Power+ Graduate Trainee

The opportunity

The STEM Global Power+ Graduate Program is our flagship early career rotational program. It covers 13 different countries and is still growing (Brazil, Canada, China, India, Italy, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam), so you’ll be a member of an expanding global network. This opportunity exposes high potential graduates to different roles and experiences across various Business Units and Functions in Hitachi Energy. The program offers a unique, learning and career development experience. The program will jumpstart your career with a truly unique journey that will take you across (3) six-months long rotations (18 months in total). Focused on projects that broaden your skillset, each rotation will be within a different segment of our business, and you will choose each assignment area. You will join us as a full-time employee, and from day one in the program, you will be in the driver’s seat of your own career journey. Our offering is perfect for you if you are looking to fast-track your leadership potential and gain a well-rounded business acumen that will enable you to step into professional life. The program will begin on 1st October 2025 the first six-months rotation will be possible in our locations in Saudi Arabia: [Riyadh / Dammam/ Jeddah). The second or third rotation may be done abroad, depending on your chosen project and the availability of business opportunities.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Featured Assignments: quality engineering, software engineering, consulting, sales, manufacturing operations, project engineering, project management, R&D, and many more.
• Drive Innovation as having a passion for learning, trying new things for your development and business growth and learning to reframe mistakes into learning opportunities.
• Be customer and society focused as working closely with your rotational managers to achieve all business goals you are expected to deliver, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to create new values and working with exciting technologies in our domain space (e.g; HVDC, transformers, grid protection and control, HV circuit breakers, etc.) and the advancements which we can transfer from other sectors (examples range from plasma physics to software architecture).
• Be the People Champion of the program as promoting the program internally and externally using your network and available tools and channels and build building your leadership potential through commitment to Our Leadership Pillars (inspiring engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion, and trust).
• Cultivate our Diversity 360 mindset and incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion into your daily work.
• 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 engineering within STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, Math) related degrees e.g. electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering, industrial engineering, energy systems engineering or a related discipline.
• Should be a local citizen of [Saudi Arabia].
• No more than 0- 2 years of professional experience by the start date.
• Excellent communication skills in English – to be able to communicate with colleagues from across the globe; additional languages are considered as an advantage.
• Strives to achieve and works to high quality standards.
• Analyses information to generate new solutions and ideas.
• Learns quickly, adapts to change.
• Fosters team cohesion, maintains good working relationships.
• Strong leadership potential and personal ownership.
• Intercultural sensitivity.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
  
  

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.