Local HRBP Spain, Grid Integration & Grid Automation

The Opportunity:

At Hitachi Energy, we’re driving innovation to accelerate the energy transition and electrification—shaping a sustainable future for generations to come. Join our Europe team (HBU EU) and help our customers build energy systems that are more sustainable, flexible, and secure.

As part of our team, you’ll work with cutting-edge technology in a truly diverse and multicultural environment. You’ll leverage our global expertise, innovative solutions, and strong footprint to deliver life-cycle value with minimal risk. Our customers include utilities, renewable energy providers, industry leaders, transportation networks, data centers, and infrastructure sectors. Together, we strengthen grid resilience, stability, and capacity—powering progress toward a carbon-neutral future.

We’re looking for an HR Business Partner to support our Grid Integration and Grid Automation businesses locally in Spain, while collaborating with our Global HR Team on exciting projects. If you’re an experienced HR professional who values collaboration, knowledge sharing, transparency, and embraces new opportunities, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and be part of something meaningful!

Your responsibilities 

• Culture & Strategic HR Support: Work on both operational and strategic tasks with a focus on people, culture, and organization. Understand business needs and proactively suggest HR solutions that add value while ensuring compliance with labor laws and HR policies. 

• Performance Management: Apply global performance standards, KPIs, and targets to foster a high-performance culture. Provide coaching and guidance to managers on key people management activities. 

• Talent & Leadership Development: Partner with leaders to identify and build talent bench strength. Utilize Our Leadership Pillars and Diversity360 to shape culture and behaviors, connecting people to potential. Implement learning and development initiatives to enhance technical and leadership competencies in collaboration with HR Talent teams. 

• Labor Relations & Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with managers, employees, and union representatives. Address current issues through HR practices, processes, and policies to maintain compliance and engagement. 

• HR Governance & Standards: Ensure adherence to global and local standards, rules, tools, policies, and processes related to operations and project execution. 

• Support project execution in staffing: Collaborate with project execution by ensuring appropriate staffing in coordination with managers, talent acquisition and global mobility for project workers mobilization based. 

• HR Operational Support: Assist with day-to-day HR activities requiring HRBP intervention. Support managers in handling HR data and leveraging dashboards and reports for decision-making. 

• Additional Projects: Participate in projects that support business growth and transformation. 

Your background:

• Demonstrated ability to build, develop and maintain collaborative working relationships 

• It is a plus if you have leadership and/or HR-experience from previous roles  

• Knowledge of Spanish local Labor market, legislations and policies 

• Sound understanding of business drivers, and how best to utilize HR as a business partner 

• Excellent command in Spanish and English is a must, both written and spoken.  

• Negotiation skills with good capability to achieve understanding to influence others, Capability to prioritize work tasks, communicate clearly and anchor with stakeholders 

• You are flexible, persistent and have the ability to work independently as well as collaborate well with others in a high-paced environment 

More about us:

Our flexible working practices help you optimize personal and business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.

Our employee benefit programs are tailored to each country, depending on location of employment and job grade. We will provide more details about it during the interview process.