Electrical Project Engineer – Secondary Systems | Rotterdam, Netherlands

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

40 days PTO

Flexible working: 3 days remote, 2 days office

Job summary

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Rotterdam is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer to design and deliver secondary systems for high- and medium-voltage substations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients, ensuring safe and reliable solutions from design to commissioning.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and has over 4 years of experience. This role offers a hybrid working model with 40 days PTO and great employee benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in secondary engineering for substations or industrial power systems.
• Proficient with protection concepts and tools.
• Fluency in English; Dutch is a strong asset.

Responsibilities

• Produce secondary engineering deliverables including SLDs and protection/control schematics.
• Specify and select equipment and define settings.
• Ensure compliance with IEC/EN standards and facilitate commissioning.

Skills

Secondary engineering deliverables

Protection concepts and tools

Documentation rigor

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Protection relays

SCADA

IEC 61850

Job description

Electrical Project Engineer – Secondary Systems

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Secondary Engineer to join our Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service team in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In this role, you will design and deliver secondary systems for high- and medium-voltage substations and grid connections—including protection, control, SCADA, and auxiliary systems—ensuring safe, reliable, and standards-compliant solutions from design through commissioning. You will collaborate across disciplines and with customers, suppliers, and construction/commissioning teams to enable successful project execution supporting the energy transition. The preferred base is Rotterdam with hybrid working; limited travel to project and customer sites is expected.

How you’ll make an impact

Produce secondary engineering deliverables: SLDs, protection/control schematics, wiring diagrams, I/O lists, and panel layouts.

Specify and select equipment (protection relays, CTs/VTs, switchgear auxiliaries, PLC/RTU/SCADA) and define settings philosophies.

Validate protection and control schemes, perform calculations, and prepare relay setting files and FAT/SAT procedures.

Ensure compliance with IEC/EN standards, Dutch grid codes, and Hitachi Energy QHSE requirements; drive design quality and continuous improvement.

Coordinate with civil, primary, and telecom engineers to ensure complete interfaces, proper cable routing, and constructability.

Support installation, testing, and commissioning: respond to site queries, review as-builts, and facilitate customer handover.

Manage suppliers and panel builders: review drawings, perform factory acceptance tests, and close technical actions.

Engage customers as a trusted technical partner: clarify requirements, present solutions, and capture lessons learned for future projects.

Your background

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (power systems, protection and control) or related field.

4+ years’ experience in secondary engineering for substations or industrial power systems, from design to commissioning.

Proficient with protection concepts and tools (e.g., differential, distance, overcurrent, IEC 61850, relay configuration, FAT/SAT).

Able to work independently within multidisciplinary teams; influence stakeholders using sound engineering practices and clear communication.

Strong documentation rigor and quality mindset; hands-on problem solving at site and with suppliers.

Fluency in English; Dutch is a strong asset.

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits 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 in the Netherlands, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules):

Pension plan

40 days PTO in the Netherlands with the possibility to buy or sell vacation days

Flexible working: 3 days remote, 2 days office (hybrid)

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.