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Primary Design Engineer

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Senior level
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Senior level
The Primary Design Engineer is responsible for leading engineering design activities for projects of low to medium complexity, managing project scopes, schedules, and technical issues, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The role involves collaborating with various teams, conducting engineering reviews, and coaching project engineers to maximize their potential.
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Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0068145

Date Posted:

2024-12-10

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Business Information:

Our Indian Operations Centre (INOPC) is a competence center with around 2600+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, functional system testing, installation supervision, and commissioning. Over the last decade, INOPC has evolved to become the largest engineering hub serving more than 40 countries across different energy sectors. The team caters to the four business units—Transformers, Grid Integration, Grid Automation, High Voltage and has successfully executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

Mission statement:

Design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity. Complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects, cost-effectively and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements. Based on technical specification from end customers and inputs from OU Engineering team, prepare Protection & Principle SLD, Schematics, Equipment layouts – Plan & sections, to support R & D activies, Bill of materials, RFQs, vetting of vendor offers, engg hours estimation, technical risk assessment and opportunity evaluation etc .Coordinate with Engineering Manager, Engineering Leads, Tendering team, Product Manager, Project managers, SCM, Secondary and civil/ steel design functions, consultants, end customers etc. and provide required support in each Project / Tender & development activity.

Roles and responsibilities:

  • 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 customer for Engineering activities of the project. Participate in customer meetings, act on customer needs, expectations and improve customer experience.

  • Lead, supervise and coordinate engineering project team: scope, schedule & progress, approvals, budget, targets, resource load & cost-to-complete [Engineering Meetings / Engineering Review]. Ensure Engineering processes are applied and if needed agree on scaling with Engineering Manager.

  • Conduct Engineering Project Reviews and report progress and cost-to-complete to Engineering and Project Manager.

  • Establishes 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 / Secondary design expertise and able to deliver Fleet and Flash sector projects.

  • Focus on continuous improvements both technically and functionally and check if 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.

  • Coach and develop project engineers / designers to deliver their maximum potential. Identify, track, clarify & drive project change cases that relate to engineering scope. Support claim preparation (client & supplier). Initiate and drive corrective actions.

  • Collect and consolidate project risks and opportunities from engineering team, technical, but as well related to engineering progress, information/data availability and assumptions taken. Define, coordinate & take proactive actions to mitigate risks and lead to opportunities. Follow-up and take calculated risk in pursuit of results and speed.

  • 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:

  • Bachelors Engineering in Electrical.

  • You should have 7 to 10 of years exp in Fleet and Flash system design along with knowledge of primary equipment, such as Rectifier, convertors, dispensers, charging plugs, circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, power/rectifier transformers, etc.

  • You should have 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.

  • You must have knowledge in grounding system design, drawings and Bill of Materials Technical data sheets verification of primary equipment and 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 and continuously develop standard templates and databases for tender engineering.

  • Vendor Offer Evaluations. FAT / SAT of Primary Equipment, System as and when needed and 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

  • Proficiency in required CAD design tools (Autodesk Revit, 3D competence preferred, BIM)

  • You should have knowledge of relevant international standards ex. IEEE, IEC etc.

  • Individual contributor using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized projects / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions.

  • High level of ownership and able to guide and plan works for the team

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

  • Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality digital solutions

Qualified individuals with a disability may request a 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.This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. 

Top Skills

Electrical Engineering

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