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Lead Design Engineer at Hitachi Energy

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification Bachelors
  • Experience 10 years
  • Location Gauteng
  • Job Field Engineering / Technical 

Lead Design Engineer at Hitachi Energy

Lead Design Engineer

Description

The opportunity

  • We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Lead Design Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be coordinating project engineering activities – preparation and review of project engineering deliverables, monitoring of contractual scope, variation & change orders initiation, technical discussions, liaising with all stake holders on technical matters, monitoring engineering effort for projects and tenders etc.

Your responsibilities:

  • Coordinating with other engineering disciplines substation projects and tenders.
  • Coordinating with internal and external stakeholder for scheduled progress of projects and tenders.
  • Reviewing of equipment specification and BOQ for supplier enquiries, technical offer review, monitoring and coordination of supplier deliverables, resolution of technical issues during FAT etc.
  • Following the engineering processes, change management, risk and opportunities management and other relevant processes during project execution and tendering.
  • Coordinating with customer/consultant for document approvals as per project schedule.
  • Coordinating with site team for technical matters during installation, testing and commissioning, punch point closure etc.  
  • You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Living Hitachi Energy 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 engineering.
  • Able to assess the knowledge and expertise of Risk Management process and HE Framework and Tool.
  • Detailed domain expertise in one of the domains (either primary or secondary) is a must. The candidate must have the knowledge of other domains for effectively monitoring and supervising the regular project engineering activities.
  • Primary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, layouts, earthing, cabling, lightning protection, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.
  • Secondary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, protection, relay panels, LCCs, SCADA/RTU/SCMS etc., FMS/DFR, Telecom, control cabling, CT/VT sizing, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.
  • Engineering of Auxiliaries of GIS & AIS substations, LV AC boards, service/auxiliary transformers, earthing transformers, DC system – batteries and battery chargers, UPS, inverter, security system, CCTV, access control, EPABX, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, etc.
  • Experience of coordination with civil and MEP disciplines in the substation, inputs for civil and MEP engineering, interfaces, coordination check with civil & MEP services etc.
  • Experience of preparing BOQ, deviation list, clarifications, technical proposal for tenders and customer enquiries for firm and budgetary tenders.
  • Understanding of installation, testing and commissioning requirements to effectively support the preparation of testing protocol, site activities.
  • Minimum 10 years of work experience is required of which 3-4 years of experience in a lead role is preferred.
  • Proficiency in both spoken & written English.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Hitachi Energy on careers.hitachi.com to apply

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