Project Engineering Manager - Tendering PSS

Larsen & Toubro; Sharjah; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro is seeking a Project Engineering Manager to oversee engineering activities for substation projects, ensuring schedule, quality and cost adherence. The role involves inter-discipline coordination, resource allocation and providing technical guidance to tenders and site teams.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in GIS/AIS substations up to 765 kV, knowledge of equipment selection, and strong leadership capabilities to drive multiple projects to successful delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in design aspects of substation construction.
• Understanding of GIS/AIS substations up to 765 kV.
• Ability to coordinate multi-discipline teams (Civil, Structural, MEP & Instrumentation).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Project Planning Manager and align deliveries to Project Schedule.
• Conduct regular project review meetings to ensure schedule adherence.
• Review designs, calculations and drawings and obtain customer approvals.
• Clarify issues with vendors and ensure timely delivery of materials.
• Lead and manage team of Design Leads, Design Engineers and Draughtsmen.
• Enable BIM implementation in projects.
• Provide technical insights and support to tendering and contracts teams.
• Establish accurate quantity estimation for BOM submission.

Skills

MS Office

ETAP

PSCAD

CYMGRD

Project Planning Tools

Education

B.E./B.Tech Electrical

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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. The PEM will also provide technical insights to the tending team.

Key Responsibilities

• 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

Software Skills Required

• General awareness of MS Office.
• Desirable awareness of ETAP, PSCAD & CYMGRD and Project Planning Tools

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.

Qualification & Experience

• B.E. / B. Tech. in Electrical / Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• 12+ years (Must have experience predominantly in design aspects of Substation Construction and leading Engineers in execution of multiple projects)
• Tendering experience is an advantage (Providing insights ti the tendering team)