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.
  

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.