Team Lead, Global Center of Competence – BESS

About the role

Hitachi Energy Spain is looking for an experienced engineering and commercial professional to lead the Team Lead, Global Center of Competence for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The role leads a virtual team that provides technical and commercial offer support to operating units worldwide, turning customer requirements into competitive, technically sound solutions based on pre-engineered BESS designs, and integrating expertise from engineering disciplines, product organizations, suppliers and partners.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Virtual Central Competence team supporting global BESS and hydrogen-based opportunities.
• Manage and coordinate technical and commercial proposal development, ensuring proposals are technically accurate, commercially viable and well defined.
• Coordinate contributions from electrical systems, grid integration, control and automation, civil and mechanical interfaces and power system studies.
• Develop and review system architectures, technical concepts, equipment specifications and solution scope.
• Support technical evaluation of major equipment such as batteries, power conversion systems, transformers, switchgear, protection and control systems and energy management systems.
• Ensure alignment with utility grid-connection requirements, grid codes and industry standards, and support technical clarification with customers, utilities and suppliers.
• Identify technical, commercial, interface and execution risks and drive standardization and reuse of pre-engineered solution concepts.
• Capture lessons learned and ensure compliance with external and internal regulations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with battery energy storage systems, preferably utility-scale or grid-connected.
• Strong experience in bid and proposal management, including technical offers, cost inputs, supplier quotations and risk assessment.
• Experience with OEMs, suppliers, engineering partners, EPC organizations and utilities in an international setting.
• Several years of experience in an international business setting and full professional proficiency in English.

Required skills

• Procurement, specification and technical evaluation of electrical equipment and grid infrastructure.
• Utility grid-connection requirements, grid codes, protection and control, reactive power, power quality and system performance.
• Utility-scale BESS architectures, including battery systems, power conversion systems, MV/HV transformers and switchgear, EMS/PMS, SCADA, protection and auxiliary systems.
• Ability to evaluate technical alternatives and make sound technical and commercial trade-offs.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and incentives, with a minimum gross annual salary of 57,300 EUR in Italy under the Metalmeccanico collective agreement.
• Well-being and care, paid and unpaid leave, flexible work options and benefits supporting financial security.