Project Lead Engineer

At Grid & Power Quality Solutions and Service business at Hitachi Energy in Europe (HBUEU), Inclusion drives our culture of innovation and collaboration. Our leading technology and strong market position enable us to achieve growth targets in the energy transition across current and growing market segments such as data centers, hydrogen and e-mobility.

Join Our Team!

We are looking for a Project Lead Engineer to join our team in Vaasa, Finland, to lead the work with design and delivery of complete substations for distribution and transmission grids.

As a Project Lead Engineer, you play an important role in our projects. This means leading the engineering work in our customer projects, normally electric power installations in the range from 10-400kV.

• Lead and drive the project engineering team to deliver results in accordance with contractual agreements, quality standards, HSE requirements, financial targets and schedule commitments.
• Manage the engineering related coordination with customer, sub-supplier and internal/external partners.
• Plan and manage engineering resources by following the governance procedure of Hitachi Energy.
• Manage the communications with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify the risk and opportunities, make contributions to the continuous improvement works. 

• A bachelor’s degree or above in the area of electrical or mechanical engineering.
• At least 3 to 5 years professional experience in engineering, R&D or project management positions.
• Experience with Medium to High Voltage Projects in Power Systems.
• Experience from site works is an advantage.
• You are fluent in English, written and spoken alike. Finnish and/or Swedish is strong advantage.

Are you ready for an exciting new challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Welcome to apply before 15 November 2026! Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay – apply today!