Design Engineer

Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0092452

Date Posted:

2025-05-22

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 is a world leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are advancing the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible, and secure, and we collaborate with customers and partners to enable a sustainable energy future – for today’s generations and those to come.

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 3000+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest Operations hub. The India Operations Centre team at Chennai, Bangalore and Gurugram supports Hitachi Energy’s units in more than 40 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Hitachi Energy to date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

Support Engineering activities under the supervision of senior engineer in all types of projects sizes and complexities & in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements. Based on technical specification from end customers and inputs from OU Engineering team, prepare substation layouts and sections, all Primary Drawings, prepare Substation layouts and section drawings, Grounding system drawings, Lightning system design, drawings, Cable routings, preparation of Bill of materials Coordinate with Engineering Leads, Senior Project Engineers and provide required CAD Engineering support in each Project / Tender.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Preparation of Substation layouts and section drawings preparation for budgetary offers / tenders / projects based on customer specification.

• Preparation of Earthing layouts, Lightning Protection drawings, cable routing drawings, Erection Key diagram, Control building layouts, Illumination drawings.

• Prepare Bill of material of Primary related quantities for tenders or projects based on requirement

• Support the senior engineer with the inputs for all design calculations related to Primary & CAD Engineering

• Expertise in all AIS & GIS in design & drawings

• Basic understanding of all primary calculations, viz., Grounding system design, Lightning system design, Lighting system design

• Preparation of Protection SLD showing principles, relays and meters

• Understanding of Technical data sheets of primary equipment. Basic Knowledge of primary equipment, such as circuit breakers, disconnectors, earthing switches, instrument transformers, power transformers, etc

• Follow the QMS process and adherence to the same

• Responsible for maintaining and updating the documentation for respective tenders and projects as per quality process

• 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:

• Should be bachelors Engineering /Diploma in Electrical

• Should have 5-10 years exp

• Full Proficiency in required CAD design tools (BIM Tools, BIM 360, Navisworks, Microstation / AutoCAD, AutoCAD REVIT, 3D competence) and very good 3D-Designing skills

• Very good knowledge about technical parameters and data of the different models inside his specific discipline

• Knowledge of relevant international standards ex. IEEE, IEC,etc

• Knowledge in substation tendering and project engineering activities (technical)

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

• Comprehensive knowledge of related disciplines in the organization.

• Excellent English speaker, good communication skills

• Dynamic and Proactive, willing to grow in the organization

• Team player, ready to play the role across the different countries

• High level of ownership

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