Factory Engineering Manager

Location:

Savli, Gujarat, India

Job ID:

R0124324

Date Posted:

2026-04-02

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY INDIA LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity

This role drives the engineering strategy for the Business Unit and Global Product Group while shaping a factory‑specific engineering roadmap in collaboration with the HUB Engineering Manager. It provides strategic oversight across multiple engineering disciplines, ensuring strong governance, efficient budget management, and high‑performance execution. The role ensures smooth delivery of production orders and timely support for quotation requests, directly contributing to operational success. It also leads and develops a multidisciplinary team of electrical, mechanical, and control systems engineers —fostering a culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth.

How you’ll make an impact

• Oversee production order execution and provide timely support for quotation requests by optimizing team efficiency and ensuring fast, high‑quality, cost‑effective delivery.

• Establish governance and organizational frameworks for the factory engineering team, and lead capacity planning to ensure resources align with current and future project needs.

• Manage the engineering budget, monitor financial performance, and optimize resource allocation in line with strategic and operational priorities.

• Implement and track engineering KPIs aligned with the HUB framework to drive quality, productivity, and standardization.

• Build strong partnerships with internal stakeholders and engage with customers to understand needs, gather feedback, and ensure engineering deliverables meet expectations.

• Act as the primary escalation point for engineering issues, define operating guidelines, monitor progress, and address technical challenges proactively. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• 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:

• Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering; master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum 14 years of progressive experience in engineering operations, with strong exposure to tendering, order execution, and multi‑project management.

• Experience as a team lead in Traction Transformer or dry‑type or distribution liquid‑filled or Power Transformers, including design reviews with factories and customers, is an advantage.

• Hands-on involvement in initiatives such as DtV, GMR (as key user), design tool development, Six Sigma, or factory improvement projects is beneficial.

• Knowledge of industry standards and organizations such as IEC, ISO, CIGRE, ASTM considered a plus.

• Strong leadership abilities to develop and guide multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required; additional languages are an advantage.

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