Team Manager - Cooling System

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Chennai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in India seeks an experienced engineering leader to head engineering and project execution teams, delivering cooling system product projects to stakeholders' expectations.

You will plan long-term objectives, optimize processes, manage manpower budgets, and drive performance, talent development, and compliance with safety and integrity guidelines, while traveling domestically and internationally as required.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree (Mechanical) and 10 years+ experience in cooling system project execution.
• Proven track record leading engineering teams and delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
• Strong understanding of cooling system products and related industry applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and project execution teams to meet stakeholder expectations.
• Plan long-term objectives, define strategies, and optimize processes and tools.
• Manage manpower budgets, KPI setting, and cross-functional collaboration with other regions.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

English fluency

Thermal cooling systems knowledge

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical)

Tools

PMP

Agile

Job description

To lead engineering, and projects execution team and deliver respective engineering and order management services to the expectations of the stakeholders and reports to the Group Manager.

How you’ll make an impact:

Planning:

• Long-term planning with LPG – Scope & Resources.
• Define team-level strategy in alignment with Local BU and INOPC strategy

Process:

• Implement structure to achieve Long Term Objectives (Teams, Training, Process & Tools).
• Continuously improve and Ensure implementation of work processes and operational development in line with the strategy.

Projects:

• Prepares the manpower budget based on forecast provided by the Local PGs, analyses data & proposes steps to improve the full cost (cost per resource)
• Ensure the achievement of scope expansion as per the defined strategy.
• Set, Measure and improve the KPI/Goals for each team & regularly review performance against targets

People:

• Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed.
• Ensure recruitment of resources as per plan.
• Guides, motivates, trains, and develops direct and indirect subordinates
• Review and ensure the development of team competency. (Technical, Project Management, etc.,)
• Carries out talent management activities for Teams (e.g. Career planning) and retention management
• Ensures performance management of the team and takes proactive actions to improve the same through appropriate training and development actions.
• Ensure implementation and compliance with OHS group guidelines
• Ensure Hitachi integrity guidelines are followed among the teams
• Ensure IS security policy is followed among the teams
• Acts as a role model
• LPG’s order intake impacts Project utilization, Resource Plan, Scope expansion
• Managing expectations of LPGs / Customers across diverse geographies & cultures

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 yourcolleagues and the business

Your Background:

• Engineering Graduate preferably with Mechanical and Min Experience of 10 years in the execution of Cooling System Products
• Experience in leading teams and people management.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex engineering projects on time and within budget.
• Strong understanding of cooling system products, thermal management solutions, heat exchangers, chillers, cooling towers, and related industry standards and applications.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools (e.g., PMP, Agile).
• Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to motivate and develop a diverse team of engineers.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen eye for detail.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required

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.