Hitachi America

Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0098620

Date Posted:

2025-07-02

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Activities Involved

Able to perform the following activities:

Activities Involve:

• Design authority for all engineering activities for assignments on projects classified as Low and Medium engineering complexity. Support Project Manager for any technical issues.
• SPOC with customers for Engineering activities of the project. Participate in customer meetings, act on customer needs, expectations and improve customer experience.
• To coordinate engineering project team: scope, schedule & progress, approvals, budget, targets, resource load & cost-to-complete [Engineering Meetings / Review]. Ensure Engineering processes are applied and if needed agree on scaling with the Engineering Manager.
• Conduct Engineering Project Reviews and report progress and cost-to-complete to Engineering and Project Manager
• Establish contacts with suppliers for the project and provide technical support as required. Ensure the deliveries as per schedule and carry out regular reviews.
• Having Primary design expertise and being able to deliver Fleet and Flash sector projects. Focus on continuous improvements both technically and functionally.
• Check if the quality process is applied by all contributing engineering parties and escalate to QA/QC.
• Track and handle technical issues and follow up. Handle clarification where more than one domain/function/party is concerned plus those topics that cannot be allocated to an engineering domain. Initiate mitigation of possible responsibility gaps in the project team.
• Identify, track, clarify & drive projects change cases that relate to engineering scope. Initiate and drive corrective actions.
• Collect and consolidate project risks and opportunities from the engineering team, technical, but also related to engineering progress, information/data availability and assumptions taken. Define, coordinate & take proactive actions to mitigate risks and lead to opportunities. Follow-up. Take calculated risk in pursuit of results and speed.

Know-how / Have Experience on:

• Knowledge of Fleet and Flash system design and BoM
• Knowledge of primary equipment, such as Rectifier, convertors, dispensers, charging plugs, circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, power/rectifier transformers, etc
• eMobility engineering understanding and experience preferred
• Understanding of interfaces to MV/HV grid and cable systems
• Know-how on design calculations related to Primary Engineering
• Good understanding of civil and structural design elements, such transformer bunds, cable troughs, ducts, support structures, access roads, etc.
• Grounding system design, drawings and Bill of Materials
• Technical data sheets verification of primary equipment.
• Prepare, review and validate Bill of material for tenders or projects based on requirement
• Providing Optimized and Customized solutions for various eMobility tenders (Indoor/Outdoor etc.,)
• Use creativity wherever appropriate to provide best solutions for the given situation within the framework of tender. Continuously develop standard templates and databases for tender engineering.
• Vendor Offer Evaluations. FAT / SAT of Primary Equipment, System as and when needed.
• Technical risk and opportunity assessment and validation
• Estimation of engineering effort for each project for costing at tender stage
• Innovative ideas to reduce Engineering effort

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Engineering in Electrical
• 2-4 years exp

Specific Knowledge & Skillsets:

• Proficiency in required CAD design tools (Autodesk Revit, 3D competence preferred, BIM)
• Knowledge of Engineering calculation tools
• Knowledge of relevant international standards ex. IEEE, IEC etc.
• Knowledge in eMobility tendering and project engineering activities (technical & commercial)

Soft skills:

• Individual contributor using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized projects / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions.
• Comprehensive knowledge of related disciplines in the organization.
• Works independently, applying established standards
• Excellent English speaker, good communication skills
• Dynamic and Proactive, willing to grow in the organization
• Team player, ready to play the role of different countries
• High level of ownership and able to guide and plan works for the team

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