Secondary Engineer - Control & Protection Engineer

Posted:
8/31/2025, 8:05:01 PM

Location(s):
Tamil Nadu, India ⋅ Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Mechanical Engineering

Location:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Job ID:

R0104070

Date Posted:

2025-09-01

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity:

The Hitachi Energy Indian Operations Center (INOPC) is a competence center with around 2600+ skilled engineers who focus on tendering, engineering, planning, procurement, project Management, functional system testing, installation supervision, documentation and commissioning. However, over the last decade, it has evolved to become the largest Operations hub. The India Operations Centre team at Chennai, Bangalore and Gurugram supports Hitachi Energy’s units in more than 40 countries across a wide portfolio of all the four business units in Hitachi Energy To date, the team has executed engineering and commissioning for projects in more than 80 countries.

How you’ll make an impact:

  • Prepare Key Line Diagrams, Protection Interface, and Feeder Block Diagrams and analyze tender documents and technical specifications and prepare Design Documents.

  • Create signal lists, trip matrices, logics, and interlocks.  Prepare schematics for Control & Relay Panel schemes.

  • Develop circuit diagrams for new and existing setups, especially for retrofit projects.

  • Prepare Cable Block Diagrams, relay ordering information, Cable Schedules and create lists for wiring, termination, and labelling for panel manufacturing.

  • Identify and modify existing drawings using standard markups.

  • Essential knowledge of Primary Equipment, Bay Controller Units, SCADA, RTU, and Tele protection.

  • Essential knowledge of AC Panels, DC Panels, Auxiliary Transformers, Battery, and ACDC Cable Sizing.

  • Expertise in AIS & GIS secondary designs and work with various departments for design progress and completion.

  • Conduct technical risk and opportunity assessments and estimate engineering hours and validate inputs.

  • Use Hitachi energy configuration tools and software.

  • 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:

  • Bachelor’s degree in ​ bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

  • Should have 4-7 years in relevant fields.

  • Should have proficiency in 2D CAD design tools, E3, modern protection & control systems software & hardware tools.

  • Should have experience in Secondary CRP Design, Relays/IEDs configuration.

  • Should have knowledge in testing and commissioning for design schematics.

  • Should have strong design capability in Protection Systems/Power Systems.

  • Should have high technical experience with strong coordination skills.

  • Should have experience with protection and control IEDs using PCM.

  • Should have knowledge on test kit such as Omicron (CMC 356 & 256), Doble & other test kit.

  • Proficiency in spoken and written English.

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Headquarter Location: Santa Clara, California, United States

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Year Founded: 1959

IPO Status: Private

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