Senior Transformer Engineer

Location:

Bridgeton, Missouri, United States of America

Job ID:

R0078117

Date Posted:

2025-02-20

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY USA INC

Profession (Job Category):

Engineering & Science

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

About the Role:

 

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior Transformer Engineer for its Transformer Services US engineering team. This role will support the Transformer Services business and report to the Engineering Manager. This role will be based in the Nashville, TN, Earth City, MO, Crystal Springs, MS office or remote with up to 20% travel required.

 

Responsibilities:

 

·         Using your knowledge and expertise to provide solutions to a variety of technical inquiries both from operations and the quotation team.

·         Be the subject matter expert for field repair and testing.

·         Create test trip packs, review and validate test data and compile test reports.

·         Provide technical support to field crews – 24/7, all US time zones.

·         Coaching and guiding less experienced colleagues.

·         Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

·         Knowledge of oil processing and what process and durations are required dependent on oil and transformer conditions.

·         Completing studies and reports for bushing retrofits.

·         Review and provide guidance for oil DGA test results.

·         Perform life and condition assessments and thermal studies.

·         Perform internal inspections and provide on-site technical support.

·         Experience performing electrical field plot analysis.

·         Assessment of non-OEM replacement components.

·         Participate in root cause analysis studies.

·         Create repair scope of work procedures.

·         Communicate status of project/studies and assist with planning and scheduling.

·         Present customer training.

·         Review other engineering team members studies/reports.

·         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.

Requirements:

 

·         A bachelor’s degree in engineering with five or more years of experience or alternatively a combination of studies and ten years or more of transformer experience.

·         Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.

·         Experience in design and execution, working as an electrical engineer with transformers.

·         Knowledge of industry standards - IEEE, IEC, NEMA.

·         Experience in repair of medium and large power oil filled transformer from multiple OEM’s.  Knowledge of reactor, rectifier, voltage regulating, and dry type transformers construction and design.    

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