Field Service Engineer - Protection Systems

Hitachi Energy; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 15,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our protection systems team in Kuwait. You will lead relay testing, commissioning, and maintenance at substations, and coordinate field staff to deliver reliable protection solutions.

The role requires 7+ years of relevant experience, strong communication, and the ability to work both independently and within a team. English proficiency and familiarity with safety standards are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Proficient in testing/diagnostic equipment and interpreting electrical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Lead protection projects and coordinate substation field work.
• Perform relay testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate technicians and serve as primary customer contact.
• Ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
• Provide clear switching and energization procedures.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Protection systems

Relay testing

Commissioning

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Testing & diagnostic equipment

Electrical drawings & schematics

Job description

The opportunity

Join a team that specializes in providing remote and on-site services for protection systems in transmission and distribution substations, ensuring solutions that are timely, cost-effective, and aligned with customer expectations. Our work adheres to industry-standard processes, safety protocols, and best practices—delivering reliability and excellence every step of the way.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Driving service sales and business development activities across assigned countries and market segments (e.g., Utilities, Power Generation, Oil & Gas, EPCs, Industrial clients).
• Performing relay testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting at client substations. Possess knowledge of structured programming, communication techniques, and protocols for Hitachi Energy relays and familiarity with other relays manufacturers is preferable.
• Troubleshooting system protection problems and schemes effectively and understanding different protection and communication schemes and supervising the installation and commissioning of automation systems, ensuring full compliance with standards and best practices.
• Demonstrate expertise in testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection systems for all equipment in substations up to 400 kV voltage level.
• Experience in testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection systems for all equipment in power stations and refinery environments.
• Training site operators in the use of works and ensure site-specific manuals and documentation are available before handover and are highly familiar with interlocking schemes and gas tripping schemes across all voltage levels from 380 V to 400 kV.
• Consult with clients or their representatives to determine their needs and priorities.
• Provide written procedures for switching, energization, isolation methods for testing, commissioning, and maintenance work.
• Coordinate and oversee substation technicians and electricians, and serve as project manager, serve as the primary customer contact for specific projects, maintain a professional presentation when dealing with employees, clients, and suppliers and be well-versed in technical and safety precautions when working in live substations.
• Possess leadership skills and the ability to lead, supervise, and assign work to the protection team and unnecessary outages while working in Brownfield substations or on any type of energized equipment and experience in troubleshooting electrical parts for various types of switchgear.
• You will be 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

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering is preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience is required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficient in using testing and diagnostic equipment.
• Ability to interpret and work from electrical drawings and schematics.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and learning.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

Publication date : 2026-08-12