Project Lead Engineer - Västerås

As a Lead Engineer you will be the technical coordinator who leads all engineering disciplines throughout the design, manufacturing, testing and commissioning of our projects worldwide. This includes cooperation and coordination with suppliers, customers, R&D and the engineering disciplines on an international scale. If you decide to join our experienced team of Project Lead Engineers, you will help to enable the green transition in the worldwide energy market by delivering solutions from our market-leading FACTS portfolio.

Your responsibilities

• Manage and lead all engineering activities, both in-house and outsourced during the proposal, design and construction stages of FACTS projects.
• Act as primary technical interface with all project stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, R&D and local Hitachi Energy Units.
• Support proposal efforts by introducing and promoting innovation, cost saving ideas, and value-added solutions to the overall system design concept.
• Ensuring that all activities are efficiently and cost-effectively executed according to contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements.
• Manage and lead the team to successfully execute projects with adherence to the project schedule, cost and contract.

• You hold a Master Of Science or have equal competence gained through working experience.
• At least five years of professional experience in the power system business.
• Documented experience in leading and coordinating engineering teams in a global environment.
• Good understanding of power quality applications, STATCOM, SVC and FSC.
• Experience from execution of complex delivery projects.