Site Manager - HVDC Converter Station Bhadla

Hitachi Energy; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Site Manager responsible for managing construction site activities to ensure timely and quality delivery within budget. This role demands effective coordination with customers, authorities, and site personnel, ensuring adherence to Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) standards.

The ideal candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree in engineering and over 10 years of relevant experience in the energy sector. Strong leadership, contract management, and communication skills are essential, alongside a willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Site Manager in the energy sector or similar industries.
• Solid commercial awareness and contract management experience.
• Structured, organized, strong people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead site activities ensuring adherence to quality and HSE standards.
• Manage manpower and drive activities to meet contractual milestones.
• Maintain communication with customers and local authorities.

Skills

Leadership

Contract management

Project management

Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering

Job description

The Opportunity

The Site Manager is responsible for the successful execution of all activities on the assigned construction site, on time, within budget, as per contractual scope and requirements, maintaining the highest standard of quality of the works, ensuring an incident‑free construction site and complete adherence by all personnel to the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) plans and regulations.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• You act as the main interface to the customer on all contractual matters and maintain a good relationship with local authorities and organizations.
• You are acquainted with typical construction contracts, read them and understand the relevant sections for your work and are able to identify risks and opportunities in the contracts.
• You manage manpower requirements on site and drive the site activities to achieve the contractual milestones and targets.
• You ensure that all personnel on site are well informed about the scope of work (SoW) and division of work (DoW).
• You manage change management on site, including variation orders to subcontractors.
• You warrant that all tests are performed and accepted by the customer according to contractual conditions.
• You foster a culture of proper understanding and adherence by all site personnel to the health, environment and safety requirements of the business, customer, and local authorities.
• You ensure that all activities are done with the expected quality and that all quality records are created and properly archived.
• You ensure that all permits, licenses, and requirements are in place for a compliant execution of the site activities.
• You ensure a structured, up-to-date, and reliable documentation handling on site and towards the headquarters.
• You guarantee that all activities are performed within the defined contractual schedules and milestones, understand the project budget and ensure that costs for the site activities are maintained within budget.
• You ensure that contractual obligations are met and to the satisfaction of our customers.
• You are assigned as Site Manager in medium to large EPC converter station projects, complex consortium projects, or as Deputy Site Manager in large EPC converter station projects.
• 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 degree in mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering.
• Experience of 10+ years working as a Site Manager on construction sites in the energy sector or similar industries, particularly in medium and large size projects.
• Sound commercial awareness, contract management experience and business acumen.
• Experience in civil works, installation and/or commissioning.
• Relevant and certified knowledge and experience in the field of HSE.
• Very structured and organized, good people management skills, collaboration and team‑working spirit, resilient, excellent customer interface and communication skills.
• Willingness to travel within India. Willingness to travel abroad is a plus.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.