Lead Engineer - Power Systems / Substations (Tendering Advisor) | Madrid, Spain en Madrid, España

Lead Engineer – Power Systems / Substations (Tendering Advisor)

At Hitachi Energy, our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.

At Hitachi Energy, we are advancing a sustainable energy future for all.

As a Lead Engineer – Power Systems / Substations (Tendering Advisor) , you will act as a technical authority and expert professional, leading engineering activities for complex projects and ensuring high-quality, cost-effective and safe technical solutions.

You will play a key role across the full project lifecycle, from engineering development to execution support, customer interaction and technical leadership, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

The role is a technical authority and senior advisor for complex and high-impact tenders, providing deep engineering expertise to support the bid and sales organization.

In this role you will leverage your extensive technical experience to advise, challenge, validate and optimize technical solutions , ensuring robust, competitive and technically sound offers for complex substation and power system projects.

How you’ll make an impact

• Act as technical responsible and advisor for complex tenders , supporting the bid and sales teams with expert engineering judgement.
• Provide technical guidance to the tender organization , ensuring feasibility, robustness and competitiveness of proposed solutions.
• Take ownership of the technical definition of complex offers , acting as reference point for high-risk or high-complexity bids.
• Lead technical interface with factories and suppliers , validating technical requirements, challenging specifications when needed and enabling commercial competitiveness.
• Manage the technical evaluation of supplier proposals , ensuring compliance with requirements and supporting negotiations to optimize cost and value.
• Advise the tender team on power system solutions , including substation systems, control and protection, power quality and grid integration aspects.
• Identify technical risks and opportunities in complex offers and support mitigation strategies during the tender phase.
• Support sales and tender managers during customer technical discussions and clarifications .
• Ensure alignment between customer requirements, internal technical standards and supplier capabilities.
• Act as a trusted technical reference , sharing knowledge and supporting decision-making across the offer organization.

Your background

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience as a senior engineer or technical expert within power systems, substations or grid integration projects.
• Strong background in Electrical Engineering, with deep knowledge of:
  • Substation systems
  • Control and protection systems
  • Power systems and power quality
• Proven experience acting as technical advisor or authority for complex projects or tenders.
• Solid exposure to supplier and factory technical management, including technical validation and cost-driven discussions.
• Experience in complex, multidisciplinary and high-value offers.
• Comfortable working in a role focused on advisory, validation and optimization.
• High level of autonomy, credibility and professional seniority to influence decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across sales, engineering, supply chain and suppliers.

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing, as well as your professional growth. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

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.