Associate Project Engineer-Electromechanical Design - HVDC

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 Centre (INOPC) is a competence centre 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.

The Electromechanical design engineer has a responsibility to understand technical requirements for Primary engineering of HVDC converter station, Installation drawings and detail design of yard materials there by ensuring safety of the end equipment and HVDC station as a whole.

How you'll make an impact:

• You will demonstrate knowledge in advanced high-end CAD/CAM/CAE software(s) to ensure CAD activities are delivered on time and meet quality standard.
• You will evaluate, select, and apply standard techniques and procedures to perform Substation Layout Design, Civil Inputs to civil designer, Installation drawings and detail design of connectors, insulators etc, provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering hours.
• You will provide technical support for FAT, installation, and commissioning activities for the HVDC projects under execution (Greenfield as well as brown field).
• You will prepare project documentation within one's scope of deliverables and responsible for obtaining customer approvals for the designs and drawings prepared.
• You will effectively interact with customers on technical issues, contractors, and other staff to achieve his/her scope of deliveries on time, within budget and meet highest quality standards.
• You will ensure adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks.
• You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• 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:

• You hold a bachelor's degree in electrical / mechanical engineering.
• Minimum 2 to 5 years of work experience in Design of Primary Layout of Electrical UHV/EHV substation project.
• You should have knowledge in NX / Teamcenter or Similar 3D tools.
• You must have knowledge in Substation Engineering of UHV/EHV substation project along with PLM tools.
• Exposure to Project Lifecycle Management (PLM) system with NX and experience in HVDC project will have added benefit.
• Good knowledge of the design principles, guidelines and applicable standards used within Electromechanical design of HVDC Substations, HV / UHV AC Substations, experience of working with advance 3D CAD tools.
• Self-starter calibre who could own tasks through to completion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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Client-provided location(s): Chennai, India

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-153693

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-08T23:35:02