Associate Project Engineer - Primary Engineering

Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0135146

Date Posted:

2026-06-23

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

“The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 3600+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning.”

Your responsibility:

You will be a part of the GIS Primary Offer Engineering team.

You will be supporting the Sales & Tendering engineers to develop Tender specific engineering documents and drawings for calculating right cost and drawings submission to customer as part of offer documentation.

This role complete involved in Primary Engineering of Gas Insulated Switchgears (GIS) of transmission and sub-transmission systems.

You will be an individual contributor who would deliver the tasks as per the given inputs and when required need to work in coordination with other colleagues and should exhibit good collaborative skills to complete the task.

You may also interact with other departments like Secondary engineering, Steel structure engineering, Project Management and Production units.

Preparation of drawings and documents for customer submission for Gas Insulated Switchgear above 66kV.

The major deliverables are listed below, but not limited to Gas SLD, GIS Lay out, cable tray layout, earthing layout, Cabling overview and assembly overview.

System resistance, Thermal loss, Gas volume, Earthing mat and Cable calculations

Bill of material calculation

Preparation of cost estimation based on the BOM generated.

Self-review & review of peer’s documents

Coordinating with the other team members, Sales Support engineers & Area sales Managers

Strong in Design to value (DtV) and preparation on optimized solutions considering customer requirements.

Directly responsible for maintaining and updating the documentation for respective projects / Tenders as per quality process.

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:

Bachelor’s degree in EEE / Mechanical Engineering.

1-5 years of experience in tendering or design of LV, MV, HV or EHV products

Good knowledge about substations

Good knowledge in CAD tools (AutoCad, Creo/Equivalent)

Familiarity with standards like IEC, IEEE, ANSI etc will be an added advantage

Team player and able to handle sales targets and prepare solutions on time.

Excellent communication skills in English

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