Location:
Ramadan City , El-Sharkia, EgyptJob ID:
R0142144Date Posted:
2026-09-16Company Name:
HITACHI ENERGY TRANSFORMERS S.A.EProfession (Job Category):
Engineering & ScienceJob Schedule:
Full timeRemote:
NoJob Description:
The Opportunity
Join Hitachi Energy’s Transformer Business and help power a more sustainable future. As a Painting Process Engineer, you will drive innovation in painting and surface treatment processes, ensuring world-class product quality, operational excellence, and environmental compliance. Collaborate with global experts, solve complex manufacturing challenges, and contribute to the reliable transformers that enable the world’s energy transition.
How you will make an impact
Drive the standardization, optimization, and continuous improvement of painting and corrosion protection processes for transformer tanks and enclosures.
Develop and maintain global manufacturing standards, equipment specifications, and process best practices.
Provide technical support to production teams, troubleshoot process and quality issues, and implement corrective actions.
Optimize coating operations to improve safety, quality, productivity, asset utilization, and cost efficiency.
Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, customer, and industry standards related to painting and corrosion protection.
Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste, improve reliability, and lower Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).
Support CAPEX projects, including equipment selection, upgrades, relocation, commissioning, and process validation.
Drive innovation through automation, digitalization, and adoption of advanced coating technologies.
Collaborate with suppliers, Category Management, and Supplier Quality teams to improve process capability and product performance.
Facilitate benchmarking across Hitachi Energy and external industries, identify performance gaps, and drive improvement actions.
Maintain process documentation, SOPs, technical specifications, and performance reports to support operational excellence and compliance.
You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
Living Hitachi Energy’s core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your Background
Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline.
2 to 6 years of experience in painting, surface treatment, corrosion protection, or manufacturing environments.
Strong knowledge of surface preparation, industrial painting, coating application, and corrosion protection processes.
Experience in implementing and optimizing manufacturing or process improvement initiatives.
Understanding of process safety management, risk assessment, and environmental compliance practices.
Familiarity with national and international standards related to corrosion protection, surface treatment, and protective coatings.
Professional certification in coating inspection is preferred, such as PCI Level II, NACE, FROSIO, AMPP, or SSPC.
Experience in inspection, testing, and quality assurance of corrosion protection and coating systems is an advantage
Good communication skills with fluency in English.
Accessibility and reasonable accommodation
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Use of Al and automated tools in recruitment
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Background Screening and Security Checks
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For certain roles—particularly those involving access to sensitive information, financial responsibilities, client data, regulated environments, or security-sensitive functions—additional or more comprehensive background or security screenings may be required. These may include, but are not limited to, enhanced criminal history checks, credit history reviews (where legally permissible), sanctions screening, or other due diligence measures aligned with the responsibilities of the position.
The scope and depth of any background or security review will be determined based on the nature of the role and business necessity, and will always be conducted in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Candidates will be notified and, where required, asked to provide consent prior to the initiation of any such checks.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline
- 2 to 6 years of experience in painting, surface treatment, corrosion protection, or manufacturing environments
- Strong knowledge of surface preparation, industrial painting, coating application, and corrosion protection processes
- Experience implementing and optimizing manufacturing or process improvement initiatives
- Understanding of process safety management, risk assessment, and environmental compliance practices
- Familiarity with national and international standards related to corrosion protection, surface treatment, and protective coatings
- Fluency in English and good communication skills
- Professional coating inspection certification, such as PCI Level II, NACE, FROSIO, AMPP, or SSPC
- Experience in inspection, testing, and quality assurance of corrosion protection and coating systems
What We Do
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has responded to the expectations of society and its customers through technology and innovation. Our mission is to “Contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.” Over the past 100+ years this commitment has led us to work towards creating a more sustainable society through our “Social Innovation Business”. We work to apply our expertise in information technology (IT), operational technology (OT), and a wide variety of products to advance social infrastructure systems and improve quality of life across the world.
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