Secondary Engineering Project Manager

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Job ID: R0139589 Date Posted: 2026-07-28 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule:  Full time Remote: No Job Description: The opportunity: Hitachi Energy, High Voltage Products has Secondary Engineering team for Gas Insulated Switchgear to produce Local Control Cubicles. The work involves mainly creating electrical circuit diagrams and supporting documents. CAE tool named E3 is used for generating the schematics. It would involve interaction with other departments like Primary, Project Management, and Production

How you’ll make an impact: Leading Secondary Engineering Projects

Handover from Sales, Clarification of Specification

Full Project Management Scope (Time, Cost, Scope Planning) for Sec Engineering Projects (LCC)

Coordination with Commercial Project Manager (Time, Scope, Cost)

Leading Engineering Activities with Extended Workbench (Base Design and Detail Design)

Detection of Deviations and Claims 

Customer Clarification and Customer Meetings

Achievement of Design Freeze and Customer Approval

Creation of Production Documents with Extended Workbench

Support of Production in FFBG / CHPU

Final Acceptance Tests with Customer

Support of Site Installation and Commissioning

Creation of As-Built documents and Close-out of Project

Active Participation in Project Reporting structure (Digital Project Board et al)

Responsible for the technical and standard-compliant technical project handling and for the management or compliance with the project goals (dates, costs, material goals)

Responsible for scheduling and technical coordination of activities in connection with upstream and downstream positions

Responsible for compliance with the applicable standards and regulations, in particular the ISO 9001 (QMS), 14001 (Environmental Management) and OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Safety) standards

Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

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 in electrical & Electronics Engineering with overall experience of 12-14 years

Very Good knowledge of CAE tools (Nice to have experience in e3, not mandatory)

Very Good knowledge of Protection & Control Systems for T & D / Gen

Familiarity with codes and applicable standards like IEC, IEEE, ANSI, etc...

Ability to work with multiple discipline projects

Ability to work in a team and maintain professionalism

Good Communication and Interpersonal skills

Should possess strong leadership skills and ability to manage stakeholder expectations

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