Hitachi Energy Ireland Limited
Providing innovative energy solutions for a sustainable, electrified future.
O&M Engineer and Asset Manager
Manage O&M engineering, asset management, and maintenance for rail signaling/telecom systems.
Job Highlights
About the Role
The engineer will oversee O&M engineering and asset management for the signaling and telecommunications subsystems, coordinating with design, build, and field teams throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include documentation, training, interface management, and returning experience to product engineering. Key duties involve monitoring turnkey technologies, conducting failure reporting, maintaining configuration management via the Maintenance Management Information System, performing physical audits, analyzing log files, supporting spare-parts management, and acting as the primary contact for change-management activities. • Coordinate O&M Engineering and Asset Management team in Honolulu. • Provide monitoring, oversight, and technical support for turnkey technologies per wiring diagrams and manuals. • Observe system components to detect potential failures and identify malfunction causes. • Serve as subject-matter expert for field technicians during troubleshooting and fault resolution. • Produce monthly failure reporting and corrective-action analysis for signaling and telecommunications subsystems. • Maintain hardware and software configuration via Maintenance Management Information System (MMIS). • Conduct physical configuration audits and analyze log files to troubleshoot issues. • Interface with subsystem engineers to resolve complex multidisciplinary problems. • Manage on-site spare parts inventory, repair cycles, and track usage trends. • Ensure subsystem compliance with project specifications and tolerances. • Lead signaling and telecommunications change-management activities as primary point of contact.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸configuration management
- ▸failure reporting
- ▸change management
- ▸spare parts
- ▸troubleshooting
- ▸audit analysis
What You Bring
Candidates need 2-5+ years of field experience with turnkey rail transit signaling systems, a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, and strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Desired knowledge includes MMIS, ATC equipment maintenance, software configuration management, Linux/UNIX, and various rail-subsystems. • 2-5+ years of field experience with turnkey rail transit signaling technologies. • Knowledge of Automatic Train Control, Communication-Based Train Control, or Positive Train Control systems. • Ability to use common and specialized test equipment and tools. • Strong analytical mindset, capable of working independently and within a team with minimal supervision. • Experience with Maintenance Management Information Systems (MMIS). • Familiarity with rail transit subsystems such as ATS, vehicle, telecommunication, platform screen gates, traction electrification, SCADA, CCTV, radios, GPS. • Maintenance and troubleshooting experience on ATC equipment. • Understanding of software configuration management and programming logic. • Basic proficiency with Linux or UNIX operating systems. • Strong organizational, detail-oriented, and multitasking abilities.
Requirements
- ▸rail signaling
- ▸atc
- ▸mmis
- ▸linux
- ▸bachelor's
- ▸analytical
Benefits
Hitachi Rail offers a comprehensive benefits package—including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, retirement savings, paid vacation and training opportunities—and is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. • Competitive salary $110,760-$150,000 based on experience. • Medical, dental, vision insurance; short and long-term disability; life and accident insurance. • Flexible Spending Accounts and retirement savings plan. • Paid vacation and comprehensive training and development programs.
Work Environment
Onsite