Functional Lead Secondary Engineering Standardization Team 80 - 100% (f/m/d)

Location: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Job ID: R0124376 Date Posted: 2026-04-01 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY LTD Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No Job Description: The opportunity

Hitachi Energy, High Voltage Products, is renowned worldwide as a specialist for power transmission and distribution. Our unit Gas Insulated Switchgears (GIS), based in Zürich-Oerlikon, is active in the development and production of gas insulated switching systems. We ensure the high reliability of our systems by using state-of-the-art development tools and methods.

For our business unit High Voltage Products we are looking for a Functional Lead of the Standardization Team in Secondary Engineering. In this challenging position you will take over the functional lead for the standardization team to drive forward the product standardization and improvements. You will work closely with the Secondary Engineering team in Switzerland, Germany and India and develop a Standardization Roadmap that guides the development of our product for the future. Together with the standardization team, you will ensure successful implementation of improvements, such as releases of new templates and engineering guidelines that enables Engineering to deliver their projects effectively and in high quality.

How you'll make an impact

Lead functionally the Secondary Engineering Standardization Team including the daily management of tasks, planning and balancing of team workload, ensuring progress, transparency, and effective utilization of team capacity and development of required competences the team

Define of GIS Secondary Engineering design standards through the development of templates and design guidelines with the support of the standardization team and experts

Develop, maintain and regularly update of the Secondary Engineering Standardization Roadmap in collaboration with the Standardization team members, Key stakeholders within Secondary Engineering and other departments

Engage in the Quality process and Continuous Improvement Cycles of the GIS organization and actively collaborate with other engineering teams and stakeholders to discuss, evaluate and align improvements, and to prioritize them for the implementation

Execute and technically lead improvement tasks from the Standardization roadmap individually

Drive the standardization and harmonization of E3 templates to provide an efficient and high-quality basis for project-specific schematics

Your background

• Electrical engineering background

• Demonstrated ability to lead successfully, either in management position or in challenging and complex projects

• Solid experience in engineering of Secondary Equipment (LCCs) as Secondary Engineering PM

• Experience of the corresponding tools used for Secondary Engineering

• Readiness to take over role as functional leadership within a team. Proven experience in Project Management, Certification e.g. as PMP is a plus

• Fluency in English. German or any other language is a plus

• The job owner lives an innovative and performance-oriented thinking as well as following the values of Hitachi Energy and makes a personal contribution to a good working atmosphere

• More about us

• Our flexible working practices help you optimize personal and business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.

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