Site Manager

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

EPF

Group Life Insurance

Leave programs

Travel insurance

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Petaling Jaya invites a qualified Site Manager to lead on-site activities for HV installation projects.

You will oversee start-up, construction, and commissioning phases, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule adherence. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, 3–5 years of site management experience on high-voltage projects, strong communication, and good understanding of HSE and contract management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 3–5 years of Site Manager experience on HV installations.
• Proficiency in English language.
• Knowledge of HSE and contracts management.

Responsibilities

• Lead all on-site activities of a project from start-up to commissioning.
• Coordinate with Project Manager, customer, and subcontractors to ensure timely delivery.
• Manage site budget and cost forecasting; ensure quality and safety standards are met.
• Ensure proper documentation and lessons learnt are captured and shared within the organization.

Skills

Site management

HSE knowledge

Communication

Teamwork

English language

Contract management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location

Petaling Jaya, Selangor,Malaysia

Job ID

R0096301

Date Posted

2025-07-16

Company Name

HITACHI ENERGY MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.

Profession (Job Category)

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule

Full time

Remote

No

Job Description

The opportunity: Hitachi Energy's Grid Integration business unit has delivered more than 4,000 projects over the last 15 years. Our Grid Integration portfolio spans a wide range of transmission and substation applications, which facilitate reliable and efficient system integration of the future digital electric network with minimum environmental impact. We incorporate the integrated systems, solutions and services of our business' DC and AC fields, including HVDC, Substations, FACTS, Grid and Power Quality solutions such as offshore wind connections, and Semiconductors. We offer Power Consulting for key segments in the energy system, such as renewables, transmission distribution and as well as e-transportation solutions. The Site Manager main responsibility to lead all on-site activities of a project to assure cost-effective execution of project deliverables in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, schedule, and safety requirements during the start-up, construction and/or erection, commissioning phases. In this position, you will serve as the point of contact for Customer, contractors and be expected to liaise between Team members and management. You must possess strong organizational and communication skills and work proficiently both individually and in teams. This role required to be based at project site as assigned.

How you’ll make an impact

You will be fully responsible and monitor all site activity, plans project on-site activities with Project Manager including management of the site personnel and the delivery of the contractual requirements, coordinate and drive the performance of the Site Work / operation in accordance with the contract; ensure the fulfilment of the contractual deliverables within the defined schedule, cost effective, with the utmost importance to Quality, Health and Safety as per Hitachi energy standards. You will serve as the main interface to the customer site representatives and local authorities, assist in technical discussions with customers. You will be responsible for the proper implementation and compliance with the site-specific Health, Safety and Environmental Plan. You will ensure detailed construction Health & Safety (H&S) plan is in place, compliant with the Hitachi Energy standards, ensure all on-site resources are properly trained on company health, safety and environment policy and proactively promote health and safety considerations to project partners throughout the project, if a situation arise, take the necessary steps to ensure that Hitachi employees and other persons are safe. You will manage the site budget and site costs, prepare accurate cost forecasting, communicate deviations, define mitigation actions to stay within budget and manage and follow subcontract works, claims, payment certificates and the overall performance of our subcontractors. You will ensure the collection and implementation of Lessons Learnt from previous projects and the preparation and distribution of Lessons Learnt from their site to the rest of the organization, ensure all documentation is modified and updated as necessary, the document handling system is maintained, and the latest revisions are used for the construction work on site. Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Your background

You hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. 3 to 5 years of experience as Site Manager role for high voltage installations /electrical construction site/substation. Ability to take the lead and work hands-on to deliver on timely completion / customer expectations safety first - on and off work. Relevant knowledge and experience in the field of HSE and sound knowledge in contracts management and commercial, fair knowledge on high voltage substation commissioning and O&M. Good teamwork, structure, communication, and collaboration skills, good understanding knowledge in schedule management, must be able to review and plan, such as critical path and risk identification and mitigation. Self-motivated who drives all stakeholders internally and external customers, knowledge of Primavera P6, Microsoft Office applications. Able to work on assigned site whenever is required. Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required. Must be able to be based at project site during project duration.

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out. For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules):

• Employer-sponsored medical plan (inc. dental care)
• Employer provident fund (EPF) – employer and employee
• Group Term Life insurance
• Group Personal Accident insurance
• Group Business Travel insurance
• Hospitalization Insurance
• Leave programs (Annual leave, medical leave, Hospitalization leave, Exam leave etc.)

*Benefits are subject to the respective plan rules. We can provide more information during the recruitment process.

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Hitachi culture

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