APAC NC MMS Technical Lead

Your responsibilities: 

• You will be accountable for providing central technical expertise, support, and leadership for ESS & NC APAC OU’s Network Control MMS-related opportunities, projects, and installed base including:
• You will be responsible for through breadth and depth of advanced technical knowledge, providing application and system subject matter expertise and leadership for MMS and related systems.
• You will be responsible for setting goals and objectives for team members for the achievement of operational results.
• You will be responsible for providing mentoring, guidance, and training to technical team members.
• You will be responsible for developing regional MMS-related best practices/templates for implementation and support.
• You will be responsible for providing consultation to your team members, peers, management, and Global Product Group (GPG) teams, regarding short-term and long-term system goals and technology roadmap.
• You will be responsible for technical / engineering resource identification and planning and management for projects and operations including forecasting and hiring (business case justified).
• You will be responsible for providing technical thought leadership for highly complex projects as needed.
• You will be responsible for leading architecture, design, and implementation efforts for fostering technical innovation within the team and leading by example when developing solutions.
• You will be responsible for working with customers to understand their requirements and ongoing strategy to provide or develop technical solutions for meeting their short-term and long-term business goals.
• You will be responsible for working with the lead center and other relevant stakeholders to manage all escalated design and implementation issues to proper closure.
• You will work with vendors and senior leadership directly as well as engineers, IT specialists, architects, and analysts from various disciplines to achieve desired business outcomes.
• Problems faced may be difficult and typically are complex.
• You will ensure policies, practices, and procedures are understood and followed by direct reports, customers, and stakeholders.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity means taking responsibility for your actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, Power Systems Engineering, or similar or 10 plus years of experience in similar roles.
• Minimum 10 years of MMS experience in the implementation and maintenance of complex software and or engineering projects.
• Hands–on experience with an MMS vendor system (Hitachi Energy (ABB), GE, Siemens). And SQL based on RDBMS databases.
• Coding experience in languages such as C++, Python, PERL, etc.
• Excellent operating system skills, including Windows Server, Windows desktops, and Linux / Unix flavors.
• Proficiency with server hardware, virtualization, and networking, experience with Factory and Site Acceptance Testing, and experience integrating complex software systems.
• Experience within asset-intensive industries; specifically, utilities, transportation, and public infrastructure preferable.
• Demonstrable outstanding mentoring skills and experience for direct reports and to support peers and colleagues to achieve targeted results.
• Proficiency in both spoken & and written English language is required.