct report.


• You will identify people’s development area(s) and implement actions accordingly, identify key competence area and have succession planning.


• You will participate in unit’s 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 bachelor’s 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.


• C&P 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.

Publication date : 2026-01-29