Senior Project Specialist - Manufacturing and Industrialization

The opportunities

Join Hitachi Energy's exciting large-scale Greenfield Factory project and play a key role in shaping the future of manufacturing excellence. You will contribute to the design, development, and implementation of production processes, manufacturing systems, and factory infrastructure from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to work with global experts, drive innovative manufacturing solutions, and support the successful launch of a world-class production facility.

How you’ll make an impact:

• You will support the development and industrialization of end-to-end manufacturing processes for a new Greenfield Factory producing electrical equipment for Utilities, Industrial, Datacenters and Renewables.
• You will develop production concepts, workflows, and manufacturing solutions aligned with global best practices and operational requirements.
• You will identify and implement opportunities to improve production efficiency, manufacturability, safety, and operational readiness.
• You will define technical requirements and specifications for manufacturing machinery, equipment, and factory assets.
• You will support equipment evaluation, installation, commissioning, and production start-up activities.
• You will drive the implementation and integration of manufacturing systems, production technologies, and digital solutions.
• You will lead assigned work packages, monitor project milestones, manage risks, and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders.
• You will collaborate with global and local teams across Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, HSE, IT, and external partners to ensure successful factory readiness and execution.
• 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.

Your background:

• You hold a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or other relevant fields.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, industrialization, factory engineering, production engineering, management consultant background or manufacturing project implementation.
• Experience with manufacturing process design, production lines, machinery specification, or factory setup projects.
• Strong stakeholder coordination skills, problem-solving, logical thinking and project management skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluency in both English and Vietnamese, with excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience in Greenfield/Brownfield projects, equipment commissioning, manufacturing systems, factory digitalization, or production ramp-up activities is highly desirable.

More about us:

At Hitachi Energy Vietnam, we offer a suite of employee benefits to complement our pay offering, supporting employees’ financial, physical and mental wellbeing:

• 16 days annual leave, flexible working policy.
• Benefit according to local standards: Heath-care insurance benefits to employees and their family dependents (spouse & children), annual vaccination, summer outing.
• Growth possibility: Learning and development platform, career movement opportunity within organization.
• Possibility to gain experience in international environment and work with an industry leader in green energy solutions.