Project Electro-mechanical Engineer PQS

General Information:

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer for North America Grid Integration Business Unit. The Grid Integration business is experiencing tremendous growth in EV charging systems, high voltage direct current projects, power consulting, power quality solutions, semiconductors, and many other exciting offerings in North America.

Your Responsibilities:

• Engineering development: Ensuring that engineering is developed with complete information and/or that all multidisciplinary information has been included.

• 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.

• Leading development of new solutions for complex projects and challenges.

• Driving completion of all engineering activities on the project.

• Coordinating the mechanical engineering discipline across several projects.

• Providing technical support for testing, installation, and commissioning activities.

• Creating work plans and cost estimates. Reviewing and approving scope, budget and, schedule for assignments, and ensuring quality deliverables.

• Interacting directly with customers, officials, contractors, and supply chain.

• Explaining facts, policies, and practices related to job area. 

• Working with the electro-mechanical or primary/physical design for our Power Quality Solutions, supporting both tenders and projects.

• Developing base and detailed design documents and drawings based on customer requirements, as well as local and global standards for station and building layouts, cable trench and conduit layout, grounding, and lightning protection layouts, along with necessary calculations to support.

• 3D modeling of plant in Revit.

• Collaborating with colleagues both locally and globally and close coordination with multiple disciplines (System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Civil Engineering).

• Technical review and discussion with customers, suppliers, and subcontractors

• Ensuring adherence to safety standards and mitigation of potential risks

• Completing risk and opportunity assessments and ensuring implementation of resulting actions in one’s area of responsibility.

• Preparation of manufacturing documents for control and protection cubicles.

• Reviewing and coordinating with vendor/supplier drawings for mechanical deliverables including primary equipment.

• Evaluation of sub-supplier and selection as per project requirements.

• Involvement in developing and supporting activities for continuous process improvements.

• Preparation of As-Built Drawings

Your Background:

• Bachelor of Science Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience

• In-depth knowledge the of National Electric Code and ANSI/IEEE requirements

• Some knowledge of FACTS

• Experience in plant design specifically with HV transmission substation solutions

• Experience with BIM / Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

• Experience in Revit – 3D Modeling is a must.

• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

• Professional Engineering License or ability to obtain.

• Team contributor using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized projects / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions.

• Works both in teams and independently, applying established local & global standards

• Good communication skills

• Dynamic and Proactive, willing to take the challenges and grow in the organization

• High level of ownership & accountability