Senior Commissioning Engineer

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced Commissioning Engineer looking to stay technical while reducing time spent working away from home?

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior Commissioning Engineer to provide commissioning expertise across a portfolio of transmission, distribution, substation, and renewable energy projects throughout the UK. This is a predominantly remote role, with travel typically less than 15%, offering a rare opportunity to remain at the forefront of major infrastructure projects without being permanently site-based.

Working closely with Project Managers and commissioning teams, you will act as the commissioning subject matter expert, supporting projects from tender stage through to energisation and handover. You'll play a key role in shaping commissioning strategies, developing documentation, supporting project planning activities, and ensuring successful project delivery across multiple projects simultaneously.

Location: UK (Remote with occasional travel to project sites and Hitachi Energy offices as required)

How You'll Make an Impact

• Provide commissioning expertise throughout tendering, planning, delivery, and project close-out phases.

• Develop commissioning strategies, programmes, methodologies, and testing sequences.

• Support tender reviews, commissioning estimates, resource planning, and project scheduling activities.

• Review, develop, and approve commissioning procedures, test plans, and technical documentation.

• Act as the commissioning subject matter expert across multiple projects.

• Support Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs), commissioning reviews, and customer meetings.

• Conduct periodic site visits to review progress, identify risks, and provide technical guidance.

• Work closely with Project Managers to manage commissioning risks, technical issues, claims, and successful project delivery.

• Review commissioning documentation completed by internal teams and external partners.

• Support commissioning activities from project award through to energisation and handover.

Your Background

• Proven commissioning experience within electrical infrastructure, substations, utilities, renewable energy, or power transmission and distribution projects.

• Strong understanding of commissioning processes, testing methodologies, project delivery, and energisation activities.

• Experience developing, reviewing, or approving commissioning documentation and test procedures.

• Knowledge of commissioning planning, resource allocation, sequencing, and project scheduling.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently and manage priorities across multiple projects.

Preferred experience:

• High Voltage commissioning experience, ideally within 132kV to 400kV environments.

• Substation commissioning experience.

• Transmission & Distribution project experience.

• Medium Voltage commissioning experience.

• Experience supporting FATs and commissioning readiness activities.

Why Join Hitachi Energy?

• Predominantly remote role with less than 15% travel.

• Opportunity to work on critical infrastructure supporting the UK's energy transition.

• Stay technically involved without spending most of your time on site.

• Support major transmission, distribution, renewable energy, and substation projects across the UK.

• Private medical insurance with the option to add family members.

• Flexible working environment with a strong focus on work-life balance.

• Excellent opportunities for career growth within a global leader in sustainable energy.

What We Offer

• Inclusive Work Environment: We foster a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.

• Excellent company pension and wide-ranging benefits schemes.

• Career Growth: Enjoy excellent career opportunities in a global company that supports your professional development.

• Supportive Team: Be part of a team with inspiring colleagues who collaborate and support each other.

• Work-Life Balance: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements.

• Top quality H&S culture alongside comprehensive training and personal development programmes.

More About Us

We offer fantastic opportunities to work on dynamic, high-impact, and cutting-edge industry initiatives that are making a crucial impact on society whilst also offering the vibrancy of working within a world-leading global organisation.

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 including high-voltage systems, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing one of the world's most urgent energy challenges: balancing growing electricity demand while accelerating the decarbonization of power systems.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people across 60 countries and generate revenues of approximately USD 16 billion.