Team Manager - Primary Engineering

The opportunity

Manage a team of Project Technical Engineers to deliver high quality and timely Engineering deliverables to the Project / Tenders.

How you'll make an impact

• Ensure team's compliance with standard processes, procedures, practices, and safety requirements. Ensure that the team is adequately resourced, developed, and equipped to meet the business needs.
• Lead the team to deliver quality deliverables on-time. Responsible for process, tool & QMS implementation actions within the team. Implement LOM Engineering process in-line with the global framework.
• Ensure Engineering processes are followed within the team and ensure close, efficient collaboration with the operating units. Forecast planning of Projects & Tenders for the team in close coordination with OU Engineering Managers.
• Take responsibility for team organization, planning, staffing as well as budgeting. Resource planning for the new Projects/Tenders & monitor the pipeline collaborating with Operating Units.
• Responsible for maintaining internal & external KPIs. Takes responsibility for the delivery of the team and ensure KPIs on track. Experience and skill to support Tendering and take responsibility of delivering Tender Engineering.
• Handling of Performance & development for the team members and support performance management. Set the targets in-line with the team strategy & Provide feedback to the team members - develop their competency level.
• Identify improvement areas & implement within the team. Training & Development of team members.
• Handling the daily operational issues and conflict management. Responsible for driving the Project Scrum / Daily/weekly follow up meetings with the team members.
• Responsible for ensuring 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

• Masters in Power Systems with 8+ years' experience in similar role / bachelor's in electrical & electronics with 10+ years of experience in similar role.
• Strong communication and people skills with high focus on internal and external Stakeholders and their needs.
• Eagerness for learning and innovation, readiness of mind for the use of various new tools for the engineering tasks but also for organizing the team efficiently.
• Deep knowledge in substation Project Engineering activities. Knowledge of Hitachi Energy Products & System offerings.
• Experience in People Management and handling a small team. You like to work in multicultural / international environment.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

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Client-provided location(s): Chennai, India

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-166118

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-18T23:34:21