Senior Commissioning Manager

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Västerås kommun; On-site; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International career opportunities

Safety-focused culture

Collaborative, innovative environment

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Senior Commissioning Manager to lead commissioning teams on HVDC and high voltage projects from Västerås. You will oversee pre-commissioning, testing, energization, start-up, and customer handover, while developing people and driving excellence across the organization.

You will collaborate with project teams and customers, manage resources, and guide safety culture and project delivery in a global, multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Extensive commissioning experience in HVDC/high voltage projects.
• Proven track record leading commissioning teams on complex infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning activities across multiple HVDC/high voltage projects with safe, efficient execution.
• Coach and direct Commissioning Managers, Engineers, and site teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive commissioning strategy, planning, and execution from pre-commissioning through energization and handover.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

People development

Planning & resource management

HVDC experience

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

The Opportunity

Join Hitachi Energy's HVDC business and play a key leadership role in delivering some of the world's most complex and innovative energy infrastructure projects.

The Opportunity

Join Hitachi Energy's HVDC business and play a key leadership role in delivering some of the world's most complex and innovative energy infrastructure projects. As a Senior Commissioning Manager, you will lead commissioning teams across multiple HVDC and High Voltage projects, ensuring safe, efficient, and successful project execution from pre-commissioning through testing, energization, start-up, and final customer handover. Beyond project delivery, you will be responsible for developing people, growing organizational capability, and driving commissioning excellence across the business. Working from Västerås, you will collaborate with project teams, customers, and global stakeholders while helping shape the future of commissioning within one of the fastest-growing areas of the energy sector. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Commissioning Manager, Commissioning Lead, or Senior Commissioning Engineer looking to step into a broader leadership role with significant influence across people, projects, and business performance.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Lead commissioning activities across multiple HVDC and High Voltage projects, ensuring safe, efficient, and successful execution.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to Commissioning Managers, Commissioning Engineers, and site teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive commissioning strategy, planning, and execution from pre-commissioning through energization and customer handover.
• Support resource planning and workforce allocation, ensuring the right competencies are available across a dynamic project portfolio.
• Partner with Project Managers, Engineering Managers, Project Directors, and customers to achieve project objectives and delivery milestones.
• Oversee the development of commissioning plans, procedures, schedules, risk assessments, and execution methodologies.
• Act as a senior escalation point for technical, operational, and resource challenges within commissioning activities.
• Foster a culture of safety, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across commissioning teams.
• Lead customer-facing activities including site reviews, progress meetings, acceptance testing, and project closeout discussions.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, quality standards, HSE regulations, and Hitachi Energy procedures.
• Drive lessons learned, best-practice sharing, and process improvements across the commissioning organization.
• Support talent development, succession planning, and recruitment activities to strengthen long-term organizational capability.

Your Background

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Extensive commissioning experience within HVDC, High Voltage transmission, substations, power systems, utilities, renewable energy, or large-scale industrial projects.
• Proven track record leading commissioning teams on complex infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders across project execution, engineering, construction, customers, and contractors.
• Strong understanding of commissioning methodologies, system testing, energization, and project delivery processes.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and team development.
• Strong planning and resource management capabilities across multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience working within international and multicultural environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage senior customers and business leaders.
• HVDC experience is highly desirable; however, candidates from transmission, substation, generation, oil & gas, process industries, or other complex commissioning environments are encouraged to apply.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Who You Are

You are a leader who thrives in complex project environments and excels at bringing people together to achieve common goals. You combine technical expertise with strong commercial awareness and a passion for developing high-performing teams. You lead by example, communicate with confidence, and take ownership of challenges. Most importantly, you understand that exceptional project delivery starts with exceptional people development, collaboration, and safety culture.

Why Join Hitachi Energy?

• Lead commissioning teams delivering some of the world's most advanced HVDC and power transmission projects.
• Shape and develop the next generation of commissioning professionals.
• Work with cutting-edge technologies that are accelerating the global energy transition.
• Influence strategic decisions within a growing global commissioning organization.
• Access international career opportunities across a truly global business.
• Be part of a collaborative culture focused on innovation, safety, and continuous improvement.