Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineer)

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Kuwait City; Hybrid; KWD 28,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids seeks a Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineer) in Kuwait City to lead engineering deliverables for GIS/AIS substations, coordinate with civil/MEP teams, and manage tender and site activities. The role demands extensive experience in utility substation projects and strong leadership across multi-disciplinary teams.

The position requires broad domain knowledge, BOQ estimation, RFQ handling, FAT coordination, and active stakeholder liaison

Qualifications

• 14+ years of work experience in project engineering for utilities.
• 6–8 years in a lead role preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering is required as a baseline qualification.

Responsibilities

• Coordination of project engineering activities – preparation and review of deliverables, monitoring scope and change orders.
• Technical discussions with stakeholders, liaising on engineering matters and monitoring engineering effort for projects and tenders.
• Review of equipment specifications and BOQs for supplier enquiries and FAT coordination.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project management

Leadership

Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Job description

Project Management Engineering Professional (Project Lead Engineer)

The OpportunityProject Manager Engineering (Project Lead Engineer)Your Background

• Thorough domain expertise in one of the domains (either primary or secondary) is a must. The candidate must have the knowledge of other domains for effectively monitoring and supervising the regular project engineering activities.
• Work experience in design & engineering, handling various utility substation projects in the region in a lead role is preferred with exposure to 11kV/33kV/132kV/220kV/400kV GIS and AIS projects.

• Primary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, layouts, earthing, cabling, lightning protection, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.

• Secondary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, protection, relay panels, LCCs, SCADA/RTU/SCMS etc., FMS/DFR, Telecom, control cabling, CT/VT sizing, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.

• Engineering of Auxiliaries of GIS & AIS substations, LV AC boards, service/auxiliary transformers, earthing transformers, DC system - batteries and battery chargers, UPS, inverter, security system, CCTV, access control, EPABX, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, etc.

• Experience of coordination with civil and MEP disciplines in the substation, inputs for civil and MEP engineering, interfaces, coordination check with civil & MEP services etc.

• Experience of preparing BOQ, deviation list, clarifications, technical proposal for tenders and customer enquiries for firm and budgetary tenders.

• Understanding of installation, testing and commissioning requirements to effectively support the preparation of testing protocol, site activities.

• Minimum 14 years of work experience is required, of which 6-8 years of experience in a lead role is preferred.

• Experience of project engineering for major utilities in the region
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• How will you make an impact
• Coordination of project engineering activities - preparation and review of project engineering deliverables, monitoring of contractual scope, variation & change orders initiation, technical discussions, liaising with all stake holders on technical matters, monitoring engineering effort for projects and tenders etc.
• Coordination with other engineering disciplines substation projects and tenders.
• Coordination with internal and external stakeholder for scheduled progress of projects and tenders.
• Review of equipment specification and BOQ for supplier enquiries, technical offer review, monitoring and coordination of supplier deliverables, resolution of technical issues during FAT etc.
• Following the engineering processes, change management, risk and opportunities management and other relevant processes during project execution and tendering.
• Coordination with customer/consultant for document approvals as per project schedule.
• Coordination with site team for technical matters during installation, testing and commissioning, punch point closure etc.

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.