Team Manager - Secondary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks a seasoned Project Technical Engineering Team Lead to manage a multi-disciplinary team delivering substation project engineering. You will ensure adherence to global frameworks, drive process improvements, and coordinate with operating units for timely tender and project outcomes.

The role requires strong people management, excellent communication, and the ability to work in a multicultural international environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in people management and handling a small team.
• Strong communication and people skills with focus on stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to deliver high-quality engineering deliverables on time.
• Ensure compliance with processes, procedures, and safety requirements.
• Forecast planning of Projects & Tenders in coordination with OU Engineering Managers.
• Resource planning for new Projects/Tenders and budgeting responsibilities.
• Manage performance and development of team members and provide feedback.
• Drive Project Scrum / Daily/weekly follow-ups with the team.

Skills

People management

Communication

Education

Masters in power systems

Bachelor's in Electrical & Electronics

Job description

Manage a team of Project Technical Engineers to deliver high quality and timely Engineering deliverables to the Project / Tenders. Ensure team’s compliance with standard processes, procedures, practices, and safety requirements. Ensure that the team is adequately resourced, developed, and equipped to meet the business needs.

How you’ll make an impact:

Lead the team to deliver quality deliverables on-time. Responsible for process, tool & QMS implementation actions within the team. Implement LOM Engineering process in-line with the global framework.

Ensure Engineering processes are followed within the team and ensure close, efficient collaboration with the operating units.

Forecast planning of Projects & Tenders for the team in close coordination with OU Engineering Managers. Take responsibility for team organization, planning, staffing as well as budgeting.

Resource planning for the new Projects/Tenders & monitor the pipeline collaborating with Operating Units.

Responsible for maintaining internal & external KPIs. Takes responsibility for the delivery of the team and ensure KPIs on track.

Experience and skill to support Tendering and take responsibility of delivering Tender Engineering.

Handling of Performance & development for the team members and support performance management. Set the targets in-line with the team strategy & Provide feedback to the team members - develop their competency level.

Identify improvement areas & implement within the team. Training & Development of team members. Handling the daily operational issues and conflict management.

Responsible for driving the Project Scrum / Daily/weekly follow up meetings with the team members.

Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

Masters in power systems with 8+ years’ experience in similar role or bachelor’s in electrical & electronics with 10+ years of experience in similar role.

Deep knowledge in substation Project Engineering activities and knowledge of Hitachi Energy Products & System offerings.

Experience in People Management and handling a small team. Strong communication and people skills with high focus on internal and external Stakeholders and their needs.

Eagerness for learning and innovation, readiness of mind for the use of various new tools for the engineering tasks but also for organizing the team efficiently.

You like to work in multicultural or international environment.

Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is 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. We welcome you to apply today.