Project Management Engineering

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a senior project engineer to coordinate engineering delivery across disciplines in an Indian Operations Center. You will work with engineering teams, project managers, and supply chain to meet quality, schedule, and customer commitments.

The role requires a Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical Engineering with 6–10 years of related experience, plus strong governance, risk management, and English proficiency. Join a team focused on safety and integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 6–10 years of project engineering or execution experience.
• Experience in power systems or multidisciplinary engineering delivery.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with engineering and project teams.
• Understanding of engineering governance and quality processes.
• Knowledge of risk management and project controls.
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering stage gates, design reviews, and design freezes.
• Monitor engineering schedules and support timely project delivery.
• Maintain engineering performance reporting and KPIs.
• Identify delivery risks and support practical mitigation actions.
• Support closure of engineering quality issues and non-conformities.
• Coordinate interfaces across disciplines, projects, and supply chain.
• Lead improvements in engineering processes, tools, and governance.
• Support construction, testing, commissioning, and project handover activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Live Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity.

Skills

Coordination across disciplines

Stakeholder management

Project teams collaboration

English proficiency

Engineering governance

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Description:

The opportunity:

Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center supports global project delivery. The center provides engineering, planning, procurement, testing, and commissioning expertise. In this role, you will coordinate engineering delivery across disciplines. You will support planning, governance, risk management, and performance monitoring. You will work with engineering teams, project managers, and supply chain teams. Your work will help meet quality, schedule, and customer commitments. You will also drive engineering coordination and execution improvements.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Drive engineering stage gates, design reviews, and design freezes.
• Monitor engineering schedules and support timely project delivery.
• Maintain engineering performance reporting and key performance indicators.
• Identify delivery risks and support practical mitigation actions.
• Support closure of engineering quality issues and non-conformities.
• Coordinate interfaces across disciplines, projects, and supply chain.
• Lead improvements in engineering processes, tools, and governance.
• Support construction, testing, commissioning, and project handover activities.
• 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:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 6 to 10 years of project engineering or execution experience.
• Experience in power systems or multidisciplinary engineering delivery.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with engineering and project teams.
• Understanding of engineering governance and quality processes.
• Knowledge of risk management and project controls.
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodation

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Background Screening and Security Checks

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For certain roles - particularly those involving access to sensitive information, financial responsibilities, client data, regulated environments, or security-sensitive functions - additional or more comprehensive background or security screenings may be required. These may include, but are not limited to, enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews (where legally permissible), sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures aligned with the responsibilities of the position.

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