Field Service Engineering Specialist " Protection engineer" Professional
HitachiKuwait City, Capital Governorate, Kuwait
Posted October 30, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world. Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business is centered around 5 growth sectors: Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy, and IT. Globally, we have nearly 300,000 employees who are working to improve people’s quality of life and our customers’ social, environmental, and economic values to create a sustainable future. The challenges we face as a society are unprecedented, but so are the opportunities. Together, let’s start powering good.
Job Description
Join a team that specializes in providing remote and on-site services for protection systems in transmission and distribution substations, ensuring solutions that are timely, cost-effective, and aligned with customer expectations.
Requirements
- Driving service sales and business development activities across assigned countries and market segments
- Performing relay testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting at client substations
- Possess knowledge of structured programming, communication techniques, and protocols for Hitachi Energy relays
- Troubleshooting system protection problems and schemes effectively
- Demonstrate expertise in testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection systems for all equipment in substations up to 400 kV voltage level
- Experience in testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection systems for all equipment in power stations and refinery environments
- Training site operators in the use of works and ensure site-specific manuals and documentation are available before handover
- Consult with clients or their representatives to determine their needs and priorities
- Provide written procedures for switching, energization, isolation methods for testing, commissioning, and maintenance work
- Coordinate and oversee substation technicians and electricians, and serve as project manager
- Possess leadership skills and the ability to lead, supervise, and assign work to the protection team
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Proficient in using testing and diagnostic equipment
- Ability to interpret and work from electrical drawings and schematics
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Commitment to continuous improvement and learning
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required