Project Management Engineering

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; India; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED in Chennai, India, seeks a Senior Project Engineer to coordinate engineering delivery across disciplines and support governance, planning, and risk management to meet quality, schedule, and customer commitments.

You will drive stage gates, monitor schedules, and lead improvements in processes and interfaces with project teams and supply chain, ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations.

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.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering stage gates, design reviews, and design freezes.
• Monitor engineering schedules to support timely project delivery.
• Maintain engineering performance reporting and KPIs.
• Identify delivery risks and implement mitigations.
• Support closure of 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 handover activities.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and Hitachi guidelines.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Engineering governance

Risk management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or master's in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Job ID: R0142394 Date Posted: 2026-09-01 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No

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.

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