Design Lead (Secondary) - Substation (Electrical)

PeopleStrong; Sharjah; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PeopleStrong in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Design Lead (Secondary) to define, review, and execute secondary engineering activities for substation and power distribution projects. You must have advanced knowledge of protection & automation systems and be thorough with protection applications.

You will coordinate with vendors, lead a team of engineers and drafters to ensure timely completion within budget while maintaining high quality of engineering deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering required.
• Advanced knowledge in Protection & Automation Systems in substations.
• Ability to coordinate with vendors for equipment finalization.
• Thorough with protection applications.

Responsibilities

• Timely Delivery of Engineering Drawings & Documents.
• Ensure deliveries align to Project Schedule.
• Provide details of cut-outs and openings to Design Lead (Primary).
• Review primary drawings and sizing calculations of primary equipment.
• Prepare Design Philosophy for Protection, Control, Signalling & Automation.
• Review Vendor deliverables for Secondary Engineering.
• Define philosophies on protection, control, signalling & interfacing (lead).
• Capable of multitasking and delivering multiple items on time.
• Estimate and plan man-hour requirements and review BOQ.
• Coordinate with Operations to obtain approvals and inform design specs.
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines for inter-departmental checks.
• Provide support to Site Execution team.

Skills

Team leadership

Protection & Automation

Vendor coordination

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE)

Tools

ETAP

PSCAD

CYMEGRID

Job description

Posted On 03 Oct 2026

End Date 01 Apr 2027

Required Experience 10 - 12 years

Skills

Knowledge & Posting Location

Design

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering (BEE)

Job Description

As a Design Lead (Secondary), the person shall be capable of defining, reviewing & executing Secondary Engineering Activities for Substation / Power Distribution Projects. He must have advanced knowledge in Protection & Automation System in Substation. The person shall be thorough with protection applications. She / He shall coordinate with vendors for finalization of the equipment. She / He shall lead a team of Engineers and Draughtspersons for timely completion of the Engineering activities within budget. He shall maintain quality of engineering deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Timely Delivery of Engineering Drawings & Documents
• Ensure deliveries are aligned to Project Schedule
• Provide and obtain spatial requirements and details of cut-outs and openings to Design Lead (Primary)
• Review primary drawings by Design Engineers & Draughtspersons & checking of design & sizing calculations of primary engineering electrical equipment and obtaining approvals from the client
• Prepare Design Philosophy of Protection, Control, Signalling & Automation and review of Functional Description document
• Review of Vendor deliverables pertaining to Secondary Engineering
• Define the philosophies on protection, control, signalling & interfacing (for lead)
• Capable of Multitasking and deliver multiple things on time
• Estimate and Plan man-hour requirement Reviewing of BOQ and submission to contracts team and providing technical clarifications
• Coordinating with Operations team and informing Design specifications for obtaining approval
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines for ensuring inter-departmental checks
• Provide support & clarifications to the Site Execution team
• Check pre-award evaluation of vendors (w.r.t. technical specifications requirement of the client) and forwarding the validation document to Supply Chain Management
• Inspect equipment from the finalized vendor after submission of validation document of the vendor

Technical expertise:

• The Design Lead (Secondary) is required to have an overall knowledge of System Studies, Control & Protection requirement, preparation of Schedules, Layouts and associated calculations. She / He is also required to have hands on experience of design Software. The Design Lead (Secondary) is required to have knowledge on National and International Codes and Standards
• She / he should have the understanding of Secondary Engineering activities like Schemes, Wiring Diagrams, SCADA & Control System. He / she shall have knowledge in CT / VT sizing calculations, battery sizing calculations, AC/DC schematic drawings. The Secondary Design Lead should also have detailed knowledge of Substation equipment and their Layouts.
• The Design Lead (Primary) is required to understand and interpret the contractual technical requirements and facilitate the Project Teams as and when required.
• The person is required have an overall understanding of interface knowledge with Telecom systems applicable for Substation.

Software Skills Required:

• General Awareness of MS Office
• Desirable knowledge of ETAP, PSCAD, CYMEGRID