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Description

The opportunity

• Join us as a Tender & Service Specialist, play a key role in managing the complete lifecycle of service-related projects.
• This role connects sales and operations—identifying and bidding for engineering service contracts (quotations/tenders) and, once secured, taking the lead to ensure smooth technical execution, resource scheduling, and financial closure of each service order.

How you’ll make an impact  

Quotations & Tender Management (Pre-Award)

• Sales team interface: Support the Service Sales team with presales preparation.
• Technical Scoping: Review RFQs/RFPs to define SoW, technical specs, and resource needs.
• Cost Estimation: Prepare cost estimates for labour, parts, subcontractors, and travel.
• Bid Compilation: Compile the complete tender pack, ensuring full compliance with B‑BBEE, Tax Clearance, COID, and all required technical returnable
• Vendor Liaison: Source and compare supplier quotes for specialized components.

Service Coordination & Execution (Post-Award)

• Project Kick-off: Convert approved quotes into Service Orders/Job Cards in the ERP system.
• Resource Scheduling: Coordinate with the Service Operations Manager to dispatch and schedule field service technicians or engineers to client sites, ensuring they are equipped with the appropriate tools and PPE
• Logistics Management: Monitor procurement and delivery timelines to ensure all required parts are available with zero downtime on site.
• Compliance Oversight: Ensure safety files and fitness certificates meet OHS requirements.
• Client Management: Serve as the primary client contact for updates and variations.

Financial & Administrative Closure

• WIP Tracking: Track Work in Progress to ensure service execution aligns with the quoted margins.
• Invoicing: Facilitate sign‑off of Job Cards/Timesheets and initiate final invoicing after successful commissioning or handover.
• Reporting: Maintain a Win/Loss tender register and prepare Execution Efficiency reports for the Service Unit.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external regulations, HSE, and quality standards.
• Demonstrate leadership, teamwork, and disciplined approach to deliver accurate results.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

​​​​​​​Your background

• A bachelor’s degree in in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years’ experience in an engineering services environment, including proven expertise in bid and tender compilation.
• Technical ability to interpret engineering drawings and schematics and compile accurate Bills of Quantities (BoQs).
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, with working knowledge of MS Project and ERP systems (such as SAP Ariba).
• Familiarity with PPPFA regulations (80/20 and 90/10) and South African B-BBEE codes.
• Strong deadline management under pressure, with the ability to shift effectively between sales-focused and logistics-focused tasks.
• Willingness to travel across assigned countries as needed.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

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Description

The opportunity

• We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Sales & Marketing Specialist to join our team. In this role, you’ll work closely with the Service Sales Manager to generate opportunities, secure profitable sales, and deliver exceptional customer value.
• Your focus will be on Installed Base (IB) penetration and promoting the full-Service Product portfolio in collaboration with other service units.
• Building long-term customer relationships, respond quickly to their needs, and help shape innovative solutions. If you’re motivated, enthusiastic, and ready to thrive in a dynamic environment, this is your chance to make a difference.

How you’ll make an impact            

• Preparing proposals, quotations, and competitive bids with accurate technical and commercial considerations.
• Driving proactive and reactive sales for High Voltage and Transformer service portfolios.
• Evaluating client requirements, assess commercial terms, and propose techno-commercial solutions.
• Managing tendering process, pricing strategies, and risk reviews in coordination with Service Sales Manager.
• Maintaining project pipeline, forecasts, and documentation using Hitachi Energy tools.
• Building and maintaining strong customer relationships, respond promptly to issues, and act as voice of the customer internally.
• Identifying new market opportunities and develop strategic sales plans.
• Supporting marketing activities, product launches, and customer meetings.
• Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations, HSE, and quality standards.
• Demonstrating leadership, teamwork, and disciplined approach to deliver accurate results.
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• A bachelor’s degree in in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 to 10 years of experience in Service sales, Estimation & Bids Proposals and strong customer relationship skills. 
• Proven understanding of Hitachi Energy systems and products
• Experience working within the Energy sector
• Strong commercial, technical, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently, with a strategic and result-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel across assigned countries as needed.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

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Description

The opportunity

• We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Finance Intern to join our team. In this role, you are responsible for the day-to-day financial activities of the organization including controlling its financial resources and ensuring that all financial transactions, systems and procedures comply with regulations, accounting principles, and standards.

How you’ll make an impact            

• Financial analyzing and reporting, taxation, insurance, credit control, accounts payable and receivable, inventory and cost control, and budgeting and forecasting
• Analyzing the organization's revenues, liabilities, credit conditions, and other financial indicators to forecast its short, medium, and long-term cash flow position
• Evaluating and recommending investments and other financial instruments to meet cash flow needs
• Advising management on financial matters and the impact of laws and regulations on the organization
• Providing expertise and advice to managers to help them develop budgets, understand financial reports, and manage their financial responsibilities
• Presenting findings and recommendations to top executives; preparing financial reports that may include auditor and financial analyst reports, profit and loss, balance sheets, and regulatory reports and filings
• Ensuring all tax returns, declarations, and other required reports are submitted accurately and on time
• Selecting and managing relationships with consultants and advisors to ensure satisfactory standards of service
• Work is routine or follows standard procedures and closely supervised. Communicates information that requires little explanation or interpretation.
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• A bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• 0-1 years of experience.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

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Description

The opportunity

• We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Application Engineer to join our team. In this role you will be bringing the knowledge of a senior specialist in our Transformers portfolio to Customers, ensuring mutual trust while also communicating with customers on technical preferences, imparting training and presenting Hitachi Energy transformer solutions.
• You will be leading the regional business development and sales of Transformer solutions including digitalization, covering whole digital portfolio, tracking the market trends, and securing the anticipated growth impact.
• You will be developing and implementing a regional sales strategy aligned with global strategy to increase customer penetration through engagement with Front End teams, distribution channel and through promotion of Digital and Sustainable Transformer solutions.

How you’ll make an impact            

• Adopting and supporting global transformer strategy and portfolio deployments in the HUB to Customers and Hitachi Energy with focus on
• Contributing to bringing short, medium & long-term results via support to the sales and execution teams in a cradle to grave approach. Includes activity at Customer pre-tender/conceptual stage, Customer specification development, tender strategy development, technical tender clarification, order execution technical support, problem resolution and clarification, FAT support and post-delivery technical issue resolution.
• Establishing and demonstrating industry leading business and technical knowledge leadership by organizing and conducting technical trainings / webinars / presentations via both Hitachi Energy and industry platforms.
• Including and translating the knowledge of previous transformer design experience into Customer relevant knowledge.
• Leading the regional Application Engineering & Business Development activities related for the transformer portfolio by
• Understanding Market Trends and secure the anticipated growth impact.
• Fulfilling the Customer facing dimensions, activities shall include organizing and conducting Customer Technical Trainings (CTT’s), attending industry conferences, customer visits, specification influencing recommendations & reviews, tender negotiation clarification, off cycle technical and knowledge support to customer contacts.
• Fulfilling the internal Hitachi Energy facing dimensions, activities shall include internal technical training (HIIT’s) and Customer relationship presentations, tender strategy & negotiation recommendations. Engage factory and tender engineering teams to
• Developing and deploying trust, acceptance and team integration, Customer support during FAT, post order problem solving.
• Developing and implementing KPI’s and targets for the Transformer portfolio to provide visibility of  activity  and outcomes in the dimensions listed above. The metrics for her/his performance review might include the number of CTT’s, HIIT’s, specifications influenced.
• Contributing to and following a structured market plan combining the technical info gathered with customers’ while deploying a strategic overview mindset.
• Ensuring that all Customer interactions are reported in SFDC and pursuing its support by the M&S team of Hub.
• Ability to develop one’s own technical presentations, additionally use colleagues and BL technical presentations supported by underlying deep understanding of the topics.
• The regional Application Engineering & Business Development activities related to the transformer portfolio by understanding Market
• Trends and secure the anticipated growth and have positive impact on ROMI.
• Fulfilling the Customer facing dimensions, activities shall include organizing and conducting Customer Technical Trainings (CTT’s), attending industry conferences, customer visits, specification influencing recommendations & reviews, tender negotiation clarification, off cycle technical and knowledge support to customer contacts.
• Fulfilling the internal Hitachi Energy facing dimensions, activities shall include internal technical training (HIIT’s) and Customer relationship presentations, tender strategy & negotiation recommendations. Engage factory and tender engineering teams to develop and deploy trust, acceptance and team integration, Customer support during FAT, post order problem solving.
• Developing and implementing KPI’s and targets for the Transformer portfolio to provide visibility of activity and outcomes in the dimensions listed above. The metrics for her/his performance review might include the number of CTT’s, HIIT’s, specifications influenced.
• Contributing to and following a structured market plan combining the technical info gathered with customers while deploying a strategic overview mindset.
• Ensuring that all Customer interactions are reported in SFDC and pursue its support by the M&S team of Hub.
• Ability to develop one’s own technical presentations, additionally use colleagues and BL technical presentations supported by underlying deep understanding of the topics.
• Deep understanding of all transformer portfolio for different segments and applications and will support from
• a technical knowledge point of view the WCFE Team for the Marketing and Sales activities of the HUB and represents the interests of the GPG/BL in the given Country/Region.
• Providing customer feedback as well as strategic marketing inputs to GPG / GPMM and supporting the market analysis validation and competitive landscape and heat maps.
• Supporting and engaging closely within Application Engineering teams.
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background       

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in technical roles like transformer design, technical interaction, directly with Customers in a tender or order execution capacity. Exposure to the sales and order execution process is a plus.
• Have technical skills in transformers and be able to connect the technical teams to the marketing teams in the Demand countries within the HUB.
• Intercultural sensitivity is required, with colleagues and customers from multi-countries in assigned region with excellent
• Be willing to travel ~ 35%.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English is required.

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Description

The opportunity

• We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Lead Design Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be coordinating project engineering activities - preparation and review of project engineering deliverables, monitoring of contractual scope, variation & change orders initiation, technical discussions, liaising with all stake holders on technical matters, monitoring engineering effort for projects and tenders etc.

Your responsibilities:

• Coordinating with other engineering disciplines substation projects and tenders.
• Coordinating with internal and external stakeholder for scheduled progress of projects and tenders.
• Reviewing of equipment specification and BOQ for supplier enquiries, technical offer review, monitoring and coordination of supplier deliverables, resolution of technical issues during FAT etc.
• Following the engineering processes, change management, risk and opportunities management and other relevant processes during project execution and tendering.
• Coordinating with customer/consultant for document approvals as per project schedule.
• Coordinating with site team for technical matters during installation, testing and commissioning, punch point closure etc.  
• You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Able to assess the knowledge and expertise of Risk Management process and HE Framework and Tool.
• Detailed domain expertise in one of the domains (either primary or secondary) is a must. The candidate must have the knowledge of other domains for effectively monitoring and supervising the regular project engineering activities.
• Primary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, layouts, earthing, cabling, lightning protection, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.
• Secondary engineering of GIS and AIS substation, protection, relay panels, LCCs, SCADA/RTU/SCMS etc., FMS/DFR, Telecom, control cabling, CT/VT sizing, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, MV system etc.
• Engineering of Auxiliaries of GIS & AIS substations, LV AC boards, service/auxiliary transformers, earthing transformers, DC system - batteries and battery chargers, UPS, inverter, security system, CCTV, access control, EPABX, sizing calculations, BOQ estimation, RFQ, supplier offer verification, FAT, etc.
• Experience of coordination with civil and MEP disciplines in the substation, inputs for civil and MEP engineering, interfaces, coordination check with civil & MEP services etc.
• Experience of preparing BOQ, deviation list, clarifications, technical proposal for tenders and customer enquiries for firm and budgetary tenders.
• Understanding of installation, testing and commissioning requirements to effectively support the preparation of testing protocol, site activities.
• Minimum 10 years of work experience is required of which 3-4 years of experience in a lead role is preferred.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English.