Mechanical Engineer - Transformer Services

The Opportunity

Based in Earth City, Missouri, this role offers the chance to work on high-impact projects that shape the backbone of energy delivery. You’ll collaborate with experts across engineering, field services, and digital transformation to retrofit and upgrade critical power assets. Whether you're designing mechanical modifications or integrating smart monitoring systems, your work will directly support the resilience and modernization of the energy sector.

This position includes up to 20% travel, giving you the opportunity to engage directly with field teams and see your engineering solutions in action—where they matter most.

- Create high-quality CAD drawings and bill of materials for transformer retrofits

- Design mechanical solutions for field modifications and digital integrations

- Support field service teams with technical documentation and engineering guidance

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver timely and cost-effective solutions

- Apply industry standards (IEEE, IEC, NEMA) to ensure compliance and quality

- Innovate retrofit designs for bushings, LTCs, pumps, radiators, and gauges

- Contribute to digital upgrades like CoreSense and CoreTec installations

- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders

- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines

Your Background

- A bachelor’s degree in engineering with one or more years of transformer experience, or a combination of studies and five years or more of transformer experience

- Proficiency in CREO or AutoCAD

- Familiarity with IEEE, IEC, and NEMA standards

- Experience with Microsoft Office 365 and technical documentation

- Strong attention to detail and collaborative mindset

- Excellent communication skills across teams and stakeholders

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

More About Us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out. For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules):

- Health Care (medical, dental, vision, etc.)

- Financial Wellbeing: (Employer sponsored pension - 401(k) Program with generous company match and contribution, Life/AD&D Insurance, disability insurance)

- Family Care: Life and Family (Legal, pet, auto, home, identity theft, etc.), special needs support, and adoption assistance

- Work-Life: Enhanced leave programs (FMLA, Military Service Leave, Maternal, Paternal, adoption, vacation, and holiday)

- Employee Engagement and Development: Employee Resource Groups (depending on location), tuition reimbursement program, on-demand learning platforms

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.