Project Lead Engineer - Electrical Substation and Data Centre Design

Project Lead Engineer

Location:

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job ID:

R0123600

Date Posted:

2026-03-31

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY INDIA LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity:

Serve as the design authority for an engineering discipline of low to medium complexity, delivering high‑quality solutions for small projects or defined work packages within larger assignments. You will execute tasks cost‑effectively, ensuring compliance with contract requirements, quality standards, and all safety regulations.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Evaluates, selects and applies standard techniques and procedures to perform engineering assignments.

• Provides technical support for testing, installation and commissioning activities. Prepares projects documentation within one’s scope of deliverables.

• Assists in preparing proposal/presentation of engineering projects/programs (provision of bills of materials, estimated engineering

• hours, etc.).

• Supports Contract Managers in issuing claims (new/change in scope of work, cost impact, time impact, risk quantifications etc.)

• Provides quality solutions as per customer requirement and delivers within budget and contract.

• Ensures adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks.

• Creates work plans and cost estimates in own area of responsibility

• And ensures quality deliverables on time and within targeted cost.

• 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.

• Assists customers on technical issues, interacts with official contracts, contractors and other staff within his/her scope of deliverables.

• Assist communication pertaining to specific assignments or meetings.

• Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that technical requirements for equipment or services are communicated and agreed to with potential suppliers.

• Provides technical evaluation of supplier proposals and accepts as fit for purpose supplied equipment or services.

• Uses standard processes and tools applicable to one’s area of responsibility.

• Ensures that engineering activities comply with required safety regulations and contractual requirements.

• Reports processes and tools inefficiencies and suggests improvements

• 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.

• 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.

Your Background:

• System Analysis & network study using ETAP, PS CAD etc.

• Selection of Bus bar configuration & scheme

• Conversant in Data Centre Design

• Preparation of Main SLD (Single Line Diagram) including selection of primary equipment specifications

• Preparation of Protection SLD (Single Line Diagram) which includes selection of protection schemes for line, transformer, reactor, bus bar etc.

• Hands on experience to carry out various sizing calculations on substation design: Instrument Transformer sizing, Short Circuit Force calculation, Sag- tension calculation, DSLP calculation, Earthing Calculation, HT & LT cable sizing calculation, illumination design, battery & charger sizing, relay setting calculation etc.

• Layout engineering. Earth mat layout & equipment earthing details

• Cable routing engineering

• Preparation of Engineering BOQ for bus bar materials, cables, clamps, connectors, insulators & string hardware.

• Review of Primary equipments (Trafo , CB, Isolator ,IT,WT etc.), Secondary equipments (Control & Protection Panel Schematic, MV Switchgears, LT DBs, Battery ,Battery Charger, JBs etc.)  Mechanical  equipment (HVAC, Fire Detection & alarm, Fire fighting equipments  etc.) drawings

• Very Good in Technical negotiation & Presentation skills

• Software skills Proficiency in Auto CAD, Revit, BIM, CDEG & Microsoft Office

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required

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Experience Level

Senior Level