Hitachi America

Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0093785

Date Posted:

2025-05-28

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

About the Company:

The Hitachi Energy India Operations Center (INOPC) houses over 3,000 energy transition technologists in three locations from grid automation, transformers, high voltage products, grid integration and service businesses. Spread over 3,00,000 sq feet, with nearly 50,000 sq feet of dedicated lab space, the center brings under one roof diverse engineering capability that has been built over the years, fostering collaboration to advance the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible and secure. INOPC supports Hitachi Energy units across 40+ countries to deliver projects in 80+ countries.

We are technology leaders at the forefront of evolving the world’s future energy system. The rising energy consumption with changing lifestyles and rapid urbanization, is driving the need for affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. Our innovative technologies help to make the energy system more resilient, secure and safe.

Electricity will be the backbone of the carbon-neutral future and together, with customers and partners, we are co-creating solutions that are helping to accelerate the energy transition. Customers count on our technologies to help them to integrate huge volumes of renewable energy into the world’s grids and manage increasing levels of complexity; and our technologies are also instrumental to the electrification of transportation, industry and smart life sectors. The center equally focuses on catering to grow complexity in domestic and international grids and is a key lever for Hitachi Energy’s growth globally.

The opportunity:

As an Automation Testing and Commissioning Engineer for INOPC PG you will be part of Operation Center in India (INOPC-PG), aiming to develop a global value chain, where key business activities, resources and expertise are shared across geographic boundaries in order to optimize value for Hitachi Energy customers across markets. It provides high quality engineering and commissioning support to Business Units and Center of Excellence across the Global. This is an important step from HE’s Global Footprint strategy. PG Operation Center Services are System design, Primary side design, Secondary side design, Sourcing, Installation, and commissioning.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Act as commissioning engineer / lead for medium to high complex projects.
• Ensure completion of all commissioning activities efficiently and cost-effectively and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards, and safety requirements.
• Through knowledge of conventional control systems & Hands on Experience with SCMS
• Hands on with MicroSCADA / RTU Applications
• Tools Experience – IET, ITT, Automation Builder, MultiPROG, equivalent with Third party Scada systems would be added advantage.
• SCADA Protocols - DNP3, Modbus, IEC 60870-5-101, IEC 60870-5-104, SPA, LON and IEC 61850.
• Basic knowledge on Protection functions and substation equipment
• Manages the commissioning activities to ensure quality, timely delivery within targeted costs.
• Ensures implementation design changes in commissioning and the production of Red Marked up and as built project documentation.
• Supports continuous improvement of project process/product/system design.
• 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.

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical & Electronics Engineering.
• Should have 5-6 years of experience in Substation Automation systems integrating with Hitachi Energy and other manufacturer Relays in Substations.
• Sound knowledge in power system components and testing and commissioning of substation automation system.
• Hitachi Energy Relion Protection & Control products of Substation Automation systems.
• Commissioning experience, to handle retrofit and manage risk assessment.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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