Project lead engineer
HitachiKolkata, West Bengal, India
Posted October 28, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world. Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business is centered around 5 growth sectors: Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy, and IT. Globally, we have nearly 300,000 employees who are working to improve people’s quality of life and our customers’ social, environmental, and economic values to create a sustainable future. The challenges we face as a society are unprecedented, but so are the opportunities. Together, let’s start powering good.
Job Description
Design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity of Substation projects. Evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments. Provides quality solutions as per customer requirement and delivers within budget and contract.
Requirements
- Evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments
- Provides quality solutions as per customer requirement and delivers within budget and contract
- Provides technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities
- Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that technical requirements for equipment or services are communicated and agreed to with potential suppliers
- Improves effectiveness of work plan in collaboration with other functions
- Completes risk and opportunity assessments and ensures implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility
- Reports any contract/quality/program/cost issues to management along with recommendations for resolution
- Ensures adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks & ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements
- Assign tasks to and coordinates work with entry level engineers, technicians, administrative staff
- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines