Electrical Design Manager

Business Information:

Hitachi Energy is currently looking for Electrical Design Manager for the Transformers Business to join their team in Maneja, Vadodara, India. This team seeks a skilled and motivated individual.

Transformers BU team leverages innovative and diverse technology to transform energy, delivering social, environmental, and economic value and enabling a sustainable energy future for current and future generations. The business’s comprehensive portfolio includes power transformers, traction transformers, insulation and components, digital sensors, and transformer services. The Company’s transformers have been deployed across power generation, transmission, and distribution to metals and mining, oil and gas, commercial and infrastructure projects, and mobility. As the grid becomes more complex, the transformers play an increasingly vital role in improving power quality and network management. The Company is proud to introduce its TXpert™ Ecosystem, the next level in transformer digitalization, further advancing its commitment to innovation and sustainability.

The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment. He or she must be flexible to accommodate business requirements and experience in working with diverse groups and cultures. The ability to multitask & delivers within timelines is essential. The candidate will have excellent communications skills.

Mission Statement:

To lead a team of Electrical Designers/Engineers to deliver high quality, cost effective and timely engineering solutions for customers. Create plans and allocate resources to meet the agreed contractual and financial targets. Ensure the team's compliance with standard processes, procedures, practices and safety requirements. He / She will be responsible for performance reviews for team members.

Your Responsibilities:

• Takes technical oversight of work within own area of responsibility, holds regular progress reviews, identifies and manages technical issues that occur. Defines operating guidelines and development strategies for direct reports providing them with technical guidance.

• Ensures team builds a culture of identifying and satisfying customer needs to support business growth. Drives development of processes and practices based on customer feedback. Provides engineering support during the bid phase, ensuring that the required resources to deliver the technical solutions are correctly accounted for (e.g. the requirements for safety, technical competence, quality, schedule and cost).

• Takes contractual oversight for work within own area of responsibility, holds regular progress reviews, identifies contractual issues and reports early to management with recommendations for resolution.

• Ensures the correct allocation of assignments and tasks within the team, defining relevant performance metrics (e.g. technical compliance, schedule, cost, quality and safety standards). Creates work plans and cost estimates for work in own area of responsibility. Proactively manages the engineering team to deliver the agreed program on time, on quality and at the targeted cost.

• Initiates and drives continuous improvement activities. Develops, implements and improves relevant processes, policies and procedures to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the Engineering function. Ensures local procedures align with company policies, processes and procedures and are correctly implemented.

• Ensures (with HR Manager support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides, motivates, coaches  and develops direct and indirect subordinates within HR polices

• Participates in defining the annual budget for area of responsibility and is accountable for managing performance against agreed financial targets and constraints.

• 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.

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Your Background

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

• 5 or more years of industry experience of leading electrical / mechanical project engineering applied to Power Transformers and Shunt Reactors (preferably 400kV and 765kV product range).

• Working experience of leading transformer cost optimization and competitiveness improvement projects will be preferred.

• Familiarity with 3D CAD and productivity tools (SAP, engineering design tools, PLM – product lifecycle management) will be preferred.

• Exposure to engineering quality improvement tools such as Statistical analysis of NCs, design and test parameters, Six Sigma tools, managing customer complaints will be an added plus.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.