HSE Specialists

About the Position

HSE Specialists | Ludvika, Sweden

We are looking for two Tender and Project HSE Specialist to join the HVDC Service organization and play a key role in driving HSE excellence, with a strong focus on electrical safety, across a global project landscape.

In this role, you will work across the entire service value chain – from tender phase to project execution and lifecycle management – ensuring that Health and Safety principles are fully embedded in how we deliver, upgrade, and maintain HVDC systems worldwide.

You will collaborate closely with engineering, procurement, operations, and project teams to integrate HSE into commercial offerings, service execution, and long-term lifecycle strategies, supporting Hitachi Energy’s ambition to transition from linear to circular business models.

This is a unique opportunity to combine HSE expertise, electrical safety leadership, and service business understanding in a global, technically advanced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support tender activities by identifying, assessing, and integrating HSE and electrical safety requirements into tender documentation, including risk evaluations and cost considerations
• Drive HSE and electrical safety performance in project execution, supporting service projects throughout delivery and ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations
• Ensure strong application of electrical safety standards, procedures, and best practices in service tenders, upgrade projects, and lifecycle strategies (e.g., safe isolation, grounding, arc-flash protection, LOTO)
• Promote safe lifecycle management by embedding electrical safety considerations into design reviews, commissioning, maintenance, and decommissioning activities
• Monitor and report HSE KPIs and incidents across service operations, ensuring high-quality data and continuous improvement
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, procurement, and operations to identify and implement electrical safety improvements in warranty and care services
• Lead awareness, capability building, and behavioral change by developing training, tools, and best practices that strengthen safety culture across global service teams.

Requirements

• Solid HSE foundation through education and 5+ years of relevant experience
• Additional qualification or certification in electrical safety (e.g., high-voltage safety, authorization systems, LOTO, or equivalent) is a strong merit
• Proven knowledge of electrical safety principles, high-voltage systems, hazard identification, and risk mitigation in industrial environments
• Experience from global service operations, including tendering and project execution, with the ability to integrate electrical safety into technical and commercial offerings
• Strong understanding of international HSE and electrical safety regulations and standards
• Strong collaboration and change-management skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and influence across cultures and functions
• Fluency in English, written and spoken; Swedish is considered a merit

We Offer

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working hours
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Excellent career opportunities within Hitachi Energy in Sweden and globally
• Dedicated mentor during onboarding
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• Diverse workplace with over 70 nationalities represented in Sweden
• Supplementary parental leave compensation
• Employee benefit portal with extensive discounts and offers

About the Company

Hitachi Energy

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.

Due to summer vacations, the screening and selection process will begin in mid-August. Thank you for your understanding and patience during this period.