Lead Protection & Control Engineer

Location:

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job ID:

R0133318

Date Posted:

2026-10-29

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY INDIA LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

About this role:

Hitachi Energy India Limited is looking for Lead Protection & Control engineer in Grid Automation Business to lead a team of design Engineers for Protection & Control Panel Engineering in High Voltage, Transmission Substations.

The candidate should have minimum 8 years of experience in Protection & Control Panel Engineering.

Shall have experience in leading a team of design engineers

In this role we are looking forward to the following:

a. Leadership capability

b. Strong communication skills

c. Robust Knowledge in Power System Network; Protection, Control & Substation Automation domain

Job Description:

a. Contract Specification assessment (requirements, deviations, risks, opportunities)

b. Base design with all necessary concepts (cost effective solutions based on customer contract specification and technical offer)

c. Supervise the engineering process and documentation quality of the team of design engineers to ensure submission of drawings/documents technically complete in all respects, compared to

the project specification.

d. Lead technical resolution of solutions with customers and translating customer requirements into solutions of Hitachi

e. Active management of technical changes, risks & claims (only technical part)

f. Supporting bid & proposal to find solutions which meet the functional requirements of the customer and be competitive in the market

g. Leading CRP drawing standardization and solution optimization activities for set of customers.

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