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Project Manager Secondary Engineering 80 – 100% (f/m/d)
Switzerland
· Full-time
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Mid-Senior
The opportunity
We are looking for a Project Manager for Secondary Engineering to join our team. In this role, you will manage secondary engineering projects (LCC local control cabinets) from handover from sales until the end of installation, including engineering and production in collaboration with primary engineering and under the leadership of the Commercial Project Manager of the GIS Project.
How You’ll Make An Impact
Our flexible working practices help you optimize personal and business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
We are looking for a Project Manager for Secondary Engineering to join our team. In this role, you will manage secondary engineering projects (LCC local control cabinets) from handover from sales until the end of installation, including engineering and production in collaboration with primary engineering and under the leadership of the Commercial Project Manager of the GIS Project.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Lead secondary engineering projects from handover from sales, clarification of specifications, and full project management scope (scope, time, cost)
- Coordinate with the Commercial Project Manager on time, scope, and cost
- Lead engineering activities with the extended workbench (base design and detail design)
- Detect deviations and claims, clarify with customers, and conduct customer meetings
- Achieve design freeze and customer approval, create production documents, and support production in feeder factories or supplier factories
- Conduct final acceptance tests with customers, support site installation and commissioning, and create as-built documents for project close-out
- Actively participate in project reporting structures such as the digital project board
- Assist with sales and tender processes. Provide support to the production line
- Contribute to development projects and improvement initiatives
- Electrical Engineering background
- Solid experience in engineering of secondary projects and project management
- Financial and technical competence for executing secondary projects according to internal guidelines
- Fluency in English is required; fluency in German and other languages is desired
- Experience with tools such as Zuken E3 is a plus
- Independent, well-structured, and autonomous way of working with self-control of work and associated actions
- Responsibility for technical and standard-compliant project execution, coordination with upstream and downstream departments, and compliance with applicable standards and regulations (ISO 9001, 14001, OHSAS 18001)
Our flexible working practices help you optimize personal and business performance while creating an environment where all employees can develop their skills and grow.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
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- Oct 01, 2025
- Type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-Senior
- Location
- Zurich
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