Field Service Engineer (f/m/n)

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Łódź; Hybrid; PLN 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

PPK (Employee Capital Plans)

Home office equipment or setup support

Eyewear allowance

Team events

Mental health support

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Field Service Engineer to join our Transformers business. You will execute service activities on site, ensuring safety, quality, and timely delivery while identifying opportunities for service growth across international projects.

You will lead transformer installation, maintenance, and commissioning tasks, coordinate parts and resources, and document site activities. English communication and willingness for extended deployments are essential.

Qualifications

• Technical education in Electrical, Mechanical, or Power Engineering.
• Experience with installation, maintenance, servicing, or commissioning of industrial equipment.
• Experience leading operational teams and reading electrical schematics.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate on-site service activities with safety and quality standards.
• Lead transformer service projects from start to finish.
• Manage parts, materials, and reporting; ensure timely delivery.
• Provide documentation, reports, and recommendations for improvements.
• Ensure compliance and risk management on site.

Skills

Project leadership

Technical drawings

Excel & PowerPoint

Safety compliance

English communication

Education

Electrical/Mechanical/Power Eng degree

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Hitachi Energy has an exciting opportunity to join our Transformers business as a Field Service Engineer. You'll contribute to the execution of the service strategy and service growth by focusing on delivering timely, high-quality, cost-effective service offerings, solutions, and engineering projects for customers.

Execute Service work in accordance with Hitachi Energy standard processes, quality standards, and safety guidelines. You'll be delivering quality customer service to satisfy our prestigious customers. Using your initiative to identify new service opportunities for Hitachi Energy.

How you'll make an impact

• You’ll be playing a key role within a team of knowledgeable and experienced engineers/technicians undertaking and coordinating service activities on site, whilst keeping a close eye on health and safety and quality standards, schedules, and progress reporting to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for Transformer service activities as well on shore as off shore including installation and commissioning, device replacements, routine maintenance, inspections, and identifying problems to assist with providing analysis for recommendations.
• Coordinate all delivered parts, materials, and components for each project and optimise the use of your resources to meet delivery and performance targets as effectively as possible.
• Lead jobs from start to finish under the direction of the project manager, to meet clients’ requirements.
• Maintain project site documentation and checklists, prepare reports, and help to resolve any issues on site. You’ll provide feedback to assist with identifying and recommending effective new solutions to help meet business and/or customer needs.
• Apply all safety rules and follow safe practices, as well as keep environmental responsibilities in mind. But you’ll also assess and highlight hazards and implement actions to ensure the safety of both people and equipment.

Your Background

• Technical education in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience in the installation, maintenance, servicing, or commissioning of industrial equipment or machinery; experience with power transformers is considered a strong advantage.
• Previous experience leading operational teams, as well as practical knowledge of the construction, installation, testing, and measurement of power transformers, will be an asset.
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation, engineering drawings, and electrical schematics.
• Hands‑on experience with installation, testing, and measurement equipment.
• Good command of English, enabling effective communication in an international working environment.
• Willingness to undertake frequent and extended work delegations (typically 3‑8 weeks at a time), both domestically and internationally.
• Strong sense of responsibility for personal and team safety, with a proactive, detail‑oriented, and collaborative approach to work. Ability to perform effectively in demanding environments and manage priorities under pressure.
• Requires Developing Digital and Data Fluency - good knowledge of Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint). Practical knowledge of AI tools will be an adventure.
• Valid Category B driving license.

Our benefits offering for this role generally includes:

• Private medical care and life insurance
• Access to fitness and wellness programs
• Access to benefits platform with discounts and perks
• Employee Capital Plans (PPK)
• Equipment for working from home or allowances for setting up a workplace at home
• Spectacles and contact lenses allowance
• Company events and team‑building activities
• Psychological support program
• Free parking available

Add if applicable: additional benefits may apply depending on the role, grade, and business requirements.

You will receive more specific information during the recruitment process.

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. We welcome you to apply today.