Project Engineer

Hitachi India Pvt Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India is seeking a Lead Protection & Control engineer to head a design team for Protection & Control Panel Engineering in HV, EHV, and UHV substations. The role requires a minimum of 10 years of experience and prior team leadership experience.

Location available at Peenya - Bangalore with full-time schedule. The company emphasizes leadership, strong communication, and deep knowledge of protection, control, and substation automation.

Qualifications

• Leadership capability.
• Strong communication skills.
• Robust knowledge in Power System Network; Protection, Control & Substation Automation domain.

Responsibilities

• Contract Specification assessment (requirements, deviations, risks, opportunities).
• Base design with all necessary concepts (cost effective solutions based on customer contract specification and technical offer).
• Supervise the engineering process and documentation quality of the team of design engineers to ensure submission of drawings/documents technically complete in all respects, compared to the project specification.
• Lead technical resolution of solutions with customers and translating customer requirements into solutions of Hitachi.
• Active management of technical changes, risks & claims (only technical part).
• Supporting bid & proposal to find solutions which meet the functional requirements of the customer and be competitive in the market.
• Leading CRP drawing standardization and solution optimization activities for set of customers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Power System Knowledge

Job description

CRP Engineer

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job ID: R0126723

Date Posted: 2026-05-21

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

Hitachi Energy has always been at the forefront of key nation building initiatives in India and 2024 marked 75 years of our presence in the country. Hitachi Energy in India, has over 7,500 employees across 19 factories in eight manufacturing locations, common shared services and a global technology and innovation center - a reflection of our commitment to Make in India – for India & the world. We have the distinction of pioneering this technology and today more than half the HVDC links in India are leveraging this innovative solution.

About this role

Hitachi Energy India Limited is looking for Lead Protection & Control engineer in Grid Automation Business located in Peenya - Bangalore , to lead a team of design Engineers for Protection & Control Panel Engineering in High Voltage, Extra High Voltage and Ultra High Voltage Transmission Substations.

The candidate should have minimum 10 years of experience in Protection & Control Panel Engineering. Should have experience in leading a team of design engineers.

In this role we are looking forward to the following:

• Leadership capability
• Strong communication skills
• Robust Knowledge in Power System Network; Protection, Control & Substation Automation domain.

Job Description

• Contract Specification assessment (requirements, deviations, risks, opportunities)
• Base design with all necessary concepts (cost effective solutions based on customer contract specification and technical offer)
• Supervise the engineering process and documentation quality of the team of design engineers to ensure submission of drawings/documents technically complete in all respects, compared to the project specification.
• Lead technical resolution of solutions with customers and translating customer requirements into solutions of Hitachi
• Active management of technical changes, risks & claims (only technical part)
• Supporting bid & proposal to find solutions which meet the functional requirements of the customer and be competitive in the market
• Leading CRP drawing standardization and solution optimization activities for set of customers.

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Background Screening and Security Checks

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