Sr. Substation Design Engineer - Electrical

1 Month ago • All levels • Manufacturing

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Job Description

As a Sr. Substation Design Engineer - Electrical, you will be responsible for ensuring the engineering activities of substation projects are completed within budget and time constraints. You will coordinate with the Project Planning Manager, conduct project review meetings, and manage a team of Design Leads, Design Engineers, and Draughtspersons. You will also be involved in design reviews, vendor coordination, material procurement, and site execution support. Your expertise in both primary and secondary engineering for substation projects, particularly in GIS/AIS Substations up to 765 KV, will be critical. You will be proficient in selecting equipment such as Power Transformers, Reactors, Circuit Breakers, Disconnectors, Instrument Transformers, and have a thorough understanding of substation design principles, including earthing, lighting, lightning protection, cabling, and interface between civil, MEP, and instrumentation.
Must have:
  • Expertise in primary & secondary engineering for substation projects
  • Thorough understanding of GIS/AIS Substations up to 765 KV
  • Proficient in selecting equipment (Transformers, Reactors, Circuit Breakers, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of substation design principles (Earthing, Lighting, Lightning Protection, etc.)
  • Experience with inter-discipline coordination (Civil, MEP, Instrumentation)
  • Ability to manage a team of design professionals
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with BIM implementation
  • Knowledge of vendor engineering and market conditions
  • Understanding of contractual technical requirements
  • Strong interviewing skills
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Company Description

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 6,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.

We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.

Drawing on more than 55 years' experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked second in the world for nuclear engineering.

To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all

Job Description

Objective:
As a Project Engineering Manager, the person shall ensure that the engineering activities of the project takes place within stipulated time (w.r.t. both quality & cost). She / He shall ensure the adherence to L2 schedule during execution of the project. She / He shall work on optimizations / alternate proposals / solutions for quick delivery of the project with a positive margin.
She / He shall perform inter-discipline coordination (Civil, Structural, MEP & Instrumentation). The PEM shall perform work allocation and man-hours allocation of different roles in the project.


Key Responsibilities:

The Project Engineering Manager shall have overall expertise in both primary engineering & secondary engineering for substation projects. The Manager is required to have thorough understanding in design aspects of GIS / AIS Substations up to 765 KV.


•Coordinate with Project Planning Manager and ensure deliveries are aligned to Project Schedule
•Conduct regular project review meetings and ensure adherence to schedule
•Conduct internal review meetings for resource optimization, allocation and enhance productivity
•Review of designs, calculations & drawings and ensure their timely submissions after obtaining approvals from customer
•Clarification of issues w.r.t. vendors and ensuring timely delivery of materials at project site
•Capable of Multitasking and deliver multiple things on time
•Clarification to inter – discipline Managers for sorting out issues w.r.t. design aspects of the equipment
•Enable & review accurate estimation in terms of quantity for submission of Bill of Materials
•Review critical issues and procedural delays w.r.t. design aspects of equipment and extend support to Site Execution teams
•Ensure BIM implementation in the projects
•Settle procurement issues and extend support to Supply Chain management for ensuring order finalization for Vendor Engineering

.Extend support for BOQ, review of pre-bid offers and technical submissions & provide post-tender clarifications (after clarification from vendors) to the contracts team
•Lead and manage team of Design Leads, Design Engineers and Draughtss persons
•Review Vendor evaluation (w.r.t. technical specification requirement of the client)
•Extend support to Site Execution Teams for commercial issues & processing of bills
•Ensure issuance of Manufacturing Clearance by undertaking and facilitating necessary communication with suppliers
•Communicate & clarify deliverable list from the client and obtaining resource requirement for project

Qualifications

B.E. / B. Tech. in Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

Additional Information

Technical Expertise:
The Project Engineering Manager shall have overall expertise in both primary engineering & secondary engineering for substation projects. The Manager is required to have thorough understanding in design aspects of GIS / AIS Substations up to 765 KV.
She / He is required to be proficient in selection of equipment such as Power Transformers, Reactors, Circuit Breakers, Disconnectors, Instrument Transformer. He shall be well versed in Substation Primary and Secondary Design including Earthing, Lighting, Lightning Protection, Cabling etc, interfaces between Civil, MEP & Instrumentation and Secondary engineering activities like Schemes, Wiring Diagrams, SCADA & Control System.
The PEM is required to have understanding of leading and execution of projects for different geographies / clients / utilities. She / he should have detailed knowledge of the equipment to be installed and the market conditions for vendor engineering.
The PEM is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required. The PEM shall have good interviewing skills.
Operating Network:
Internally: Head of Engineering, Inter-discipline Heads, Project Execution team, Supply Chain Management team, Quality team, Contracts team
Externally: Customers (Engineering team), Client (Project Management team), Vendors (Engineering & Quality team)

 

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

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