GIS I&C Engineer

Role Overview

GIS I&C Engineer at Hitachi Energy Ltd, based in Dammam, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia. Full-time, on-site position.

Role Purpose

Enable the successful installation, repair, and commissioning of high voltage GIS switching systems worldwide for PGHV, ensuring technical excellence, regulatory compliance, and adherence to project deadlines while maintaining optimal cost-performance ratios.

Key Responsibilities

Installation & Commissioning

• Carry out installation and maintenance work independently.
• Supervise final installation and commissioning tests.
• Supervise and coordinate loop check activities at the installation site.
• Ensure installation and commissioning work is carried out in perfect technical order.

Compliance & Safety

• Ensure compliance with installation requirements and accident prevention measures.
• Abide by guidelines for work on live system components.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Live Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Documentation & Change Management

• Maintain red-mark drawings and documents with any changes or modifications necessary during installation.
• Issue non-conformance reports for damage or missing equipment within PG scope of supply in cooperation with the PG Project Manager.
• Supervise PG installation completion documentation.

Coordination & Planning

• Advise the sub-supplier's installation superintendent in planning and coordination of workforce necessary to comply with the schedule.
• Cooperate with the PG Project Manager on establishing status of completed and non-completed work.
• Participate at site meetings as requested by the PG-CH Project Manager.
• Inspect arriving material for completeness and possible damage and coordinate material handling in cooperation with sub-suppliers' Material Control.

General Responsibilities

• Represent PG in general through presence and technical knowledge and PGHV specifically in dealings with the client at the installation site.
• Assume responsibility for competent execution of assigned tasks.
• Carry out any tasks assigned by management necessary to fulfill job requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Electrical Engineering required.
• Minimum 2–5 years of experience with GIS preferred.
• Previous experience with SF6 gas-handling and PGHV Transmission and Sub-transmission GIS product knowledge preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Professional proficiency with MS Project.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English language required.

Additional Information

Hitachi Energy conducts pre-employment background checks that may include verification of employment history, education, criminal records, and other relevant information in accordance with applicable laws. For certain roles involving access to sensitive information, financial responsibilities, client data, regulated environments, or security-sensitive functions, additional or more comprehensive background or security screenings may be required, including enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews where legally permissible, sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures. Candidates will be notified and, where required, asked to provide consent prior to initiation of such checks.

Qualified individuals with a disability may request reasonable accommodation for the job application process by completing a general inquiry form on the Hitachi Energy website with contact information and specific details about required accommodation.