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Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile Job ID: R0124608 Date Posted: 2026-04-02 Company Name: HITACHI ENERGY CHILE S.A. Profession (Job Category): Engineering & Science Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No Job Description: The Opportunity: The Engineering Manager leads and coordinates all engineering activities within the GI unit in Chile, ensuring excellence in technical execution, resource planning, and operational performance. This role provides strategic direction, develops engineering capabilities, oversees outsourcing needs, and ensures that all deliverables meet contractual, quality, and on‑time delivery requirements. The Engineering Manager partners closely with Project Management, Operations, Supply Chain, and global engineering teams to support business growth and customer satisfaction. How you’ll make an impact: Provides strategic leadership for the engineering function to align execution with business needs, customer expectations, and contractual requirements. Drives engineering performance, productivity, and continuous improvement across all activities and projects. Oversees engineering planning and delivery for GI projects, ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, and customer specifications. Coordinates with Project Management to prioritize technical needs, allocate resources, and resolve engineering issues. Manages outsourcing and capacity planning to ensure adequate engineering resources and effective delivery of external work. Leads and develops the engineering team, strengthening capabilities, promoting collaboration, and supporting people‑development frameworks. Ensures process excellence through standardization, knowledge sharing, digitization, and technical representation in customer and stakeholder engagements. Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines Your background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. 7 years of experience in engineering for power systems, substations, or grid integration projects. English level: Intermediate Proven experience leading engineering teams or technical functions in a project‑driven & disciplined environment. Strong understanding of power systems engineering, protection & control, substation design. Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities. More about us Growth globally Continuous improvement culture Benefits above the regular market Regional scope #LI-Hybrid Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process. This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. Hitachi brings together the world’s greatest minds to help breathe life into new possibilities – and drive innovation for a better future. That’s why we look for individuals who share our pioneering spirit, have imaginative ideas and are fearless when it comes to tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Our people love technology – and they love making a difference. They have a passion for finding new solutions and working with brilliant colleagues. Every day they dedicate themselves to a huge range of exciting projects, contributing to the Hitachi vision around the globe. From engineering new sustainability solutions that conserve water and energy to creating the infrastructure for the smart cities of tomorrow, there’s no challenge too great for our pioneers. And there’s no shortage of opportunities for you to make a difference. Come and experience the dynamic, collaborative and creative environments where your ideas are welcome and new discoveries are waiting. To help you grow to your full potential, we strive to support our employees in their career aspirations and promote the freedom to explore new horizons. E-mail us for data privacy inquiries or technical support.