Field Service Engineering Senior Professional
Job Description
Field Service Engineering Senior Professional You as a Field Service Engineering Senior Professional will be part of Hitachi Energy business based in Kuwait. You are Perform remote and/or on-site service activities for protection systems in transmission and distribution substations in accordance with customer requirements. Ensure timely, cost-effective solutions in accordance with standard processes, procedures, and safety guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Perform relay testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting at client substations.
- Possess knowledge of structured programming, communication techniques, and protocols for ABB relays.
- Familiarity with other relays manufacturers is preferable.
- Troubleshoot system protection problems and schemes effectively.
- Understand different protection and communication schemes.
- Supervise the installation and commissioning of automation systems, ensuring full compliance with standards and best practices.
- Demonstrate expertise in testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection systems for all equipment in substations up to 400 kV voltage level.
- Have experience with testing, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of protection systems for all equipment in power stations and refinery environments.
- Train site operators in the use of works and ensure site-specific manuals and documentation are available before handover.
- Be highly familiar with interlocking schemes and gas tripping schemes across all voltage levels from 380 V to 400 kV.
- 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.
- Serve as the primary customer contact for specific projects. Maintain a professional presentation when dealing with employees, clients, and suppliers.
- Be well-versed in technical and safety precautions when working in live substations.
- Possess leadership skills and the ability to lead, supervise, and assign work to the protection team.
- Prevent unnecessary outages while working in Brownfield substations or on any type of energized equipment.
- Have experience in troubleshooting electrical parts for various types of switchgear. Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.