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Hitachi

Project Lead Engineer – Substation

Hitachi

Design authority for engineering discipline within Hitachi projects, delivering high-quality solutions and ensuring compliance with standards and budget.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeKolkata • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as the design authority for an engineering discipline of low to medium complexity, delivering high‑quality solutions for small projects or defined work packages within larger assignments.
  • You will execute tasks cost‑effectively, ensuring compliance with contract requirements, quality standards, and all safety regulations.
  • Evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments.
  • Provides technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities.
  • Prepares projects documentation within one’s scope of deliverables.
  • Assists in preparing proposal/presentation of engineering projects/programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours, etc.).
  • Supports Contract Managers in issuing claims (new/change in scope of work, cost impact, time impact, risk quantifications etc.)
  • Provides quality solutions as per customer requirement and delivers within budget and contract.
  • Ensures adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks.
  • Creates work plans and cost estimates in own area of responsibility And ensures quality deliverables on time and within targeted cost.
  • Improves effectiveness of work plan in collaboration with other functions.
  • Completes risk and opportunity assessments and ensures implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility.
  • Reports any contract/quality/program/cost issues to management along with recommendations for resolution.
  • Assists customers on technical issues, interacts with official contracts, contractors and other staff within his/her scope of deliverables.
  • Assist communication pertaining to specific assignments or meetings.
  • Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that technical requirements for equipment or services are communicated and agreed to with potential suppliers.
  • Provides technical evaluation of supplier proposals and accepts as fit for purpose supplied equipment or services.
  • Uses standard processes and tools applicable to one’s area of responsibility.
  • Ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements.
  • Reports processes and tools inefficiencies and suggests improvements
  • Assign tasks to and coordinates work with entry level engineers, technicians, administrative staff.
  • Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • System Analysis & network study using ETAP, PS CAD etc.
  • Selection of Bus bar configuration & scheme
  • Conversant in Data Centre Design
  • Preparation of Main SLD (Single Line Diagram) including selection of primary equipment specifications
  • Preparation of Protection SLD (Single Line Diagram) which includes selection of protection schemes for line, transformer, reactor, bus bar etc.
  • Hands on experience to carry out various sizing calculations on substation design: Instrument Transformer sizing, Short Circuit Force calculation, Sag- tension calculation, DSLP calculation, Earthing Calculation, HT & LT cable sizing calculation, illumination design, battery & charger sizing, relay setting calculation etc.
  • Layout engineering.
  • Earth mat layout & equipment earthing details
  • Cable routing engineering
  • Preparation of Engineering BOQ for bus bar materials, cables, clamps, connectors, insulators & string hardware.
  • Review of Primary equipments (Trafo , CB, Isolator ,IT,WT etc.), Secondary equipments (Control & Protection Panel Schematic, MV Switchgears, LT DBs, Battery ,Battery Charger, JBs etc.) Mechanical equipment (HVAC, Fire Detection & alarm, Fire fighting equipments etc.) drawings
  • Very Good in Technical negotiation & Presentation skills
  • Software skills Proficiency in Auto CAD, Revit, BIM, CDEG & Microsoft Office
  • Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Qualified individuals with a disability may request reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.

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Hard Skills & Tools
system analysisnetwork studydata centre designsingle line diagram (SLD) preparationsizing calculationslayout engineeringcable routing engineeringengineering BOQ preparationtechnical negotiationpresentation skills
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingrisk assessmenttime managementcost estimationquality assurancecustomer supportteam coordinationtechnical support