HVDC- Control & Protection Engineer | Chennai, India

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in Chennai, India, seeks a Technical Project Engineer to lead multidisciplinary engineering activities across electrical, mechanical, chemical, civil, structural, automation and software domains on large HVDC projects.

The role focuses on delivering complete engineering information and coordinating stakeholders from design through commissioning. You will drive engineering activities with product owners, TSOs and customers, ensuring compliance with safety standards and

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 delivery 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.

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.
• 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 delivery 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 typically include:

• Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
• Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals.
• Problems faced are difficult and often complex.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Work at high level strategic initiatives across Control and Protection Software deliveries
• Work on improving Control & Protection
• Participate in customer meetings & technical forums.
• Work along with Product Owners & TSOs for technical development.
• 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.
• Support Global Projects by adapting HVDC Control & Protection Software (MACH)
• Develop Control and Protection Functions / Solutions for future HVDC technologies.
• Support projects in resolving the issues related to Control and Protection Functions.
• Coordinate with different stakeholders across the business units to get inputs to optimize the HVDC solutions.
• Be part of Factory system test Environment

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.