Site Manager

hitachi; Vadodara; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy India Limited in Vadodara, Gujarat, is seeking a qualified Site Manager to lead on-site activities for EPC projects and high‑voltage installations. You will coordinate stakeholders, manage the budget, ensure schedule adherence, and enforce Hitachi's safety standards throughout construction, commissioning, and startup phases.

The ideal candidate has a Diploma in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years in EPC/HV, strong HSE knowledge, contracts experience, and excellent English

Qualifications

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years as Site Manager in EPC or HV installations.
• Lead and deliver on-time completion, safety-focused at all times.
• Strong knowledge of HSE concepts and practices.
• Contracts management and commercial awareness.
• HV substation commissioning and O&M knowledge.
• Teamwork, clear communication and collaboration skills.
• Schedule management; ability to review, plan, and mitigate risks.
• Self-motivated; drives stakeholders internally and externally.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site activities of the project to ensure cost-effective execution.
• Serve as the main contact for Customer, contractors and team liaison.
• Coordinate site works per contract, ensuring schedule and quality.
• Implement and monitor Health, Safety & Environment plan on site.
• Manage site budget, forecast costs, and flag deviations with mitigations.
• Oversee subcontractors, claims, payments and performance.
• Capture lessons learned and share across the organization.
• Maintain updated documentation and revision control on site.
• Ensure compliance with external and internal regulations.

Skills

Site management

EPC Projects

HV installations

Education

Diploma in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Location: Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Job ID: R0127264

Date Posted: 2026-04-29

Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY INDIA LIMITED

Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: Full time

Remote: No

The opportunity:

Lead all on-site activities of a project to assure cost-effective execution of project deliverables in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, schedule, and safety requirements during the start-up, construction and/or erection, commissioning phases. In this position, you will serve as the point of contact for Customer, contractors and be expected to liaise between Team members and management. You must possess strong organizational and communication skills and work proficiently both individually and in teams.

How you'll make an impact

• Assume ownership of the construction / O&M site,
• Plans project on-site activities with Project Manager including management of the site personnel and the delivery of the contractual requirements.
• Coordinate and drive the performance of the Site Works / operations in accordance with the Contract; ensure the fulfilment of the contractual deliverables within the defined schedule, cost effective, with the utmost importance to Quality, Health and Safety as per Hitachi energy standards.
• Serve as main interface to the Customer site representatives and local authorities. Assist in technical discussions with customer.
• Responsible for the proper implementation and compliance with the site-specific Health, Safety and Environmental Plan.
• Ensures detailed construction Health & Safety (H&S) plan is in place, compliant with the Hitachi Energy standards. Ensures all on-site resources are properly trained on company health, safety and environment policy and proactively promotes health and safety considerations to project partners throughout the project. if a situation arises, takes the necessary steps to ensure that Hitachi employees and other persons are safe.
• Manage the site budget and site costs, prepare accurate cost forecasting, communicate deviations, and define mitigation actions to stay within budget.
• Manage and follow subcontract works, claims, payment certificates and the overall performance of our subcontractors.
• Ensure the collection and implementation of Lessons Learnt from previous projects and the preparation and distribution of Lessons Learnt from their site to the rest of the organization.
• Ensures all documentation is modified and updated as necessary, the document handling system is maintained, and latest revisions are used for the construction work on site.
• 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:

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering with 5 plus years of experience as Site manager in EPC Projects or high voltage installations.
• Ability to take lead and work hands‑on to deliver on timely completion / customer expectations Safety first - on and off work. Relevant knowledge and experience in the field of HSE.
• Sound knowledge in contracts management and commercial.
• Fair knowledge on high voltage substation commissioning and O&M
• Good teamwork, structure, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Good understanding knowledge in Schedule management, must be able to review and plan, such as critical path and risk identification and mitigation.
• Self-motivated who drives all stakeholder internally and external customers
• Knowledge of MSWORD, MSEXCEL & Power Point.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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