Tendering Specialist - Substation Automation & Protection

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in India is seeking a Tendering Specialist for Control & Protection & Substation Automation systems. You will analyze customer needs, prepare BOMs, and deliver accurate cost estimations while coordinating with Sales and Legal advisors.

The role requires 5–10 years of Electrical & Electronics experience and strong tendering capabilities. You will join a fast-paced tender management team supporting global projects, with a focus on quality, risk assessment, and timely

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics with 5–10 years of experience required.
• Strong knowledge of Protection & Control products and Substation Automation systems.
• Prior engineering and tendering experience to handle tenders and manage risk assessments.
• High awareness of quality and standardization incl. re-use.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer needs and prepare Bill of Materials, deviation lists and detailed product configurations.
• Deliver accurate cost estimations as per tender scope of work.
• Elaborate bid prices and offering strategy in coordination with the team manager.
• Participate in Risk Review processes as per Company policy.
• Verify offers for commercial and legal interests with Front-end Sales and Commercial & Legal Advisor.
• Monitor tender deliverables and follow up on scope and time.
• Work with cross-functional and cross-border teams in a flexible-load environment.
• Promote process feedback and positive customer experience by timely quality deliverables.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

MS Office

Tendering experience

Protection & Control knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical & Electronics

Job description

Business Information:

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with 3,500+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, documentation, and commissioning.

Main Accountabilities:

As a Tendering Specialist, for Control & Protection & Substation Automation systems, you will have many interfaces and interesting work tasks, and you will get great opportunities for learning and development working on potential future projects across the globe. Our team culture is flexible, transparent, and cooperative.

You will join as an integral member of a diverse and fast-paced tender management team at a time when the demand for our solutions is booming and we are expanding to help our clients reach their environmental targets.

Your Responsibilities:

• Analyze customer needs and Prepare Bill of Materials, deviation list and detailed product configurations.
• Deliver accurate cost estimations as per tender scope of work.
• In coordination with the team manager, elaborate bid prices and offering strategy.
• Participate in the Risk Review process as needed in accordance with Company policy.
• Verify the commercial and legal interests of the offer with Front end Sales and “Commercial & legal advisor”
• Monitor progress of tender deliverables and perform continuous follow-up on tender scope and time.
• Proactive and result-driven professional with the ability to work with cross-functional and cross-border teams as well as to cope with a flexible-load environment.
• Promote process feedback to the organization.
• Promote a positive customer experience by submitting quality deliverables on time

Your Background:

• Bachelor Degree with 5-10 yrs. of experience in Electrical & Electronics
• Sound knowledge in Protection & Control products & Substation Automation systems.
• Prior engineering & tendering experience, to handle tenders and manage risk assessments
• Very high awareness of quality and standardization incl. Re-use
• Very good analytical skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft office tools (Excel, Word & Powerpoint)

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.