Structural Design Engineer - Gas Insulated Switchgear

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Structural Design Engineer for Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) in its Indian operations. You will join the GIS Steel Structural Engineering team to prepare Tekla models, GA drawings and fabrication drawings for GIS equipment above 66kV, and perform related structural design activities using Staad.Pro.

You will coordinate with project engineers, ensure timely delivery with quality, and maintain project documentation per Quality processes while leveraging knowledge of

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Civil & Structural Engineering.
• 3–5 years of experience in structural design and detailing.
• Proficiency in Tekla and Staad.Pro for steel structures.

Responsibilities

• Develop project-specific engineering documents and drawings for GIS steel structures.
• Deliver tasks as per inputs and collaborate with team members as needed.
• Interact with Primary/Secondary engineering, Project Management, and Production units.

Skills

Tekla

StaadPro

Navisworks

Rhino

Grasshopper

Education

B.E Civil & Structural Engineering

Tools

Navisworks

Tekla

Job description

Structural Design Engineer - Gas Insulated Switchgear

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 3000+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest Operations hub. The India Operations Centre team at Chennai, Bangalore and Gurugram supports Hitachi Energy’s units in more than 40 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Hitachi Energy To date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

Your responsibility:

• You will be a part of the GIS Steel Structural Engineering team, you will be supporting the project engineers / project lead engineers to develop project specific engineering documents and drawings for submission to customer and the documents required for manufacturing of Steel Support Structures for GIS equipment (transmission and sub-transmission systems).
• You will be an individual contributor who would deliver the tasks as per the given inputs and when required need to work in coordination with other colleagues and should exhibit good collaborative skills to complete the task.
• You may also interact with other departments like Primary Engineering, Secondary engineering, Project Management and Production units.
• Preparation of Tekla model, GA drawings & Fabrication drawings of Steel Support Structures for Gas Insulated Switchgears above 66kV. Also expected to do related structural design activities using Staadpro.
• Ensure all necessary inputs are available from stakeholders.
• Prepare project specific Civil plan for customer providing GIS loading for design of customer building floor, ceiling cranes etc., Influence of environmental conditions on GIS structure designs etc.
• Self-review & peer review of documents.
• Delivery of designs on time with Quality and coordinating with the other team members and project lead engineer.
• Directly responsible for maintaining and updating the documentation for respective projects as per quality process.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for yourcolleagues and thebusiness

Your background:

• Years of experience: 3 – 5 years with B.E in Civil & Structural Engineering.
• Hand on experience in Tekla, Navisworks and other modelling softwares.
• Familiarity with codes and applicable standards necessary for Structural Modelling & Detailing (Indian, American, European, Canadian etc.) is desirable.
• Team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of Galvanization & painting procedures.
• Knowledge of HSE standards like OSHA, DIN etc.. is mandatory.
• Knowledge of international standards such as IEC/ IEEE / ANSI is preferable.
• Knowledge of HV substation / HV products preferable.
• Working knowledge of Staad.pro is an added advantage.
• working knowledge of Rhino and grasshopper is preferable.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.