General Information:

The quality and innovation of the engineering in our products, systems and service offerings keeps our customers ahead. Developing solutions for our customers all over the world and working on our market-leading technologies will challenge and enrich your work and your mind.

As a Control and Protection Global Manager you will be part of HVDC unit. You will lead a team of Commissioning Engineers specialized in MACH, IEDs, SCADA and HMI. You will have a direct interface with our customers. You will have the opportunity to develop your expertise in HVDC technology as well as your leadership skills in a fast-paced environment and you will be have the possibility to influence a number of project with you decisions making, in order to enable the energy grid transition faster and in a bigger scale.

Your Responsibilities:

• You manage a global team of Commissioning Engineers
• You are responsible to recruit, train your team.
• You are responsible of maintaining high level of quality of your team’s deliverables and execution according to project plans.
• You are responsible for short-term and long-term planning. Organizing manning up activities of the Control and Protection scope of HVDC projects globally.
• You are responsible for maintaining your department interfaces between other departments and customer.
• You are driving Scope and Division of Work discussions towards other departments and customer.
• You are responsible for your department’s existing processes and for identifying new ones where needed.
• You are responsible for the deciding and implementing the management strategy and continues improvement projects together with the rest of the management team of Commissioning Control and Protection.
• You assure that commitments to the customer are met and in accordance with the contract.
• You support in tender work for commissioning scope.
• You live 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 or computer science. Masters degree in Engineering is an advantage.
• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
• MBA or Project Management certification is an advantage.
• Several years of experience from Control and Protection or SCADA scope from design, testing or commissioning project stages.
• Experience in HVDC technology or AC sub-stations.
• Experience in Commissioning work in plants of high complexity.
• Experience with MACH technology is an advantage.
• Experience with IEC61850, programming of IED relays is an advantage.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills as well as an ability to coach others in the commissioning area.
• Ability to work according to relevant legislations and standards but with a pragmatic and smooth way of working.
• Capacity to handle many parallel activities.
• Availability to travel.