Engineering Line Managers

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), Inclusion drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as hydrogen, data centers and e-mobility.

Join Our Team!

The opportunity

We are looking to hire Engineering Line Managers for our Engineering Department to lead the Primary Engineering, Secondary Engineering and Project Management Engineering teams in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The Primary Engineering team handles the electromechanical design of substations, while the Secondary team focuses on electrical design. Our Project Management Engineering team leads the work with design and delivery of complete substations for distribution and transmission grids.

We seek dynamic and strategic leaders to guide, manage, and coordinate our Engineering teams. The roles involve enhancing team performance and development to ensure all activities meet necessary standards and fulfil our commitments to customers. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to the development of groundbreaking customer solutions. If you are ready to take responsibility and drive performance, you are exactly the one we are looking for!

There is more than one way to approach this role. You can be a strong professional with several years of relevant experience or a person with only a few years of experience with willingness and courage to test your limits in learning new things and taking on the challenges that are part of our daily work. Depending on your background, we will provide training and support to help you grow and develop into this role. 

How you'll make an impact

• Collaborate with other departments to manage supplies from an engineering perspective, including analysing resource demand for capacity management.
• Provide insights, develop, and manage team priorities to ensure performance and quality goals are met throughout all project phases.
• Build operational capacity through effective people management and strategic planning, supporting the establishment and deployment of necessary frameworks.
• Ensure processes are in place to capture and share best practices and operational experiences, supporting business strategy and defining specific processes and tools.
• Set goals and objectives for team members to achieve operational results.
• Ensure policies, practices, and procedures are understood and followed.
• Develop the team and build the capacity required by the strategic plan.

Your background 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. 
• Knowledge of substation technology AIS and GIS. 
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal abilities.  
• Strategic thinker with problem-solving skills.  
• It is an advantage with energy sector experience.   
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken is a must have. Depending on the country you are applying, you are expected to speak the local language.
• Willingness to work in one of our Hitachi Energy offices in Sweden (Västerås), Denmark (Middelfart) or Finland (Vaasa).  

More about us

Are you ready for an exciting new challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Welcome to apply no later than 30 September 2025. Our selection process is continuous, and the position may be closed before the advertisement expires. So, if you are interested – don’t hesitate, apply today! 

Recruiting Manager Anna-Karin Karlsson, anna-karin.karlsson@hitachienergy.com, will be happy to answer your questions regarding this position. Anna-Karin is situated in Sweden, Västerås.