Senior Commissioning Engineer | Ballerup, Denmark

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The opportunity

Hitachi Energy is now looking for a Commissioning Engineer with relay testing experience in Middelfart or Ballerup/Copenhagen, Denmark. You will be part of a dedicated and skilled commissioning team within our Grid Integration business - Nordic OU (Finland, Sweden and Denmark). As a commissioning engineer, you are accountable for pre-commissioning and commissioning activities in our projects (e.g. HV substations for utilities, industry, data centers, etc.). Besides site commissioning activities, role could involve planning and management of external commissioning resources, tendering support for commissioning activities, FAT support, etc.

Variety of projects that we have within all three countries, as well as variety of commissioning and engineering tasks, gives you opportunity to have very good balance between office and site works, travelling, and your private life.

Are you ready for an exciting new challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Our selection process is continuous, and the position may be closed before the advertisement expires.

How you'll make an impact

Perform the testing and commissioning of HV & MV Substations, including control & protection systems, HV/MV switchgears, power and aux transformers, AC & DC auxiliary systems, etc.

Take part in pre-commissioning meeting, commissioning planning activities and documentation preparation (e.g. FAT documentation, Site ITPs & ITRs, Method Statements, Control programs, etc.).

Organize and perform FAT of C&P equipment in our test lab.

Follow the instructions of electrical safety and other HSE instructions in accordance with Hitachi/customer requirements.

Coordinate and plan on-site commissioning activities, including internal and external resources management

Support tendering by providing commissioning plan and time/cost estimation.

Act as commissioning leader/manager in particular projects, if appointed.

Your background

A bachelor’s degree or above in electrical engineering or similar.

Some working experience at substation sites, with testing and commissioning of MV & HV substations.

Experience in settings/configuring and testing of the relay protection (e.g. Hitachi, or other vendors IEDs).

Competence in testing & commissioning of switchgears and other key components/apparatus in substations.

Overall experience in substation projects is a plus.

Experience in commissioning of data centers substations is a strong plus (e.g. Microsoft, Google, Apple).

You are fluent in English written and spoken alike. At least basic knowledge of Danish language is required.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.